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Really want some Bilstein 5160s....

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Does anyone have a connection/hookup to score a pair of these shocks?? Have been searching every place I can think of, and have been unable to find them. The best I've found is 1 shock, but that does me no good without another to match it.

My other option is the standard FOX IFP shocks, but I'd really like to find the 5160s if I can.

Called Downsouth Motorsports and the guy I spoke with didn't sound interested at all about making me a set of custom shocks, even though I'm willing to pay for that. :whaa:
 
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Called FOX, and they offer nothing but their IFPs. Does anyone know of something comparable to the 5160s? Looks like shocks for H3 are interchangeable with 1500 chevy trucks, so surely there is something out there.
 
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Have you tried eshocks.com? I was very happy dealing with them when I got my 5160s!
 
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No, just ordered a couple of the 5100s off Amazon until the 5160s get back in stock... I've ran the standard Fox 2.0s on other vehicles, and have ran higher end shocks with reservoirs. For what I plan on doing, the added benefits of a higher end shock will be utilized.
In my experience (on other rigs), is that the Fox 2.0s will start to fade pretty quickly when trail riding in the summer heat. I could always tell whenever they were fading. Switching to the 2.0 remote reservoirs was a noticeable improvement.
 
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Got the temporary 5100s installed this afternoon. Nice difference over the worn out stock red shocks.
New 315 tires are getting installed Friday, so I'll give these 5100s a workout over the weekend.


 
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Just an update.


Still no sign of any 5160s... Back when this thread was started, Summit was showing May as expected delivery date, and now they are showing June.
So I'm completely marking the 5160s off my list.

Sent an email to Fox and an email to Downsouth Motorsports today. Hoping that someone can just build me a custom set of shocks (I don't care what it costs).

Has anyone ever ran or tried to fit 2.5 shocks up front?
 
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Just spoke with KING on the phone. By far the most helpful of the different shock manufacturers that I've spoken with.. Had previously talked to Fox and DSM, and neither seemed that interested in helping me out.

KING does not offer a drop in solution, however, he gave me some ideas that I'll be looking into this week. :shifty:
 
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Ended up talking to both DSM and Fox on the phone this evening. The guy at Fox was pretty cool. He knew what the Rod Hall reservoir shocks were. He said they could put something together for me, but that I needed to go through one of their distributors.

So I spoke to DSM again, and remembered why I said I'd never deal with them again. Long story short, I called the guy at Fox back and asked for another distributor. He gave me Kartek. Had never heard of them, but the guy there was extremely helpful, and sounded like he actually wanted my business! DSM needs to take some notes from Kartek. LOL


Anyway, he wrote down everything that I was looking for, and he even dug out an old Fox catalog that had the original part number for the Rod Hall shocks just to see if he had any laying around by chance. He is going to get with Fox tomorrow and see what he can make happen for me. Said that they could just use the length/mounting specs from the IFP shocks for reference, and then use the valving specs from the Rod Hall shocks to put me something together.

I did some looking tonight at the H3 shock clearance, and it LOOKS like some 2.5s would fit in there with no problems. I'll probably just have them build some 2.5s unless someone chimes in here saying otherwise!


Kartek also noted that even if Fox couldn't help us out, that he has enough separate parts laying around that he could build me something that would work. So hopefully this all pans out and I wind up with a nice set of resi shocks for the front of my rig. If so, I'll go ahead and have them make something up for the rear too.
 
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Sounds like a great opportunity!

I bet there are other members on here that will be calling Kartek if your have some good results!
 
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Any updates on this shock thread? I have also been searching for some 5160s vs fox. What did you end up going with front and rear?
 
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Nothing ever panned out from my conversations with Fox and Kartek... Kartek did seem willing to help though.

I found some 5160s for mine and snatched them up immediately. Very happy with them! Just running 5100s in the rear for now, as no 5160s were ever made for the rear of these. However... with a simple bracket up top, you can adapt a "normal" style eye-eye shock in the rear. Lots of 5160 applications for that style shock. So I'll probably end up going that route at some point.

However, at this point, I'm really satisfied with the overall setup. :thumbs:


 
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4speedfunk said:
http://downsouthmotorsports.com/
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I keep hearing about those guys, but I can't recommend them at ALL. Called and spoke with them several times, because I kept thinking that maybe I just wasn't talking to the right person, but they weren't willing to help at all. Even asked if they could just custom build a set of shocks (which I have heard that they can do), and that I'd pay whatever it took to make that happen.... Nope. Not interested.

"We can sell you the Fox IFP shocks for $130ea." <---- response I kept getting.
 
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Would the 5160 shocks work with the Rancho 4" lift kit? Where can I order the brackets to use the 5160 for the rear? Is the 5160 a good all around shock for a daily driver ?

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