Installed the 5100's this afternoon. Access to all the tools needed and it wasn't that bad of a job. Went to a Mechanics home garage and we had them done in about 1.5 hours. Hardest part was getting the nuts off the top of the old struts. We had to vice grip the shafts to get them out. Put the shocks on the 2.1 setting, as I was concerned with the vibration issue everyone is having. I tried full stop starts in 2WD and rolling jump to full throttle in 4WD and didn't notice any issues. Took straight to have the alignment completed as the Camber was noticeably off.
Not a bad project, although probably not worth the $199(Shocks), $80(Alignment), and $150(install had I taken it to a shop). This would be about half the cost of a 4 inch lift to have your truck level if you didn't do it yourself, and with all the issues people are having, it's still a 50/50 roll on your individual truck having the wobble.
I figured I wouldn't get the wobble because I had 3.2 inches of difference front to back factory, which told me I had kinda weak springs on the front. Problem is I don't haul much weight in back ever so the springs have never gotten a chance to sage equivalent to the front.
After completion the rear is still about an 1.3 inches higher than the front with the 2.1 setting on the shocks. If I don't end up being happy enough with this I wll go ahead and get the 4 inch lift. If I had 3.9 rear gears in my truck I would have for sure gone with the lift instead from the start, but I know a 4 inch lift will make me want 35 inch tires and I'm not willing to take the performance hit that will give my truck with 3.55 gears. For me the decision to go with a lift carries the extra burden of gear changing which doubles the cost. Lesson learned with full size truck purchase. Always order what you want instead of making the extra good deal on what's on the lot.
Again, easy job if you have the tools and mechanical knowledge. Be careful of the axles coming out of CV Joints. You have to stress far enough down that this could easily happen. I had one come out and not the other as I was watching closer the second round.
Not a bad project, although probably not worth the $199(Shocks), $80(Alignment), and $150(install had I taken it to a shop). This would be about half the cost of a 4 inch lift to have your truck level if you didn't do it yourself, and with all the issues people are having, it's still a 50/50 roll on your individual truck having the wobble.
I figured I wouldn't get the wobble because I had 3.2 inches of difference front to back factory, which told me I had kinda weak springs on the front. Problem is I don't haul much weight in back ever so the springs have never gotten a chance to sage equivalent to the front.
After completion the rear is still about an 1.3 inches higher than the front with the 2.1 setting on the shocks. If I don't end up being happy enough with this I wll go ahead and get the 4 inch lift. If I had 3.9 rear gears in my truck I would have for sure gone with the lift instead from the start, but I know a 4 inch lift will make me want 35 inch tires and I'm not willing to take the performance hit that will give my truck with 3.55 gears. For me the decision to go with a lift carries the extra burden of gear changing which doubles the cost. Lesson learned with full size truck purchase. Always order what you want instead of making the extra good deal on what's on the lot.
Again, easy job if you have the tools and mechanical knowledge. Be careful of the axles coming out of CV Joints. You have to stress far enough down that this could easily happen. I had one come out and not the other as I was watching closer the second round.
