mjp2
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tl;dr: just buy the Ford shocks.
I bought Bilstein shocks but don't have stock parts on my truck. Bilstein doesn't offer lower spring seats for the rear of our trucks so I took it as a challenge. In the end, you need to buy stock shocks to scrounge the necessary parts.
The spring seats that Bilstein does sell are too small for our rear coils.
They also don't come with isolators so you'd have to figure that out unless you're fine with metal on metal.
There are unbranded shocks available on the cheap that have removable lower spring seats but they're slightly larger diameter than stock so they won't work on the Bilsteins.
The Ford shocks can be had for just over $100 each and it's the way to go. You get removable spring seats, isolators, and bump stops. No need to take a hammer to loosen things up as they're new, not rusty, and are held in with the same snap ring design that Bilstein uses.
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I bought Bilstein shocks but don't have stock parts on my truck. Bilstein doesn't offer lower spring seats for the rear of our trucks so I took it as a challenge. In the end, you need to buy stock shocks to scrounge the necessary parts.
The spring seats that Bilstein does sell are too small for our rear coils.
They also don't come with isolators so you'd have to figure that out unless you're fine with metal on metal.
There are unbranded shocks available on the cheap that have removable lower spring seats but they're slightly larger diameter than stock so they won't work on the Bilsteins.
The Ford shocks can be had for just over $100 each and it's the way to go. You get removable spring seats, isolators, and bump stops. No need to take a hammer to loosen things up as they're new, not rusty, and are held in with the same snap ring design that Bilstein uses.
More pics to follow in a reply...