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By preload do you mean pressure? As others said recharge with nitrogen to about 200 psi.

WORKSAFE PORN! What could be better? Looks great and glad to hear it was worth the expense to go 9100's.

You are correct on the shocks, thats a 5150 with a pin adaptor up front and a 5125 out back.

$65 for factory service on the 7100. Depending on what oil you select oil and seal kit can put you in the $40-45 range so you can save a bit. Makes more sense if you are going to do more than one shock or you want to play with the valving.

That spring effects the rebound of the bumpstop not compression. Keeps the bump from rebounding too fast. The bump needs to slow the axle into the chassis but shouldnt push it away.

Exactly correct. Wrong valving = bad ride. The manufacturers that take the time to valve each application generally have the best ride... those that throw generic one size fits all stuff onto the market generally dont ride so hot. Valving can be done correctly with just about any shock...

Thanks for the kind words, I really liked the in spring prothane jounce bumps that Cal at team NAXJA ran. Simple and cheap. Thinking this is the easiest/ cheapest setup to use up front. As far as foam jounce filled bumpstops I made a few sets and want to see results from the field. Pricing...

Its a bonded bushing/ barpin which is why they last so long. Standard hourglass bushings are available.

Heavy articulation can produce bushing bind near full compression with parallel mounts. Recommend perpendicular or change lower rod end to heim style from the 7100.

Great job team NAXJA and thanks for chosing Bilstein. I look forward to working on the rigs suspension again in the future.

There are plenty of valvings available that arent on the standard list. #5 is 255/70 so bumping up the compression and leaving the rebound alone would be 255/100 or so. With the heavy armor/ winch, etc you will still have a lowered rideheight though since thats a function of the spring.

Looking good, the Bilstein trailer is on the way to Hammers this morning to start tuning, see you guys out there. -Joel

Since you are changing the mounts you will need to measure the colapsed and extended lengths and order the shock by length. Bilstein 5160 has application specific valving that should work if the lengths are still right, other wise look at the 5165. 255/70 valving is good for all around usage but...

Because Bilstein supplies shocks to OE manufacturers the bushings and materials used are specifically made to keep NVH to a minimum and last for many years as opposed to generic aftermarket shocks with cheap (and hard) urethane bushings. I have done a number of upgrades for the new 5160/5165...

Ill add you to the Bilstein tuning list Jim, we are overdue to work on one of your projects in the desert.

For softly sprung Jeeps that like a mix of crawl and fast bumps I like 200/100 up front with some fine tuning from there. -joel

Roll Call! Trying to work out the marathon shock tuning logistics for stock, stock mod, LCQ and main race at KOH 2012 . Bilstein teams please shoot me an email with your ETA on the lakebed and an update on what you need tuning wise. Also if your team will be tuning sometime in January in...

The Bilstein tuning trailer will be conducting suspension tuning at the Soggy Dry Lake in Lucerne Valley on Friday 9/30/2011 through Saturday 10/1/2011. Please contact the Off Road/ Motorsports Technical Supervisor Joel Ward at 858-386-5900 or email [email protected] to confirm your team/...

There isnt a crossover Fox valving lists the shims and the Bilstein lists the actual damping numbers. For XJ fronts with heavy accessories up front Bilstein 255/100 is a good place to start.

Yes they are, also look at the 5160 or 5165 which are also better than the 5150.