"Best" vendor for Bilsteins 5100?

Actually it was just for the 4 shocks. I did the install myself. Its hard for me to spend the $$ on labor that I believe I can do myself. I am not sure if I got lucky or what.

 

The struts came in Thursday, I got home Friday and we installed them on Saturday...We found it easiest to split the spindle at the top balljoint, and totally unhook the sway bar. Installation was about 3 hours with the second side going faster. We also had to drop the front pan to get easy access to the sway bar bolts...now for a good roadtest.

Howard

 

This should be my final post on this thread...the truck has been driven to town, to the office and to the alignment shop, to adjust the toe positive about 0.15 a side, at a cost of $65, to include a tire rotation and balance.

Now, how do the Bilsteins ride compared to the worn out original shocks? They seem a tad overdampened, so I am noticing bumps I used to float over, on the other hand, it handles better on twisty, two lane, mountain roads. As for dirt and gravel, it keeps the corners well planted over large whoops.

The guys at the tire/alignment shop commented on the cost of the bilsteins, I suspect they have trouble upselling them over the name brand of Monroe or Gabriel. (note: have you seen a Gabriel shock lately?)...

Which brings a new question...are the bilsteins on the Wrangler Sahara worn out after 75k miles on the clock?

Howard