Pro Comp 6 inch lift AND Bilstein 5100

Hey guys,
Does anyone have a pro comp 6 inch lift with diff drop and Bilstein 5100s set at the 3” lift (.85)?

 

I have been looking for the same answer

 

You can do it but there are better ways to do it rather than preloading your spring. It'd just be a harsh ride with lots of rebound, no real travel up or down. The way to go if you want extra height is to run cranked coilovers. If you dont want to spend coilover money, Bilstein makes a full length 5100 series shock that can be paired with any 6" lift kit. I'm pretty sure some RCD kits come standard with them. I would pair a full length shock with a toytec or OME coil for that extra lift. I have seen standard length 5100s with toytec lift coils and the strut spacer that comes with the procomp kit, but it sat at almost 9" with the UCA an inch away from hitting the spacer. Not a great setup. The strut spacer is only meant for stock coilovers

 

Which toytec spring do you recommend? I got the rcd 5100 shocks but need a coil to go with it as the baja suspension has a different coil

 

The part number for the shock should be
F4-BE5-E122-T0. You can use any coil as long as it's an extended length one. Personally I have the OME 887, but I preferred the toytec 521600 coil just because it was silver and matched the bilstein. Both spring rates are similar, 590/600.

 

What about these

 

Thos

They will work, but the spring rate is significantly higher. Unless you are running weight on your front bumper (winch or steel bumper) I would stay away and run the 521600. They will both sit at exactly the same height with stock bumper weight so there will be no difference in leveling. Keep in mind that the bilstein shock doesn't have as aggressive valving as fox/king so there is no way to mitigate the stiff ride if you do go with a higher spring rate with no bumper weight.

 

The 521600 won’t give me the bro lean?

 

I couldn't tell you that for sure. I am running a rear Deaver AAL and a 4" block and I still have a slight rake. I would like to run a slightly smaller block or remove my AAL but I still do some towing, so the rake helps me keep level.

 

Either way you go, 600 or 620 you will still get the same amount of lift

 

i changed a friends rear to the 3" AP Expo springs and got rid of the 4" block. truck sits level and can still tow his 14' boston whaler without squatting.

 

Where can I find this? I got a 99 Tacoma with the fabtech 6” lift and I wanna upgrade the shocks from the procomp 9000’s the previous owners had on.
I know this was posted a while ago but if anyone knows that would be much appreciated

 

Person you quoted hasn't been here since April 2020

 

That post was referring to 2005-2023 models (Bilstein part # F4-BE5-E122-T0). I don't believe there is an equivalent shock made for a 1999 Tacoma (or if there was, maybe it's been discontinued? I couldn't find anything).

You'll probably have to use Bilstein 0-3" lift shocks and then configure a pair of top-hat spacers to provide the appropriate lift height for your 6" bracket lift (also to have the correct amount of droop travel so that the suspension/CV joints don't overextend). This required spacer thickness generally should match that of the drop-down distance of your lift brackets. Additionally, this will also allow more flexibility to configure your setup, since the Bilstein full-length lift shocks don't appear to have a height-adjustable lower spring seat.

I got the impression @colemcaffee quoted the part of the post he did only because it mentions the shock being available (not necessarily looking for a response from reidkm, but from anyone in general). But again, it's for the 2005-2023 trucks.

 

I think I'll just buy the Stealth Shocks from Fabtech, I'll save some money from Bilsteins and I won't have to worry about figuring out how many spacesr to put, and if I calculated the range right. I'm down to figure some stuff out on my rig but I think I'll take the easy way out on this one.

Exactly. Thanks man.