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Bilstein 5160 reservoir shocks?

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Old May 30, 2010 | 06:58 AM
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Default Bilstein 5160 reservoir shocks?

Anyone running these? They are new and look pretty good. They are piggy back shocks and I read that they will fit a stock jk as well..
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Old May 30, 2010 | 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Hellbound13
Anyone running these? They are new and look pretty good. They are piggy back shocks and I read that they will fit a stock jk as well..
I rode in a jk with a 4in Superlift that had Bilstien Resevoir shocks. It rode no different than the reg bilsteins. I think the main difference would be off-road resisting shock fade.
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Old May 30, 2010 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by mkjeep
I rode in a jk with a 4in Superlift that had Bilstien Resevoir shocks. It rode no different than the reg bilsteins. I think the main difference would be off-road resisting shock fade.
When you say regular you mean the 5100 series bilsteins? I wanna get these because they would fit my jk and the regular bilstein 5100s do not.
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Old May 30, 2010 | 07:13 AM
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Yep........
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 07:19 PM
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Anybody know where to get these?
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by mkjeep
I rode in a jk with a 4in Superlift that had Bilstien Resevoir shocks. It rode no different than the reg bilsteins. I think the main difference would be off-road resisting shock fade.
I guess it really depends on the valving for the shocks. You can get 5100's that would feel like crap because they aren't JK valved...but I think you're right Mark assuming the are properly valved the difference would be on fade due to packing up under long wash board sections. That was the issue I had when running the 5100 and I think the Reservoirs would definitely help. Just my
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Old Aug 12, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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Bump... are there any vendors on here that sell these or any place online that isn't on here that someone knows of that sells these? Are they not available to be purchased yet or what?
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Old Aug 12, 2010 | 01:16 PM
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I'd also like to know how these wil compare to something from fox.

Anything I can adjust myself would be awesome!
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