Bilstein 5100

Order bilstein 5100s , trying to decide on .85 or 1.75 setting. Just want to level out my truck with out doing anything to the rear. Truck has 14k miles and stock everything.

 

Take "before" measurements (center of hub to bottom of fender) to determine where you'll be. @ .85" you'll gain ~1" in the front, 1.75" will get you ~2" in the front. Typical factory rake is 2" (back 2" higher than front), so @ 1.75", you will be level, to slightly nose high.

 

Thanks. For some reason I keep telling myself to stick with the .85 setting.

 

You're going to need a small spacer for the TACO LEAN.

 

Tell me more about this Taco lean.

 

Believe it's the driver side that needs 1/4" spacer for it be perfectly level all around.

 

No he won't.

 

You're alright.

1.75 will be level or slightly nose high depending on the condition of your leafs.

.85 is a safer bet.

Also, those are estimates. I got 1.5" at .85.

 

I agree, unless its already compromised, the stock coils are side specific to help with the extra weight on the driver side.

 

Measure gap stock.

Lift front with floor jack...... when it looks good to you, re measure. Theres the lift u desire.

 

Had to install it on mine, there was 1/2" difference between the driver and passenger side. My truck only had 85,000km at the time before install.

 

Every truck is different.

Measuring is king.

Talking in absolutes about what is needed with a factory suspension setup is not the best way to advise.

 

did it lean before?

 

Getting ready to do the same thing on 2011. I have 1/4" difference from front driver side to passenger side. Driver side is lower. It's all stock. And after having leafs changed per recall, I am only 1" different from front to back.

 

you might want to check which 5100s you are getting, the new gen (late 2016) have different settings, instead of .85 it is .65 for starting lift

 

Pay close attention to the handling characteristics and listen to the drive train. I think you will find your truck dose not like to be level, it was not engineered to ride level.

 

So what happens when you use the truck as a truck and throw a few hundred lbs in the back?

Silly trucks, tryin ta be trucks

 

Also curious about this white prerunner 4x4 you have.
Theres a small handful of conversions here, did your mpg dive?

 

Yeah, regarding the "Lean", I should have mentioned to check driver's, and passenger's sides. If there's a ~ 1/2" difference between the two sides (which there likely will be) (driver's should be lower than passenger's), then get the 1/4" spacer. I'm on my second set of factory coils, and had the the spacer on both sets. It's not necessary, it all depends on your level of OCD. For me, once I knew the delta (difference between the two) existed, I needed it. The factory coils are side specific, but they don't completely compensate for the lean though.

 

Looking at your truck in your original picture I wouldn't go any higher than 0.85" as it looks close to level the way it is. Here is my trd off road with tsb rear springs. I have a lot of rake and I'm still going 0.85" as it'll give me 1-1.5" or maybe more of lift from what people have posted on these forums.