WildcatRider
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Nashville, TN
I have been searching around for a couple days on various forums and found no hard answers.. just some vague and sometimes conflicting posts from recent years.
I ordered the Bilstein 5100 upgrade with my Iron Rock 4" long arm lift kit. They had to have the shocks drop shipped to me, but when they finally arrived here is what I received:
Front 5100 BE5-6241-H7
http://cart.bilsteinus.com/product/24-188197/1431776
This is the "factory replacement with 3.5-4" lift" model
That also have very little information in the way of valving and length specs
From my measurement
Valving: ??????
24.5" ext/15" = 9.5" travel
Rear 5125 BE5-A463-H7
http://cart.bilsteinus.com/productsearch/33-186542
This is out of the universal/custom line, not factory replacement
Per Bilstein
Valving: 255/70
Ext 24.35" ext/15.11 = 9.24" travel
I have read that these front shocks are valved really soft, which is confirmed by the fact that I can collapse it with arm strength, where as a I have to really lean on the rear one to collapse. I am concerned that these shocks are not designed to be matched up and running the soft valving on the front and firm on the rear will cause problems.
Can I get some expert advice? Should I send one of these sets back, and which should I ask for instead?
I ordered the Bilstein 5100 upgrade with my Iron Rock 4" long arm lift kit. They had to have the shocks drop shipped to me, but when they finally arrived here is what I received:
Front 5100 BE5-6241-H7
http://cart.bilsteinus.com/product/24-188197/1431776
This is the "factory replacement with 3.5-4" lift" model
That also have very little information in the way of valving and length specs
From my measurement
Valving: ??????
24.5" ext/15" = 9.5" travel
Rear 5125 BE5-A463-H7
http://cart.bilsteinus.com/productsearch/33-186542
This is out of the universal/custom line, not factory replacement
Per Bilstein
Valving: 255/70
Ext 24.35" ext/15.11 = 9.24" travel
I have read that these front shocks are valved really soft, which is confirmed by the fact that I can collapse it with arm strength, where as a I have to really lean on the rear one to collapse. I am concerned that these shocks are not designed to be matched up and running the soft valving on the front and firm on the rear will cause problems.
Can I get some expert advice? Should I send one of these sets back, and which should I ask for instead?