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BugsRLB
Explorer
Apr 04, 2015

Added Bilsteins to Truck

After 70K miles on the original shocks I decided it was time to replace them. I did some reading and looking and decided on Bilstein. Did not want a shock that needed to be adjusted because in New Hampshire with the snow and road salt the adjusters would probably******out in no time. Called Bilstein and told them my application. They gave me the correct part #'s. Bilstein does not sell direct so I went to the interweb and found the best price and ordered them up. Delivered this week so I started surgery. The rears were a piece of cake. No problem at all. The fronts on the other hand were a PITA! Had to take a cosmetic add-on fender flare off and then the inner plastic wheel well just to get at the top shock nut. But, I persevered and got the job done. The OEM shocks were all junk. They were not doing there job! I can only imagine a big improvement will benoticed with the TC on. :B









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  • billtex's avatar
    billtex
    Explorer II
    Apr 05, 2015
    BugsRLB wrote:
    When I called Bilstein and told them what I had and was going to be carrying a TC, they changed the rear shock to part # 24-186575. These are supposedly engineered for carrying a TC.


    Yes...I think that is PN for rear shocks.
    I did same; called Bilstein (they were very helpful) told them what I was doing and they gave me PN's. Ordered from shockwarehouse.com


    Bob (ticki) your experienced convinced me to go with yellow/blue-thanks!

    Bill
  • c_traveler2's avatar
    c_traveler2
    Nomad
    Apr 05, 2015
    I when with Bilsteins as my replacement shocks for my F-250, have been very happy with them. Had a Rancho steering damper and it bombed out in less than a year, replaced it with a bilstein steering damper and haven't had any trouble from it in 2 years since installing it.:B
  • bobndot's avatar
    bobndot
    Explorer II
    Apr 05, 2015
    billtex wrote:
    Just did bilstein 4600hd last week
    The difference from oe is unreal
    Bob-go for it but get the 4600
    5100 for off road not tc
    Bill


    ok tnx Bill .

    Also tnx to ticki and Bugs for the additional info.

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