Installed all four Bilstein 5100's, sits higher in front??

[JamesRam]

I just swapped out all four of my stock shocks today for Bilsteins. I set them to 2.8 in the front. It sits higher in the front, will there truck level out or will i have to take them out again and set them down to 2.1??

 

[JamesRam]

Here is a picture of the shocks installed, I haven't measured anything yet or tested it in 4x4 to see if I have vibration but I'm sure it sits higher in the front even though it doesn't really look like it in the picture.

9bf6c7d1.jpg picture by JamesRam11 - Photobucket

 

[D33k]

Have you measured? And the shocks usually don't sag "break in", springs will over time but shocks typically stay at same height.

 

[Bigdaddy]

I set mine at 2.0'

 

[Hemi450hp]

Shocks dont settle, so if you want the front to come down some, you will need to readjust the shocks to the 2.1 setting.

 

[WhiteExpress]

Or buy a spacer for the rear. Easy Install and fairly cheap.

 

[JamesRam]

I might have to take them out and set them back down either way as I have the vibration issues in 4x4.

 

[quietpeen]

now this is just what i have read on here, but i have read where people said the front settle in and dropped a little. Specifically people who added a spacer in the rear because the front was a little nose high, then were talking about taking the rear spacer out because they had rake again.

 

[JamesRam]

Yeah I guess I'll wait and see what happens. It's going in for an alignment later today so I'm hoping that will get rid of my vibration problem. If so I will leave it the way it is for now and see what happens.

 

[JamesRam]

If the vibration is still there after alignment I will take it back down to maybe 2.0 or 2.1 whatever the next setting is and see

 

[h2oman]

As you can see in this pic that it looks like I'm nose high. However, the rear has about 3/4" more travel to the wheel than the front.

 

[JamesRam]

I haven't had a chance to measure mine yet but maybe mine is the same. However I'm more concerned with the vibration now then I am about it being nose high. So I may end up taking it back apart still anyhow. But thanks.