Bilsteins with 6" lift question

[Djeazie]

I had a slight rake with my 5100 at 1.4. But from certain angles it just didn't look right to me. So I added 3/4" spacers to the rear springs. And yes that was an older rcx kit when they still have you springs with the kit. I personally didn't care for the rcx kit. And wouldn't buy another. I would do a BDS kit next time. Alittle more money but whatever. With the rcx kit I had a shimmy in the rear end on take off. Drove me nuts. They eventually made me a custom set of adjustable rear upper trailing arms. Which I actually never used because once o put the spacers in the shimmy went away. Must have changed the geometry just enough back there to fix it. Yet another reason I would stay away from rcx the second time. BDS kits just seem engineered better. But what do I know.


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[Djeazie]

And I personally wouldnt max out 5100's. You start getting into high cv angles. Which will cause you problems. Unless you buy high angle cv joints.


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[Thatdude596]

best is bds, then zone or pro comp, then superlift, then **** country


my opinion

 

[Thatdude596]

And I personally wouldnt max out 5100's. You start getting into high cv angles. Which will cause you problems. Unless you buy high angle cv joints.


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no issues and running stock uca with 37s on 20s

 

[Djeazie]

Hope that works out for you.


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[gassersarentdead]

And I personally wouldnt max out 5100's. You start getting into high cv angles. Which will cause you problems. Unless you buy high angle cv joints.


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Someone lied to you

 

[Djeazie]

Someone lied to you

Lol. Ok.


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[gassersarentdead]

Lol ok lol I'm serious

 

[Djeazie]

You can develop a cv wobble with them at a such a high angle. I've seen on friends trucks. I've had numerous lifted trucks and sometimes it happens. If you do them with a lift kit the kits spindles help to keep that angle in check. Nothing guaranteed though. But whatever.


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[jstacey8]

Rcx kit come with a preload spacer so the most you could do is set bills at 0.7 and the preload spacer

 

[gassersarentdead]

Pretty sure you're not supposed to use a preload spacer with bilsteins

 

[Drummin4jc]

Man, I've got so much to learn.... lol!

Adam

 

[Drummin4jc]

Well, I think I've finally decided on what I'm going to go with for this project. Let me know what you guys think:

Zone D21N 6" suspension lift kit with 5" coils
Fuel Vapor D560 wheels 20x10 with -18 offset
Toyo Tires Open Country M/T 35x12.50x20 tires
Bilstein 5100 front shocks

I Was also thinking of getting like, 1" rear coil spacers for the rear so when I do load her up a little, my nose won't be real high in the air. I don't mind having the rear up a little higher than the front but I wanted t get the maximum lift I can out of the kit/bils. Let me know what you guys think!

Adam

 

[smoothee]

Yeah, ditch the preload spacers if you're gonna be running Bilstein's.

That'll be a good setup. The only thing I'm thinking is the 35's might look a bit small though, especially if you decide to add rear spacers and set the Bilstein's above 1.4".

 

[Drummin4jc]

Yeah, ditch the preload spacers if you're gonna be running Bilstein's.

That'll be a good setup. The only thing I'm thinking is the 35's might look a bit small though, especially if you decide to add rear spacers and set the Bilstein's above 1.4".

Why ditch the pre-loaded spacers?

Adam

 

[smoothee]

Why ditch the pre-loaded spacers?

Adam

Because the Bilstein's are doing the exact same thing the preload spacers were meant to do.

 

[Drummin4jc]

Because the Bilstein's are doing the exact same thing the preload spacers were meant to do.

Oh ok! I was mixing up the preloaded spacers with something else. Like I said, much to learn.

Adam

 

[gassersarentdead]

I ran 37x13.50x20s with that lift and bilsteins

 

[Drummin4jc]

I ran 37x13.50x20s with that lift and bilsteins

Have any pics??

Adam

 

[Djeazie]

To keep your rake in check when loaded, look into a set of airbags.


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