OME, Bilstein or stock??
- Thread starter kixtand
- Start date
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.
no i sure didnt, i believe the guys name was sean, really cool guy, i called the shop i bought em from to ask if they knew the valving and the guy said "land cruiser is made by land rover right?" i said " do you happen do have bilsteins number, lol.
. they also said the 7100 series arent really clear coated and designed for an eastern environment with road salt, anyone have any experience?
ElJefe said:
You will need to buy a nitrogen tank anyway because I have found that the nitrogen leaks down with time. FWIW 250# is the max you can run less.
LandCruiserPhil said:
cool, tomorrow im gonna order
AK7112SB99-400/100 from eshocks.com 12"travel shortbody 28.06" ext. 16.08 collapsed, 400/100 valving. seems pretty sweet, just gonna do fronts, ill let u guys know after i put em on this weekend
Arsenal said:
If you are looking for the most bang for your buck start with the rear. With the proper length shock you can use all 12" in the rear without other major or costly modification not the case with the front.
The good part is wheather you start with the front or rear it will be the last shock you need to buy.
Look foward to the report
Arsenal said:
Ohh that sounds nice. I didn't know you could get them with that valving, but I see it at eshocks.com. I'd really like to see how this turns out. Are you using the man-a-fre shock mount converters? I'm curious to see how they will work with the spherical bushings. I know JKS makes some shock adaptors for this application, however they are for a Jeep:
http://www.jksmfg.com/shock_adapter.htm
Arsenal, thanks for being the guinea pig I wish I could be!
Arsenal said:
Given the standard shock valving is 384/153 and you are presumably running larger tires (more unsprung weight), heavier springs, and a heavier vehicle than stock, I would not go with 400/100 valving. If anything you need more dampining on the rebound, not less than stock. You should consider 400/150-175 for the front. For the rear I would absolutely go heavier on the rebound damping as the stock bilstein valving feels underdamped on the rebound side with firmer than stock springs. I would try 400/75-100 on the rear compared to the 380/50 stock.
cary said:
The 400 rating is the rebound dampening, and the 100 is the compression dampening so he is going larger on the rebound. My only concern is that he might want more compression dampening to counteract the sway.
If valving is in question I would start with Shane in the offroad department at Bilstein, that what he is there for.
Last edited:
And then what happened? Inquiring minds want to know
Same here... I don't want to see the death of this.
alia176
SILVER Star
Bringing the thread back to life!!! What's the latest with the two dudes with Bils?
mine are still in the box in the garage - I have the JK manufacturing adapters but need to figure out the lower rear mounts before I can proceed
I am getting ready to do it
I am getting ready to do it
alia176
SILVER Star
I'm running slee 4" coils with 360/80 valving and I'm desiring still a little less sway. Just curious as to what the latest update is.
Dumb question: how do you guys quantify the rebound charateristic of a 7100? I can easily tell when the compression force need to be increased in order to reduce nose diving or leaning around corners. But, how can you tell when the rebound force is not good?
Thanks.
Dumb question: how do you guys quantify the rebound charateristic of a 7100? I can easily tell when the compression force need to be increased in order to reduce nose diving or leaning around corners. But, how can you tell when the rebound force is not good?
Thanks.
Last edited:
