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I don't mind! The Eibachs front & rear, new strut top mounts, with install, with alignment was ~$1400.

If you're looking for stock height, yes.

@tacoslayer I did exactly what you first suggested above: Replaced stock with front and rear Eibach Pro-Truck Sport shocks Kept the rear air springs and stock front coils Kept stock height I bet the Bilsteins are great too, but technically Bilstein requires the rear spring coil conversion for...

For any future readers of this thread, here's what I ended up learning on this (after a long pause!): Bilstein does require the rear spring conversion (see picture below) for installation of the 5100s on a GX470 As far as I can find -- and confirmed by discussion above -- there is no technical...

Got it, that makes a lot of sense, thanks.

Ah, really good to hear. And just out of curiosity, do you still have the rear air bags in place as well?

Okay, that's exactly what I was planning to do (original stock springs, up one perch from bottom). Mind me asking how many miles you have on those springs?

Okay, thanks for confirming. Oh, interesting. I am doing the front and was planning to reuse the OEM coils. Can you help me understand why this is a bad idea? (Like I said, I'm new to all this.) Cool, hadn't heard about this option before!

Thanks much for that confirmation, @Gonzzz.

On my '07 GX470 with 105k miles, I am replacing failing OEM shocks with Bilstein 5100's. The shop that's doing it for me is telling me I have to replace the airbags with springs at the same time. Is that true? Is there some reasonable argument why it's better to convert the whole system all at...

Thanks all for the good info. Anyone near Portland OR have an OEM hitch (5000# or 6500#) they are interested in selling?

Ah, thanks. I'm surprised with the age & average mileage of these vehicles, and the outrageous cost of the OEM shocks, that more people on here haven't tried it. I'd very much appreciate it if you did and reported back!

Hi @kylebacc, did you end up going with these koauto shocks? Interested to hear they seem to be performing, if you did.