Bilstein 6112

Oh, missed that he is on stage 1, but I would expect he is still getting more than 1" of lift. In any case if @bigworm is looking to lower the front by 1" he needs to drop down 2 clips to 4/3

 

It would seem that I got exactly a 2" lift from mine. And a few members here have said the blistein clip numbers are pretty accurate. So if we are in fact 20.5ish stock, then yes yours appears to be accurate too.

Is your front end look a smig higher than the rear? At first I thought yours looked dead on level. But the more I look at that pic, the more I seem to think you might be taller up front. Its so hard to tell in pictures.

 

It's leveled. I haven't remeasured since I've had them but should still be 22inches all around IF anything would be lower front. Here's another pic that's more recent

 

Thank you very much! That looks level to me! That settles it. I will try 5/4 then. THANK YOU!

Mine is pointed to the dam moon on 6/5 and just 5160 only in the rear.

 

I have read stock the front is 21" and rear is 22". I measure mine early on when I first got it and the only mod I had made was rock sliders. 21" in front and 21.5" in rear.

Today after adding an ARE topper at 200#'s and I come in at 20.5" all around. I assume the front is mainly from settling of the stock springs and the rear is from settling and the ARE shell.

I'm hoping to get to 22.5" in front on the new version of the 6112s setting 10/8 which is 1.7" from stock and 23.5" in rear with Icon RXT option 2. If I end up lower than that I will be a bit bummed and will probably look at going to option 3 in the rear and going to 650 springs in the front and a lower circlip setting/or go all in on the 11/9 2" setting.

 

If you are an inch higher in front than rear you want to drop to 4/3. It is 0.5" per notch.

 

Thats the part that is throwing me off. For me to be 22" all around, I need to drop 1". So it would be 4/3. But @AzChino520 truck looks level to me with the same suspension at 5/4

 

Most people struggle with what to do BEFORE you install them because you aren't 100% of what the end result will be. Assuming you trust your measurements, you already know. You are 1" higher in front. Go 2 notches lower for 0.5" per notch for a total of 1".

Stock factory is 1" of rake. So getting 1" in front makes total sense. You got 2", now you need to lower it 1". Your shop should have done 4/3 from the start.

 

I can measure mine if you would like for me to do that but I don't want to add to the confusion

 

I totally agree with you that I should have started at 4/3 from the start. My math says 4/3 is where I need to be to be 1" up front only. Im just thrown off by seeing AZchinos at 5/4 and being level. I'll just ask them to do 4/3 and see how it looks. If mine comes out looking like factory rake, then I will just have to ask them to try again with 5/4. 4/3 is my gut choice. But seeing AZchinos at 5/4 really threw me off. His looks level to me. Oh well. I go in tomorrow at 11am. I will report back what I ended up with!

 

Ended up forking over the $ to have the shocks redone (clip set to 11 and 9) by a local place with no sign of remorse from Wheelers. I had them throw what UCAs they had in stock on as well which turned out to be these badass Dirt Kings. This is the final product with 5160s installed in the rear with 285/75/16 BFGs mounted on it.

 

Before I have my 6112s adjust down to 4/3 from 6/5. Does anyone here have 6112/5160 set at 4/3?

 

Hey guys, I posted before and one poster told me to get measurements so I did. I've had my setup on for about 3.5 years now. I'm returning my truck to stock-ish for DD and long road miles. I am swapping my dakars out for the stock leafs, and same as my JBA UCAs back to stock. But I want to just keep my 6112s and 5160s for now. I'm at the 6/5 setting now and wondering what notches I should go down to.

These have a good 70k (99% road miles) on them, and they currently measure (center of hub to fender):
FD: 22.25"
FP: 22.5"

So I think they settled a bit over the years? If I still want a little rake but also have a little lift upfront, what notches should I go with? I AT LEAST want to be at stock height up front. But I was thinking .5" might be nice as well. It will be stock height in the rear. Just not sure if I should go up a notch since they've settled or not.

 

I don't recall, what are you running in the back for leaf's? And what net lift did you get in the front at the full 11/9 setting.

And that sucks about Wheelers. Lame.

 

Ya about 1/2" of settling in general. This is with the 600# spring?

 

Correct. Or at least it was the regular spring it came with. So if I want ~half inch lift up front, I’m thinking 3/2 setting?

 

4/3 if you want to maintain 1/2" since you have settled by 1/2" since install. I think 3/2 will now put you level.

Do you run any extra weight up front out of curiosity?

 

Yeah thats what I'm torn on. And no extra weight up front. So are you saying 3/2 will be close to stock then? I have -10 offset wheels (but I do have a CMC/trimming) and planning on running 265/70/17. So as long as it clears that. I don't technically need a lift anymore, but it does look better with a slight one.

 

Thank you for the advice and help. 4/3 was exactly what I needed to be on. Nailed the stance I wanted. Thank you. ...And thank you to the others who also offered some advice!

 

pictures or it didn't happen! Happy to help, just paying it forward.