Reviews: Bilstein 5100 Ride Height Adjustable Series Shock Absorber

Rides like a new truck. I didn’t go full level using the second setting. It has just over an inch of rake. Quick install of the front struts at 4WP. Safer than me doing them. Rears were easy diy. 2019 F150 Screw Lariat FX4.

Installed on the front of my 2018 Expedition. The ride is much better than OEM shocks.

I bought a pair of 5100’s to replace my OEMs on the fronts (already had 5100s on the rears). Handles much better on payed roads than OEMs and the leveling looks great at highest setting. I haven’t taken the truck off road yet but am confident it will handle well. Definitely recommend these shocks for anyone looking to upgrade theirs.

Rides better than my wife's Suburban. Front struts were adjusted 2" for a leveled look. Haven't got to go off road but take pot holes with a smoothed out feel.

The ride is better than factory. I have them on all of our vehicles.

2016 Ram 2500, 4X4, 6.4 Hemi, CC, coils (no bags) level kit front. Nice firm ride, stable about 1,000 mile on them now. Pretty straight forward install, upper mount can be a hassle, might have to remove inner fender well.Choose the right part numbers..Happy with purchase.

Received quickly, installed by 4WP with no issues. Improved the look and ride of my truck

Great shocks. The ride on my 2019 GMC Sierra improved drastically. I like on brick roads and these shocks smooth them out significantly.

Perfectly leveled out my truck and the ride is much better.

Great performance upgrade. I used the third clip position on mine and got 1 and 3/8" (1.375") of lift instead of the 1.05" of claimed lift. Truck is a 2020 F150 FX4 with 2.7L and 275/70/18 tires.

Great ride, takes the old man feel out of the truck and adds some good clearance.

Height adjustment is amazing, ride is amazing. Only driven a couple of miles and already can tell a difference and looks different too.

Very stiff at highest setting, installed Rancho Quicklift coil spring, bushings and mount plate and got a much higher lift than expected.

Installation is a bit intensive. You essentially have to take off the entire front end to get the lower control arm to lower fat enough to get the spring/shock assembly out. I used the highest setting for height which netted me about 2” of lift. Still looks ok with the stock tires on. It did need an alignment afterwards as the toe was slightly out. The ride is much improved over the stock shock even though I do think this truck is a bit over sprung. But that’s not the shock’s fault. All in all it’s a good budget way to get the front a little higher and a better ride over stock.

Replaced leaking shocks in my front struts. Leveled the truck nicely when set to 2.1" of lift. Truck rides perfectly after a good alignment. 2014 ram 1500 bighorn quad cab 4x4 5.7L

2016 Chevy Silverado z71 4x4 these fit awesome rides so much better then having the RC leveling kit spacer that goes over the front coil and at the bottom. RC leveling kit had a stiff ride and bad angles. I switched over to these went with the highest setting and achieved the same height as the RC with a much more comfortable ride. I do recommend upgrading to the RC beefier upper control arms or any company. Barely clearing 20x10 wheels with 33x12.5x20 tires (a little trimming and bangin involved).