I pu them through a good test yesterday.
Drove down a washboard-like dirt road with all the ripples in it.
It dampened it down quite a bit.

I like these things.

 

great job...nice write up as well....i know i love my bilsteins..made the truck sit up right and she rides like its on air....

 

Great write up, John. Rep points on the way.

 

Great post! Always nice to have pics. Reps given

 

Great writeup John. Should be very helpful in the future to people. Reps sent.

 

Nice write up, when I replace my old ones they didn't even move once I got them off and compresed them. I think it was time for the new ones.

 

Hey John... after seeing your photos I think maybe I installed my rear Bilsteins shocks up-side down.. However, mine are a bit different than yours. Mine have a smooth blue plastic cover verses flex rubber.. I called Bilstein prior to installing and they said to install them so the "lettering" on the shock is normal to read.. which mine are. Is your lettering normal on the rear shocks.?

 

Yes, the printing is right-side-up on my shocks.

I mentioned this. It was screwing with my mind and at first I tried to install them blue-side-up with the writing up-side-down since I thought that is the way I always saw them especially with the pics on the net of the Hijacker shocks. But the Bilstein shocks basically will tell you what side to install where if you listen to the shocks instead of doing what I did and cussing at them to get them on.



I thought both ends had the same size holes. Instead, one side had a steel bezel or spacer in the rubber grommet. The other end has a larger hole that is all rubber without a steel spacer.

The rubber side side goes on the fixed stud and the steel spacer fits the bolt-n-nut side on bottom.

Your set is different. Your smooth plastic sleeve needs to be up top so that water does not collect like a cup.

On my shocks they seal off the flexible boot and have weep holes on the bottom to drain any moisture.

Yours look more the the stock shocks with the sleeve up top. I almost bought the same set as you but others advised me to get the model numbers I spec'd since it was Super Duty.

I hope I explained this okay. If not maybe someone else can chime in and explain this better.

 

If ya look at the shock ends..... you can only install them the correct way... Like John said before.. The one hole is bigger with all rubber... that end goes to the top where the big stud is.. The other end with the metal collar in it goes to the bottom... doesn't matter what shock you get.... They all will only go on the one way !!!!

 

just like he said.only one way it will go.blue boots down...i have the same shock but i painted them...yellow on a black truck with all SS and chrome just didnt look right...man new england winters suck...that looks ugly in there..

 

Ron..... Is that red hose with oil coming out of it your CCV hose ?????????

 

yes it is..but its not there now..i put my shocks on a couple months ago...

 

great write up and pics im gonna be doin this sometime in the summer but im tryin to just pick between ranchos and bilstein reps sent!

 

Great write up. Thanks for taking the time to document and photograph
your installation.

 

I now sense the lurking of PMS again. Bilstiens are now on the list! Great write up. Reps awarded.