Bilstein 6112 lift numbers

I just ordered these and I'm wondering what you guys were getting for lift numbers on the different ring settings. From what I've been reading this lift chart from Bilstein isn't at all accurate for our trucks.



For those that have these installed, could you list your ring setting, cab and armor, and the amount of lift you received?

I'm looking for ~2" on a DCSB 4x4, and I'm guessing #3 is what I'll need, but just want to see what other people were getting before having them installed.

Also, did you need to use any spacers to correct the Taco lean?

Thanks. Appreciated.

 

set driver side one clip higher than passenger side for taco lean.

 

I would imagine that would just give me passenger-side lean then, no?

 

i have a 1/4in lean spacer on my 5100 setup. (which produces about 1/2in of lift at the wheel) and still have a lil lean to the driver side. The ~ 15mm of lift that each clip setting gives you would be perfect IMO.

 

I would guess that preloading the coils to different heights would make for a strange handling situation. You would be better off sliding a 1/4" spacer above the driver side strut and leaving the coils the same on both sides. Just my $0.02.

 

You realize that the TRD Pro / Baja front shocks have 2 clip settings, one for driver and one for passenger that does the exact same thing as i am describing above.

 

Nope, I didn't realize that. Seems strange to me. Do the struts have different rebound damping settings? If not, going over the same size bump you would get different rebound from side to side. That seems not ideal.

 

no the struts have the same dampening settings.

the clip settings are simply ride height adjustments.... the spring is compressed the same amount at each clip setting its just the lower shock body protrudes past the spring more at higher clip settings.

This is the same theory as guys with fully adjustable coil overs cranking the driver side a lil more than the passenger to get the truck to sit level.

 

I have them on my gen 3 and have both sides set on the fifth notch, then I have a 1/4 inch spacer on the drivers side for the lean. I got about 2 3/4" front lift.

you can read about it with pictures here.. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/boss-2-0-or-bilstein-6112-5160-combo.402595/

 

If the location of the top of the spring doesn't change and the location of the bottom of the spring is moved up that means the spring is being compressed but I guess there must be enough "real world" differences in driving conditions to wash out the small difference in compression.