Combine Bilstein 5100s with small spacer for softer ride at 2.5in of lift?

So after all my research, it goes like this, right?

for Bilstein 5100s:

lower notch (less lift) = more down travel and less up travel availability in the shock

higher notch (more lift) = more up travel and less down travel availability in the shock

Problem with spacers: if you don’t have enough up travel, you risk fully collapsing the shock before hitting the bump stops, which can severely damage the shock.

therefore, if you use spacers with the Bilstein 5100s, you need more up travel to ensure you hit bump stops before collapsing the shock. Therefore, it is better to use spacers with a higher notch setting because it gives more up travel.

but what gets me is that in the Bilstein 5100 instructions, it says if you are on the highest setting (the most lift) you use washers to shim up the bump stop implying that you’ll bottom out the shock before hitting the bumpstop. What??

 

The 5100 is longer than stock for more droop. getting at or near the max angle of certian things (CV joints, tie rod ends, ball joints). Putting much more than a 1/4in lean spacer in will make the truck try to droop out past the limitations of the mentioned. You will also bottom out the shock before hitting the bumpstop.

Like i mentioned, do not stack a 3in lift spacer and a 5100 front shock.

Clip setting does not change the position of the shock relative to the suspension components. It simply changes the preload of the spring to raise or lower the truck within the travel of the shock.

 

would you agree with my previous post sort of trying to summarize everything?

 

Partly yes partly no as mentioned above.

 

If I put the Bilstein shocks to the highest setting, that gives me a lot more upward travel availability in the shock. If I couple that with say a 1” spacer lift (0.5” thickness), since I have that extra up travel, I’ll hit the bump stop before fully collapsing the shock correct? I should be good to do that right?