bilstein 6100's

[mule75]

has any one used these shocks(bilstein 6100's)?? i'm after at least 14" travel and prefer rebuildable so they looked the goods to me. i'm about to order them, just want a few second opinions before it's too late.

[blurredvision]

The 6100 are a good shock and quite up to most tasks, but they are only rebuildable with "special" tools.
The 7100 and 9100 are more able to be rebuilt at home with normal hand tools.
Have you compared them in price to other rebuildable shocks(eg. Fox, King, Swayaway, Radflow, FOA)?

[mule75]

nah, i just assumed to others(king, fox, ect...) would start to get too expensive for what i want. the 6100 aren't that expensive but if you need special tools to rebuild them then it's not really what i want.

i'm not sure what to look at now. i don't want to spend too much but i don't mind paying for quality if that makes sense

[Slunnie]

Yeap, I've been running 6100's revalved to 400/100 for quite a while now. Excellent excellent shock and the shock itself has been awsome - no probs. The rose joints don't last long. I'm particularly hard on shocks and they lasted about 6 months under my DD before clicking. I've changed all of the mounts now to rubber (poly as the rubber stuffed after 3 weeks in the cape). They'll get extremely hot when you're working them really hard, but they don't fade.

[Gwagensteve]

nah, i just assumed to others(king, fox, ect...) would start to get too expensive for what i want. the 6100 aren't that expensive but if you need special tools to rebuild them then it's not really what i want.

i'm not sure what to look at now. i don't want to spend too much but i don't mind paying for quality if that makes sense

I don't know your mechanical ability, but you're either going to be rebuilding shocks to change the valving or to renew seals etc, as either of these jobs requires specialised parts and expertise anyway, (nitrogen, special regulator, shock dynos for valving etc) or at least some hundreds of dollars of equipment, I would have thought it wasn't an issue that special tools were required - you'd just pay for quadrant or similar to do it. How much work were you expecting to do at home?

Honest question, like I said, I'm not having a go- I'll tackle most things but pulling a shock apart and rebuilding it would be a pretty precise job.

Steve.

[Slunnie]

Yep, when Bilstein Motorsport division will do a pair for $150 or so.

[mule75]

nah, i just assumed to others(king, fox, ect...) would start to get too expensive for what i want. the 6100 aren't that expensive but if you need special tools to rebuild them then it's not really what i want.

i'm not sure what to look at now. i don't want to spend too much but i don't mind paying for quality if that makes sense

I don't know your mechanical ability, but you're either going to be rebuilding shocks to change the valving or to renew seals etc, as either of these jobs requires specialised parts and expertise anyway, (nitrogen, special regulator, shock dynos for valving etc) or at least some hundreds of dollars of equipment, I would have thought it wasn't an issue that special tools were required - you'd just pay for quadrant or similar to do it. How much work were you expecting to do at home?

Honest question, like I said, I'm not having a go- I'll tackle most things but pulling a shock apart and rebuilding it would be a pretty precise job.

Steve.

yeah, it's something i'd sus out at the time. if i was out of my depth i'd just take it to someone with all the gear to do it properly.