Rear Bilstein 51002 + 1.5" lift

Im gettin ready to pull the trigger on a set of new rear shocks for my truck and I have a few questions.

Background info -

- 2011 TRD Off Road
- Front suspension - 5100s set at 1.75" w/ stock coils (soon to be replaced with Eibachs)
- Rear suspension - Non TSB springs w/ Wheeler's 3 leaf HD 1.5" add a leaf on stock Bilstein shocks.
- 265/70/17 Duratracs.

I use the truck as a daily driver during the week and on weekends it sees alot of mild off road use - hunting and fishing trips, logging roads, fire road, forest road, nothing too extreme.

Im very happy with the Bilsteins on the front both on and off road. They fit the budget and perform perfect for what I need. The rear shocks have 62k miles on the and I want to upgrade the rear shocks to match.

However I have some questions...

After doing some research, I'm more confused then when I was before I started.

First off, I cannot find the specs on the stock TRD shocks - collapsed and extended.

Secondly, some websites list the 5100s working with 0-2" of lift, 0-1.5" of lift, 0-1" of lift, and some list them being the same length as stock shocks.

Whats the deal?

Can I run the 5100s without damaging them with a 1.5" lift?

Ive also seen somewhere where people are running Tundra 5100s because they are a bit longer,

- Tacoma 5100s are 14.02" collapsed/22.94" extended/8.92" of travel
- 2nd gen Tundra 5100s are 15.33" collapsed/24.8" extended/9.4" of travel

If the Tacoma 5100s are the same length as stock, it seems like the Tundra ones are the perfect length for the 1.5" of lift? They have the roughly a 1/2" more travel but are 1.5" longer than the Tacoma ones.

Thanks :beer:

 

Didn't you just post this somewhere else?