It’s slightly stiffer with the lift and 35s. Still very comfy at highway speedsThese are tempting. Wonder how ride quality is compared to stock and stock+spacers. Guess that's the $524 question.
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It’s slightly stiffer with the lift and 35s. Still very comfy at highway speedsThese are tempting. Wonder how ride quality is compared to stock and stock+spacers. Guess that's the $524 question.
These are tempting. Wonder how ride quality is compared to stock and stock+spacers. Guess that's the $524 question.
It’s about 79.5” measuring at the front portion of the roof rails. I don’t have any decent pics yet as I just put it on last night. I have already purchased the Bilstein 5100 set except with F150 fronts. Factory shocks in the front are leaking and I certainly won’t be going to the dealer for that, non ccd here.
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Looks awesome!! So this is with the ReadyLift 3/2? Where did you order the Bilstein 5100s from? What do you mean F150 fronts? Are you setting the 5100s at stock height with the spacers or totally replacing the spacers?
Sorry for all the questions, but I have Bilstein 5100s on my F150 and I'm excited this is an option for our Expeditions now. I got mine several years ago from AJUSA and they were considerably cheaper -- around $300 -- but I don't see the Expedition ones on their website yet.
From a design and engineering standpoint leveling struts like the 5100s are far superior to a strut spacer set up.
Your ride will be worlds better with the Bilsteins vs factory struts with a spacer.
5100s vs Bilstein 4600 paired with a spacer you will likely not notice the difference on these trucks.
Granted I have a 16 so you are in a bit of a different ball game than me and I think someone mentioned you having CCD so that adds even more difficulty to your scenario.
I have 5100s from an F150 up front for 2” of lift and the 4600s with a 2” Readylift Spacer in the rear. I absolutely love the stance, ride quality, braking improvement, and Offroad capability I gained. I have 33.5x11.5 tires and have plenty of clearance with zero need for trimming.
I wanted 2” of lift front and back.
If the 5100s gave a 2” option to the rear I would not be using spacers.
As soon as someone gives us a full coilover package I’ll be going that route so I can loose the spacers.
That's with the 3/2 ReadyLift only. They will be coming back out once the shocks get here. I went with the F150 fronts as they provide more lift in the front than the ones that Bilstein lists on their site for the Expedition and my wheels/tires would not clear with the ones specifically for the Expy. I'm thinking I will have the rears set at the max 1.5" (possibly with a 1/4" or so shim to prevent cali lean) and the fronts either at the 2" or 3" setting. I ordered the 5100s for the Expy from shockwarehouse.. and the F150 fronts from the cheapest place I could find online, several places selling them.
Is the Bilstein F150 version a direct bolt-on for the Expedition? You won't have to modify? I would be interested if FOX had anything if that were the case. It's funny how on our FX4's they don't even come with Rancho shocks. But I think it was just a sticker on the F-Series the past few years anyway. Haha.