Help with Bilstein 5100 Struts
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Good to know... Hard to tell which side it was coming from. Bout to recheck everything and go get it alighted.
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15% off Bilstein shocks and struts. Not anything serious, and yes AutoAnything always has their 20% off but that never includes Bilsteins. This is my cart right now...
EDIT: cant get pictures to work. But the 5100 0-2" for the fronts for my 2012 are $107 a pop and the 0-1 for the back are $72. Throw in a 3inch ReadyLIFT block for $120 and we're in business!
EDIT: cant get pictures to work. But the 5100 0-2" for the fronts for my 2012 are $107 a pop and the 0-1 for the back are $72. Throw in a 3inch ReadyLIFT block for $120 and we're in business!
Last edited by berty; Nov 25, 2015 at 10:58 AM.
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15% off Bilstein shocks and struts. Not anything serious, and yes AutoAnything always has their 20% off but that never includes Bilsteins. This is my cart right now... EDIT: cant get pictures to work. But the 5100 0-2" for the fronts for my 2012 are $107 a pop and the 0-1 for the back are $72. Throw in a 3inch ReadyLIFT block for $120 and we're in business!
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What's this bottoming out business? Anything we need to worry about or cause any damage? I have 104k on original shocks and was thinking about Bilsteins as replacements, first I heard of this.
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So the Bilsteins will stop at a certain point when pushing down. Instead of forcing a wicked angle and causing more stress on the ball joints. The bottoming out is a good thing in my opinion (and many others).
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The bump stop from the original strut is used. Same amount of travel unless you slide the snapring up to gain lift. At most it's 2 ½" less travel but I tighter shock. There's only 30k on my 2011 so the original shocks were still in great shape. Just since putting them I last night, I notice a big difference in how much better they respond to bumps and pot holes.
The bottoming out I was worried about was actually just a loose sway bar nut. Everything is right now and driving great.
The bottoming out I was worried about was actually just a loose sway bar nut. Everything is right now and driving great.
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