Bilstein 5100, Spydertrax, and cornfed spacers

[Foques]

How long did the install take?

 

[codyHTX]

How long did the install take?

my install doing the 4 shocks, rear spring spacers, and wheel spacers took 4 hours with 2 people, beer and football breaks made it last about 6. the first front shock took about 1.5 hours, the second took about 1 hour, the rear took 1.5 hours working both sides

 

[Runer4Life]

looks great!
i just installed 4 bilsteins at 1.75" with a 1" cornfed rear spacer. have the spidertrax 1.25" but have yet to install them (this weekend).
posting a (crappy quality...) before and after profile and front, also for use as comparison between the OPs 2.5"/1.5" and my 1.75"/1"

gains after alignment (measured on full tank) = 1.75" front and 1.25" rear, 0.25" lower front and back driver side

Edit: added an after front-pic with the spidertrax installed, so now in order of stock vs bilsteins vs bilsteins/spidertrax

Hey [MENTION=127657]codyHTX[/MENTION] did you do a Differential Drop? How is the lift working out for you?

 

[codyHTX]

Hey [MENTION=127657]codyHTX[/MENTION] did you do a Differential Drop? How is the lift working out for you?

no diff drop installed. my stock angles were slightly negative to begin with (cv joint lower at diff than at wheel) and now they are just slightly positive, done some decently aggressive wheeling a couple of times and haven't had anything explode yet!

for the amount of street/hwy driving I do vs time spent off road the lift is appropriate and with 265 C-rated tires it feels pretty darn close to stock around town. the stock springs seem too soft tho. I plan on + sizing the tires and replacing front/rear springs when the 265's wear out down the road.

if i did it again right now, i would might go with shocks and coils right off the bat even if i wanted to stick with 265 BFGs

 

[Runer4Life]

no diff drop installed. my stock angles were slightly negative to begin with (cv joint lower at diff than at wheel) and now they are just slightly positive, done some decently aggressive wheeling a couple of times and haven't had anything explode yet!

for the amount of street/hwy driving I do vs time spent off road the lift is appropriate and with 265 C-rated tires it feels pretty darn close to stock around town. the stock springs seem too soft tho. I plan on + sizing the tires and replacing front/rear springs when the 265's wear out down the road.

if i did it again right now, i would might go with shocks and coils right off the bat even if i wanted to stick with 265 BFGs

I am also thinking of going with Bilstein 5100's @ 1.75"F + 1"R Cornfed Spacer with 275/70/17 BFG KO2.

 

[jasonv]

A question on wheel spacers. With other offroad vehicles I have owned, wheel spacers were generally not recommend due to the added stress they can place on front end components.

Here is seems folks support their use. Can any help me understand the difference? Thanks!

99.9% of Jeeps being offroaded have spacers.

 

[Hooda914]

I am also thinking of going with Bilstein 5100's @ 1.75"F + 1"R Cornfed Spacer with 275/70/17 BFG KO2.

Im planning on doing the exact same thing but after seeing Atx4runnertrdpro doing his install at 2.5" on the 5100's and a cornfed 1.5" spacer instead of a 1" looks badass. My question is will there be any I guess the word is "problems" going the full height of the shock and bigger spacer in the rear? (i.e. rubbing, driving, handling, wearing,ect.)

 

[Hooda914]

I agree with [MENTION=45399]thebwlife[/MENTION] setup.

Thanks Runer4Life, that was my original setup i was going with but idk about the 1.5" spacers in the back. Everyone at least that ive read on here running the 5100 at 1.75" stick and 1" cornfed in the rear which is what i have and probably go with.

codyHTX has an awesome write up and great info with specs, thanks for all the info guys!:beer:

 

[Cory39744]

Here is a comparison picture of the two to better see the difference.

Definitely like the look of the stance you have there. I am thinking of setting the 5100s to 1.75 as well. On the rear, I have 10mm OME spacers and rear 5100s. This gives about .5 in of lift in the rear. I'm wondering how combination would look. Some pics show a nice positive rake, some level, and some with a negative rake.

I also like the look of [MENTION=118406]Haydenatx[/MENTION]'s stance too with the front set at .85.

I'm running 265 Cooper AT3s for reference.

 

[e60ral]

How much does 1.75" decrease the track width? I only want to use spacers if I really need to because of decreased track width

 

[Hippestguyever]

After

This looks great! I'm doing a similar setup. Does this "after" picture have the stock 265s or the 275s?

Thanks!

 

[Hippestguyever]

Here you go

This is amazing! Such a clean look. How big is your lift for the front and back?