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Its raining, so i took these from inside the garage, but you get the idea. You can see the bed is pretty level. And a decent lift in the front even with larger than stock BFGs.
Seems fairly level from what I can tell. If the ride quality is decent sitting at 1.75" I may just go with that.
5100s at all four corners, fronts one down from max height (~1.75"). I haven't put a tape to it, but my eyes say maybe a little bit of rake? Ride is firm (because there's actually some damping going on) but in a good way, IMHO. Rear end bounce/hop is dramatically improved. Sure, Fox might ride a little nicer...but for a third (or less) of the price, 5100s can't be beat.
5100s at all four corners, fronts one down from max height (~1.75"). I haven't put a tape to it, but my eyes say maybe a little bit of rake? Ride is firm (because there's actually some damping going on) but in a good way, IMHO. Rear end bounce/hop is dramatically improved. Sure, Fox might ride a little nicer...but for a third (or less) of the price, 5100s can't be beat.
Looks good! To me the truck looks level, maybe it's the angle of the photo? Fox shocks would be nice but for the price of them in Canada is ridiculous, and I've heard great things about Bilstein. I didn't want to go stock again seeing as the price difference was a no brainer and I wanted something better over Motocraft parts. Just waiting for them to arrive now.
Don't give it a second thought, they are great, tuned, reliable shocks and I've had mine on for over 50,000 miles now. Best single upgrade
besides my tune I've done. Personal experience is I wound up having a shop do the fronts after trying to do them myself.....
Luckily I'm just getting a garage to do the fronts for me.
The rears didn't require anything special to mount them when I did mine several years ago. I just installed these on the rear to keep the rear from twitching over road irregularities and RR tracks. While not a panacea, the improvement is noticeable. Worth the price. Good luck to you.
I should have them by tomorrow then just wait for nicer weather as I'm replacing all caliper, back rotors and brake pads. I'm just torn on whether to use the pucks with stock height or use Bilsteins set height on the struts.
Yeah that's a tough one. I think I'm going to use the pucks at stock height for now so If I ever upgrade to a 4" lift then it will just be a matter of adding the 4" strut spacers.
Yeah that's a tough one. I think I'm going to use the pucks at stock height for now so If I ever upgrade to a 4" lift then it will just be a matter of adding the 4" strut spacers.
Thats a good call. I wouldn’t mind lifting it eventually. Probably only do a 3” lift though if I decide to go that route.
Thats a good call. I wouldn’t mind lifting it eventually. Probably only do a 3” lift though if I decide to go that route.
Should also help with ride quality. OEM springs are progressive (rate goes up as they compress), so the further you move the perch on the 5100s, the stiffer the spring gets. That said, I am very happy with the ride quality w/OEMs @ 1.75...then again, my only other vehicle is an uber-stiff track-prepped Miata.
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I'm on my 3rd set of 5100's, one on my old 2010, and 2nd set on my current 2016. I plow snow, so initially I had put on 5100's and raised the front shocks to the max to get more clearance for the plow. I put about 60,000 miles on those. This new set I went back to leveling pucks, and 5100's set at stock height. To me, better ride, same performance. I am however running 10 ply tires on my Raptor rims. (My 2010 also ran leveling pucks and stock 5100 height)
