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Old 10-02-2008, 10:11 PM
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which shocks to buy

I have made up my mind to go with Bilstein shocks. Which ones are the best for our trucks 5100 Series or the heavy duty?
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Old 10-02-2008, 11:27 PM
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hey bob, how much of a difference between the 5100's and the 7100's (both highway and off-road)?

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After driving a few Carli built sytems with the 7100's I would say significant.
Off road you won't be able to run with the big dogs but you will get a very comfotable ride at controlled speeds.On road it has to be the best ride in a Dodge that I have experienced.I am pretty sure I have driven just about every pkg from every vendor.

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there good until you need a warranty issue, rumor is very very slow according to my vendor, i scraped that idea considering a leaky shock is not always considered bad, when have to i will change to something else
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Can you get jsut the 7100's from Carli or someone else? Part numbers and pricing?
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I am taking off my 5100's. They only have at most 3,000 miles on them and are in great condition. This will not accomodate the mods I am doing now. Any one interested in buying them? $100-200?

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I just installed the 5100's on mine, a definate improvement over stock shocks with just 19K on them. I'm sure the 7100's are great, but I'm still rollin at stock height and have my crawler for playing.
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Grocery Getter Im interested. You have a PM
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