Bilsteins for a Pig

[snailwagon]

Howdy. Maybe someone can school me a bit on appropriate shocks for a pig. Currently stock height, will soon be 4-5" higher, more than likely still SUA configuration on alcans. I was looking at bilsteins and it looked like I'll be best off swapping the front shock mounts out with hoops or ford towers. SO here are some questions I have for a pig owner or three.

Are the rear upper shock mounts in the optimal spot? Is there benefit to moving them even more inwards?

For a pig, is there benefit to a bilstein 5150 and a remote reservoir, as compared to a 5125 without a reservoir? 5125's are a bit cheaper and I'm not sure if the extra reservoir even would do anything for moderate off-roading.

I'm pretty sure I want stiffer valving on the pig, especially with the top heavy nature of the beast. Does anyone have any experience with different valvings on a truck of this weight?

I'm getting ready to sell a pretty darn clean and very unmolested 40 soon. All proceeds are going into my 69' fj55 and is the only reason why I can now buy such shiny objects such as bilsteins.

 

[RHINO]

good call on the front for eye mounts all around, for the rear more angle=less effect, you'll want even stiffer shocks if you angle them more.

the res style shocks are to help prevent foaming from heat cycling,,, that just means you can go faster and the shocks will work longer before fading. if you dont plan alot of fast off roading the res shocks arent really that much a benefit.

 

[snailwagon]

Can anyone chime in about proper shock valving from experience? A pig is so heavy and narrow I was thinking that I should get a shock with valving that has maximum dampening. I was thinking 275/78 in the front and 360/80 in the rear. Is that too much for the rear? That valving is available without any custom ordering.