Bilstein 5100 880/906

[mac33]

Question for you Bilstein 5100/OME guys. Want to achieve a 2 inch lift with stock body weight (fine with a little rake). For the fronts which perch do I set it on? There are 4 settings that the clip can go on and it came sitting on the bottom one.


Bilstein- F 24-248730 / R 24-100144
OME - F 880 / R 906

I've researched but couldnt find an answer (maybe I didnt look hard enough) :typing:

 

[RunningForNow]

I just installed this exact setup on my ‘01, and I had the front set on the lowest perch. There’s a very slight rear rake after I finished the job, but it really isn’t bad at all. It will come in handy if you’re planning to carry some weight in the back. I carry two, sometimes three mountain bikes with gear and people, so the slight rake doesn’t bother me.

And man, the ride is so much better. It feels like a new truck. My old shocks were all shot. I pressed them in, and they never rebounded. I believe they were the originals, which would have been used for 188k miles.

 

[mac33]

Do you have any pictures? Someone else posted on FB and it seemed like they only got about 1 inch and a lot of rake when on the lowest perch

 

[pauldub]

Don't the instructions that came with the shocks have a table that suggests how much lift they think you will get for each position? Never mind, the info is for stock springs.

 

[RunningForNow]

Might have been me, but here’s a pic. I didn’t measure very closely, but there’s about 1.75” lift in the front, and about 2.2” (?) in the back.