Recent content by Rjameseast

I have an 05 v8 and my engine says 10w30 on the filler cap. I live in the NE. Should I switch to 5w30? I have always used mobil 1 and I am the original owner.

Just letting everyone who does this install know that I heard back from Bilstein. After reviewing the pictures, they said the shock probably broke because the nut was torqued too much. They said it looks like it was installed with an impact wrench. It may have been installed that way because I...

Thanks for the info. I will double check for the washer and get the new bushing on the other side. I also am thinking this was a defective shock. Do any of you know where I can get another bushing for the top of the left rear. The mechanic installed them a year ago and did not give me back the...

That makes sense. I did not install the shocks the first time. When I got the replacement, I used a new bushing on the bottom and the original bushings on the top because another new bushing would not fit. I also read that somewhere on this site. That's also how the mechanic installed them. I...

Thanks for letting me know. I was thinking the same thing that it may have just been defective. It's odd how I had no problems for a year until I added the FJ springs.

Sorry for the large pictures. Here is the shock after it broke. Notice the shock body slid forward.

I am reaching out to see if anyone has had any issues with the Bilstein 5100 setup with the FJ springs. I installed the 5100's on the highest setting on the front with the 5100 rear shock and daystar spacer on rear about a year ago without any issues on my 2005 v8 sport. I recently obtained a...

Are they still for sale? Do you have rear springs?

Problem fixed. The right front tire was not balanced. Thanks for the info on the lift.

Thanks for the info. I will try tire balancing and allignment first. Just curious, have you had any issues with toy tec ultimate lift? With ball joints, control arms, etc?

I looked up information about a front differential drop but found that most said it was not needed unless the lift was 3inches. I only lifted about 1.25 inches from my measurements. Could it be possible that the allignment was not done correctly?

I may be using the wrong term. The steering wheel starts to vibrate at about 65mph. I can also feel the vibration on the floor.

I searched this site but did not find much about this vibration. I have an 05 sport with the v8 and 106000 miles. I installed Bilstien 5100's on front and rear with 1.75 setting up front. Added a daystar 1.5 inch spacer in back. Still running stock tires and wheels and had the front allignment...