well i installed my Bilsteins the other day for my stock suspenion F250. I only seem to have about 6-8 inches of travel on the rear shocks. what the hell happens when i have 2000lbs in the bed??? im kind of nervous.

P.S. the ride isn't that much smoother, but you can deffinately see how the Bilsteins are built better and expand better then the OEM.

-bigdawg

 

BigDawg, I installed some Bilsteins last week and I thought they made a big improvement as far as ride went, OEM's had about 55,000 on them and one of them was leaking so maybe thats why. I didn't look under the boot to check travel but I would bet big money that since they are OEM replacements that your OK.

 

BigDawg, Which did you install the Heavy Duty series or the 5100 series?

 

HD, yellow body blue boot. the body itself is pretty damn long. F4-BE5-2819-HO.

 

Big Dawg, That is the right part number for your truck. I'm 99% positive if nothing has been done to your shock mounts in the rear that the rear end will bottom out on the bump stops before the Bilstiens will fully bottom out. Did you change out the front shocks as well?

 

yes i did, BE5-2818-HO. Those are fine.

 

BigDawg - I have the exact same setup as you. You will be fine. I have had some heavy loads in mine and the shocks don't bottom out. They do ride stiff.... no caddy sway/swish for these SD's!! LOL

 

You could always rotate your shock mounts down to be sure.

 

ok, thanks guys, just a little nervous they wat they looked.