I am either going to order the HBS 2.5' leveling kit or some Bilstein adjustable shocks here soon. I am leaning towards the Bilstein adjustables but my question is since I am only really after leveling my truck, would there be anything wrong with just ordering a set of Bilsteins for the front and leaving the stock shocks in the rear?
Bilstein 5100 Adj Shocks Question
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Musclemckeester
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Not at all. In fact, many people have done that.
I love my Bilstein 5100s.
I love my Bilstein 5100s.
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I second Kevin.
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Do adjustables work on a 4x4?...not sure who, but someone on here said they don't. But, then I remembered Muscle was running them on his 4x4
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they definitely work with 4x4
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Yeah, hate to say it but they were wrong.
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Yeah I think all us lifted 4th gen guys run bilsteins.
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alright thats what i figured...thanks for clearing that up guys...sorry for the thread jack OP
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I'm running them right now on my truck. No mods to the rear end.
Hardest part of installing them was getting the ball joints apart. Dodge makes a tool but I'm too cheap to buy one. Just modified a small Jack to work. If I didn't again I wouldn't go completely level. When in 4x4 I get a little CV vibration. Looked at high pitch joints but I'm not in 4x4 right to justify the cost. Yet.
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Hardest part of installing them was getting the ball joints apart. Dodge makes a tool but I'm too cheap to buy one. Just modified a small Jack to work. If I didn't again I wouldn't go completely level. When in 4x4 I get a little CV vibration. Looked at high pitch joints but I'm not in 4x4 right to justify the cost. Yet.
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the adjustable only work on 4x4, maybe you saw where somebody said they didn't work on 4x2?
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Nope, I remember someone said 'He can't get adjustables because hes 4x4 and has torsion bars.' Unless i'm missing something having to do with t-bars
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that would be on the 02-05 rams.
im running bilstiens, i like them, but wish i would have went with the rancho quick lifts. they were a pita to install.
im running bilstiens, i like them, but wish i would have went with the rancho quick lifts. they were a pita to install.
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Yea that is because 02-05 4x4's use torsion bars. In 06 they switched to the coilovers
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ah so say i were to pick up an 04 4x4, i wouldnt be able to use the adjustables on the front?
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Nope but you could use a regular bilstien(or any) shock and crank the torsion bars for free
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hmm that might be a better deal anyway...regular bilstiens all four corners with cranked tb's..thanks guys..i feel bad cuz i completely jacked the OPs thread
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I currently have the bilsteins in the front only. I think the only diffrence between shocks and a kit would be ride quality. My truck rides so much better with the bilsteins in the front rather than stock.
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^^^^^
What he said. A lot of people have said the ride quality was better with the bilsteins
What he said. A lot of people have said the ride quality was better with the bilsteins
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