1st gen eibach n billstein 5100s

so I finished my install of billstein 5100s all around and installed eibach coils rated at I think 600 lbs...little nervous it may cause a ball joint or something to break..should I be nervous anyone had a bad experience with this?I run a 1st gen 2000.

 

im nervous about my upper control arm ball joint looks like its at a extreme angle...and dont want to spend a g stack on upper control arms..

 

Any pictures?? Did you set the billies at 0?

 

I just did the same install, and I have the same concerns. It seems like I got more than 3", how much lift did you get?

 

It will put u up over 3" at first but they should settle to 3"

 

its well known that they give about 3.5''.

if you don't have any front weight you shouldn't have got the coils to begin with as they are too high a rate.

they are made to have a heavy bumper with them at least. Skids and a winch help too.

 

This guy knows whats up

 

I did the diff drop and the eibach and billstiens I did not do any measurements yet.and yeah I set them to 0 those springs made my spring compressor bend and strip threads was a bit sketchy but its done and is sick...just nervous about breaking a ball joint..just wondering if anything has broke due to this lift?

 

No your ball joints will be fine.

If you had done some searching you would have found all this to be known info. Diff drop doesn't hardly help.

If you don't get some weight up there you'll eat through your cv boots soon

 

I know they say diff drop does not help but for like 20 bucks and a hlf hr of labor it cant hurt.also Ive been waiting on my shrockworks bumper for like 2 months so Im preparing for that .............................................................but waiting....waiting...............................and more waiting....

 

Haha also should have researched shock works. You might not see that bumper for 3-16 months...most likely the later.

 

I know about the wait time and ive done the research I know...just after the install got a little nervous thought id ask...is that your truck in the pic?

 

Yes that's mine. If you click it it'll go to my build.

Ah well...hopefully you'll get it.

You'll be fine. Just be a bit stiff and ruin your cv boots

 

so you think I should have done something different?

 

I'd have waited.

Or gotten a 881 OME coil for now till the bumper showed.

 

If u still have the stock coils you could take out the eibachs and just run the billies with the stock coils till you get some weight up front.

 

huh so ill be replacing cv boots till then? ouch...shrockworks wait time just scood me I was trying to prepare a head of time for the extra weight...hows the boot slide mod they talk about on here ..ive never done it?

 

I dont want to re do the job I just did ...really put the old coils back on...aaaahhhhhuuuuggghhh....dont tell me that,,,I love the way it is now and cant go back
nnnnnooooooo....cant do that...

 

Haha cv boots aren't that expensive....

 

Boot slide mod is ok. Doesn't always work well though.