Bilstein 6112 or Eibach Pro Stage 2.0

Title says it all. Been looking at both suspension lift kits.

What is everyone's impression of them.

Which has the better ride?

Experience with either?

Height adjustment?

One big plus I like for the Eibach kit is that you can adjust the ride height without removing the strut and disassembling it.

 

I had the same question. I ultimately bought the Eibach stage 2 for the ease of adjustability - I plan on adding more weight to my truck and want to adjust easily if there is any sag in the future. Plus, I don't do any "real" offroading, so I don't really need the wider body.

Haven't installed them yet, so I cannot provide any feedback.

 

Mine are arriving today. But they will sit in the garage until March of next year. Unless we get some warm days in January/February..

 

ouch.... If it's any help, it's 65* F here, right now

 

Actually it's quite nice here today and all week here. Mid 50's. But I can't do it this week cause I just had surgery yesterday and if I did my wife would kill me...

 

Do you know if out of the box the front struts are set to factory height?

No lift at all and need to be adjusted?

 

I'v read somewhere that they come at 2" out of the box. I have no idea if that is true or not. I plan on putting them on sometime before Christmas, so I can let you know.

 

I'd appreciate that...

Thanks..

 

Will do. If you don't hear from me by the 30th, just hit me up in the DM or on here and I will answer any questions.

 

The Eibach springs needs to be compressed to adjust them. Almost to the point of removing them. (Actually all C/O should be adjusted without load on them to avoid galling of the threads.)

 

So I got off work very early today and decided to use the day to put the suspension on. Can confirm it’s 2” out of the box. I did have to lower the passenger side a bit to match the driver side because of the “taco lean.”

The single best modification I have done to the truck so far. Also added a Headstrong off-road 3 leaf AAL. I have a bump leaving my neighborhood that used to shake my bones from my toes through my teeth with the stock TRD Sport suspension. Feels like nothing now.

 

Good to know.. Thanks...

 

I’ve been debating the same. Wow looks great.

 

Thanks. I was originally debating between 6112/5160s, Eibach Stage 2, and the Fox TRD PRO Takeoffs virtually all at around the same price. I called around about a 100 mile radius and no one rebuilds Fox shocks near me, so that eliminated them. I definitely did not want to have my truck on jackstands for a month while I mail my suspension for a service... Honestly, I cannot compare to 6112/5160 setup, as I have never had any experience with it, but I am completely satisfied with this purchase of the Stage 2s. The ride is fantastic and it soaks up all of the bumps in the road. Super simple to install. This was my first time doing anything to the suspension and took me and a buddy about 3 hours, and only cost me 2 beers/hour. The front coilovers were easy enough to adjust with the spanner wrench while on jackstands.

I don't know if they will develop in the future, but I have absolutely no vibrations at all. I bought shims, CB drop kit, and ECGS bushing to prepare for it. None of them were installed, and I'm glad because while I could do the shims and CB drop kit, I would have had to shell out more $$ for a shop to install the ECGS bushing.

FWIW, Eibach will be releasing a Stage 2A kit this upcoming summer. The only difference is that they are adding rear reservoirs to the set.

 

Way to make my winter impulse pulling the trigger difficult. Not that I think I "need" resies.

 

I do what I can haha.

Im willing to bet 90% of us don’t need them…. So what lol. Here you go https://youtu.be/MMqRU2tEVnU

 

I may be willing to wait for the rear shock upgrade. Nice write up.

 

Truck looks great man and I am actually going to be installing this same setup on my truck next week. Eibach Pro + HS 1.5” AAL. How easy was the AAL installation? Any issues at all?

 

thanks. No issues at all. HS’s new AAL makes the install very easy - none of the brackets overlap or conflict, so I didn’t have to trim anything. I got the full 1.5” with the overload removed.

 

Doing the exact same AAL but going with Old Man Emu kit, 888's. Your truck looks sharp bud.