In a little over 2 years, I've blown seals on a pair of rear 5100 bilstien shocks. My jeep has roughly 4-4.5" of lift. As it sits, eye to eye on the rear shocks is 21", and with the rear end fully jacked up w/ tires off ground, eye to eye is 25".
Here's the problem: The shocks I ordered- and what the vendor AND bilstien both recommended I purchase- are the shocks for 5-6" of lift. The other option was shocks that were for 3-4" of lift. After numerous discussions with Bilstien last week, they've decided that the current 5-6" shocks should be replaced with the same 5-6" shocks because they don't make a 5100 in the 4-5" range. They said the closest 5160 to my height would still be ~.5" too short They'll test out my current ones to see if it was user or manufacturer error, and refund or charge appropriately.
Would I be better off getting the 3-4" shocks, and throwing in a pair of BPEs to make them 4-5"? Would I loose any travel?
I do plan on adding shackle relocation brackets sometime in the nearer future, which should put me pretty dang close to 5".
My rear suspension is a pair of 3" RC leaf packs that gave me more than the advertised 3"(yes, they're broken in), and a pair of zone boomerang shackles that were good for another inch.
Here's the problem: The shocks I ordered- and what the vendor AND bilstien both recommended I purchase- are the shocks for 5-6" of lift. The other option was shocks that were for 3-4" of lift. After numerous discussions with Bilstien last week, they've decided that the current 5-6" shocks should be replaced with the same 5-6" shocks because they don't make a 5100 in the 4-5" range. They said the closest 5160 to my height would still be ~.5" too short They'll test out my current ones to see if it was user or manufacturer error, and refund or charge appropriately.
Would I be better off getting the 3-4" shocks, and throwing in a pair of BPEs to make them 4-5"? Would I loose any travel?
I do plan on adding shackle relocation brackets sometime in the nearer future, which should put me pretty dang close to 5".
My rear suspension is a pair of 3" RC leaf packs that gave me more than the advertised 3"(yes, they're broken in), and a pair of zone boomerang shackles that were good for another inch.