Shock talk-Bilstein 5100's or FOX 2.0 IFP

fly-boy wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

fly-boy wrote:
With those kind of miles- guaranteed your shocks are shot! Guaranteed!

I have owned and run both the Bilstein and the Fox shocks. (I have Fox right now) I don't think you can go wrong with either.

Well my OEM shocks were still working for the truck and mostly working with 5er attached, about 2-1/2 to 3 cycles to settled (255,000 miles). Installed a full set of Bilstien 5100's and now just a bit harsher empty, and one cycle to settle with trailer.
I have also installed shocks on the 5er and this also helped the overall ride.

Wow- Those must have been magic shocks.

Shocked to say the least when I found the date stamp! (no pun intended)

I am still wayne_tw wrote:

glamisorbust wrote:
I have a 2007 chevy 2500HD classic CCSB 4x4. I am the original owner, and it is now at 112k on the original shocks.....I have it narrowed down to either the bilstein 5100's or FOX IFP shocks. Here's what I know about both of them. The bilstein's are not rebuildable.....

I am not sure rebuildable is an issue. If you get another 112k miles on this second set of shocks, your truck will then have 224k miles on it. Will you really own a truck that is 11 years old with a quarter of a million miles on it?

Just what is the issue with an 11 year old (really 12) truck with a quarter million miles (really 263,000)??

Still pulls an 11,000# 5er safely on roads like these!





It is all about maintenance and lucky to live in the NW.