Front 5100 shock question

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Hoxtongue

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I have a 2010 SR5 with stock suspension and I ordered a pair of Bilstein 5100 for the front to fix a real soft front end.
My question is do I have them installed at zero lift, or should I have my shop add a bit of height to offset and spring sag due to the age of the truck?
 
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1. I set mine at .85 which, to my eye, is so close to level I sure wouldn't go higher at the risk of being nose high with any sort of load.

2. More importantly, why on earth would you only put 2 on? Having mismatched shocks makes no sense imo.

3. Don't forget to re-aim your headlights.

EDIT: "...to fix a real soft front end". The Bilsteins will not FIX the soft front end. That's more to do with springs. They are however, enough of an improvement to be very worth while ..... well, 4 of them are an improvement, no idea what 2 would be like.
 
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The shocks won't make a big difference in the soft ride. Springs will. Since you are going to have it apart anyway for new shocks why not order some replacement springs too?
 
Hoxtongue said:
I have a 2010 SR5 with stock suspension and I ordered a pair of Bilstein 5100 for the front to fix a real soft front end.
My question is do I have them installed at zero lift, or should I have my shop add a bit of height to offset and spring sag due to the age of the truck?
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How many KMs? .85" with the new 5100 will be a big step in the right direction.
 
i'm currently waiting for the backordered 5100 in the front and i'm contemplating taking out my spacers up front and adding a spring up there for the extra $170. anybody here use the toytec spring or the toytec/eibach spring.
 
3wbdriver said:
The shocks won't make a big difference in the soft ride. Springs will. Since you are going to have it apart anyway for new shocks why not order some replacement springs too?
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Thanks for all the replies, any suggestions for springs? I am going with the front for now, then going to order the rears later on, I have air springs that make a pretty big difference.
 
I honestly don't know if there is a stock height aftermarket spring out there. Are you planning to maintain your stock ride height?
 
I'm looking for the same, as I just got my 5100's in and have decided to go ahead and do springs at the same time because I only want to do this once and I'm afraid the shocks alone won't eliminate the nose dive. I'm only looking for ~1" of lift and the only option I can find is the Toytec setup that allows you to adjust from 1-3". All the other springs I've run across are like 2.5"+ of lift.
 
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Yes for the time being I just want to keep the stock height.
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Then I would find out what a replacement pair would cost from Toyota. I am assuming you liked the ride quality until it started going soft? Or go in the buy/sell thread stickied up top and ask if anybody who has added a lift kit has a pair laying around for cheap.
 
I ran the 5100's with the stock springs on my fj. This only served to level the ride. It made it stiffer. I added a winch and had to go to the highest notch. At one point I added a spacer to fit bigger tires. I finally bought the toytec adjustable coil overs. Even with the old shocks the ride was vastly improved. Later that year I got some new 5100 shock cartridges. Better yet. The stock springs are poor they need swapped out asap! I am now going to replace my 2014 TE shocks from my fj I bought a set of Monroe quick struts to use on the fj to get it back to stock. The Monroe shocks were 123$ each at summit I hope they are better than the stock toyota struts I will post after I try them.
 
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