Where to buy Bilstein 6112/5160

Mainly off road. So many of the trails have Little Rock’s that make it super jittery. Hoping to smooth that out. If it helps in 84 too then I’d take that.

 

I gotcha. I'll let you know how it feels after I get the chance to get off pavement.

On road I can feel more small imperfections in the road, but it's overall much more planted. Less body roll. Less brake dive. It absorbs speed humps very well so far and I expect it to handle potholes, manhole covers, storm drains, ect with ease.

As for the rears, I imagine they should handle being punished off road in that scenerio better than stocks.

I was pretty happy with my stock setup off road honestly. Airing down to anywhere between 15-20 psi was pretty comfortable. 30 psi off road was not comfortable. Lol.

I mainly upgraded to this setup because my plans include lift, larger tires, plus several people said how much more planted on road this was with the digressive valving, yet still performs off road.

Those things paired with the affordable price vs full out Kings, Icon, or Fox coilover setups...I couldn't resist trying these. I've had good experiences with Bilstein products before.

Hope that helps.

 

Yes very helpful. Figured it’s a 10 minutes job to swap out the rear shocks so probably worth it sooner than later. My plan is to eventually do that setup and upgrade to a 265/70/18 or somewhere around that size. I’m currently on 31.5 and run them around 37psi. Didn’t have an air compressor before so off roading was rough. Looking forward to getting out and airing down soon to see how much that helps.

 

Airing down helps a ton. Get you a tire deflator if you want to air down quickly. Check Amazon. I also got a small portable compressor on Amazon that works great for airing up my stock tires. About 2-3 mins per tire depending. Viair 88P

$75 VIAIR 88P - 00088 Tire Inflator Portable Onroad/Offroad Air Compressor for Car, Truck, SUV & RV | 12V On/Off Road Tire Pump Air Compressor Portable Heavy Duty 120 PSI, Alligator Clips, Twist Chuck

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005ASY23I?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

As for changing the rear shocks, it'll take a little longer than you think. Mostly because it's difficult to get the reservoir bracket backing plates bolted on. They go on the inside of the frame rails and it's hard to get your hand/arm in those areas. I suggest bringing a friend to help with this part to hold the reservoir in place, or if they have small hands send them under the truck lol.

 

Thanks. I picked up a compressor last month and have a deflator I bought last summer. Just haven’t got to try them out.
I guess I was a little optimistic on install time, but with air tools it does go a bit quicker. At least I’d hope

 

Oh ok, great! You're all set.

 

The rear shocks did go on really fast, but I’m also a girl with small hands so i suppose that did come in handy when I did mine a few weeks back I didn’t have any trouble with that reservoir bracket

 

I was not so dexterous for this portion of the install.

 

It does help to have small hands. It also helps to have the extra tools when you don’t have small hands.

 

It does seem I can never own enough tools.

 

I can see how that would be hard with man sized hands... I did have a hard time with one of the lower shock mount bolts, couldn’t get it lined up it was dumb. But really I was just hangry and it probs actually took 5 minutes lol

 

I feel you on the hangry part!

A spud wrench or similar bolt hole alignment tool has saved me a ton of frustration in more recent years vs my early wrenching days. Can never have too many tools I guess. Lol.

 

Sounds like another tool I need to acquire, I was using a long screwdriver which was ok but def not ideal nor strong enough! I like doing a lot of my own work on stuff, whether it be the truck or my house... grew up on a farm helping my dad wrench on tractors and trucks and everything else so I’m glad I learned a lot from him... and have saved a lot of money too. So I agree you can never have enough tools

 

Here is a pic I took last week.... the ride is so much better over the stock OR suspension... I added the Dakar heavy leaf packs as well, much much improved over stock. I’ll need new tires this summer, don’t think I want to bump up to 285 so I’ll have to explore my options. The ko2 were fine but I think I’ll try something else

 

Looks great! I keep threatening to switch from the KO2 but they just work. What else are you looking at?

 

Thanks! Honestly I’ve been happy with them, they were an improvement from the original KO I had on a different truck for sure. I had duratracs right after the ko and liked them a lot, they seem to wear a lot faster than the ko. The ko2 have been on par with the duratrac I think, off-road performance seems similar but i think the duratrac were better in the snow, ko2 wear a lot better and have not needed to be balanced as much. So I don’t know what I’d switch to either lol

 

Yeah, they’re not perfect at one thing, but they’re good enough at everything I feel like. I’ve owned 2 sets and my dad has had 2 sets. Can’t complain. I still have the older style. The new ones look a little more off road worthy to me.

 

Looks good! What size and load rating are those tires?

 

Thanks! Rides sooo much better for sure too. Got the tires as new Jeep take-offs with like 30 miles on them maybe 3 years ago, all 5 for like 400 bucks. It was a steal! They are 265/70r17, load range C. They look pretty small on there now!

 

Has anyone installed this Bilstein 6112/5160 setup running stock tires, then went to a larger size tire, load range E?

Curious what the difference feels like.