Off Road Design Bilstein shocks?

[brans87]

Ok got Bilstein shocks in yesterday. F3's for front and 11's for rear specked to my K5. 2 shocks read 5125 and body of shocks also say 5125 now the other 2 boxes and shocks read 5100 and body of shocks read 5100.

I see when you pull up shocks on ORD's website http://offroaddesign.com/catalog/Bilstein 5125.htm that there is no mention of 5100 shocks.

So did they send me 2 wrong shocks?

If they did not where do the 5125's go front or rear and same for 5100's?

Just curious here guys. Thanks in advance.

 

[Blue85]

5125 and 5150 are universal shocks, so you pretty much only have choice of 175/60 or 255/70 damping. Each 5100 is supposedly valved for some specific application. So are they the same length? F3 is a 12" travel shock? You must be at around 4" of lift with the front shock mounts raised up? It would be a shame to buy Bilsteins for the stock front upper mount.

 

[brans87]

Correct using Ford F250 shock towers in front with 4 inch lift.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

5100's and 5125's look identical from the outside, the difference is the 5125's are "universal" and the 5100's are application specific. As mentioned, there's a big spreadsheet of 5125's to choose from with different lengths, valving, etc. and the 5100's often don't share the same travel/valving as the 5125's. Your shocks are a prime example the "F3" that we do is a 5100 that has valving you can't get in a 5125.

So it looks like you have the correct shocks, the "F3's" are 5100's and the 11" travel version are a 5125.

 

[brans87]

So sum it up F3/5100 = front and 5125 =rear