Front & Rear Bilsteins 5100s - How Much in Service?

OP- Assuming the alignment was reasonably good prior, after you *lifted* the front (it wasn't a stock replacement shock) you should now have too much positive camber: when you look at the truck from the front, the tops of the wheels should be visibly farther out than the bottoms. This is because the angles of the control arms with respect to the ground has changed. And you should also now have too much toe-in (which you probably can't see) because the LCA and ball joint is now vertically farther from the steering rack. The caster should also be affected (can't see) since you only lifted the front, but maybe not enough to be an issue.

So basically all three alignment criteria should have changed, and the first two I mentioned should now be out of spec.

 

Wow, thanks man. Really appreciate the explanation.

 

They said about $300 for me. I supply the parts.

 

Update: the fine folks at 4Wheel Parts sent me the wrong 5100's. We found out with the truck up in the air. Turns out they sent me Tundra 5100's, not Tacoma 5100's, which obviously are way larger. This happened despite them having on file my truck as an 07 tacoma. They apologized and are refunding my money for the shocks, but not for the time that the shop had the truck up in the air.

So, for me, the spacer lift that is in is coming off, and we are running the stock shocks and springs. The 5100s will have to happen another day. Gotta love some of the special sales people working at 4WP.