Bilstein shock install

[Willicuddy]

Just finished installing my L spec bilsteins. Job was a little harder then described in the How to.

They must have changed the shocks. Instead of using a wrench to hold the shock piston from moving, you use a number 6 allen key/socket.

All in all took me about 2.5 hours, would have been much faster if I had a better jack

Shocks made a huge difference, and my HD only has 43K miles on it.

[2manytrucks]

did you cuss a lot when you did the rears?

[Crushertx3]

I am about to do a 2" nitro drop shock on the rear of my 2000
Rear shocks have always been a peice of cake but I haven't looked at theses yet

[Willicuddy]

did you cuss a lot when you did the rears?

You know it.

I could do them now in about 20 mins, but it took me a while to figure it all out the first time.

[oki916]

Your lucky...when we changed mine out we had to break out the grinder and start cutting to get the stock one's off!!!

[2manytrucks]

You know it.

I could do them now in about 20 mins, but it took me a while to figure it all out the first time.

sounds like you did it right then....

[STR8WOT]

I am about to do a 2" nitro drop shock on the rear of my 2000
Rear shocks have always been a peice of cake but I haven't looked at theses yet

I seriously wouldn't use Nitro shocks ... I had them for about 2 years and they gave up on me. Horrible ride. Why not go with L shocks with extenders?

[Crushertx3]

I seriously wouldn't use Nitro shocks ... I had them for about 2 years and they gave up on me. Horrible ride. Why not go with L shocks with extenders?

I bought theese off another member here on the forum brand new in the box
$40.00

[fastmike]

top bolts on the rears S U C K!!!!

[Harley#356]

I am about to do a 2" nitro drop shock on the rear of my 2000
Rear shocks have always been a peice of cake but I haven't looked at theses yet

Buy a set of bilsteins and forget the nitro shocks. Do a search, the reviews absolutely blow.

I bought theese off another member here on the forum brand new in the box
$40.00

Sounds like you spent $40 for a PITA mod to install that won't last very long before they crap out lol. Sorry man, call up madenterprise and order some bilsteins, trust me it'll be well worth it!!!

[OGmackPLRcool]

Buy a set of bilsteins and forget the nitro shocks. Do a search, the reviews absolutely blow.

Mine felt great for about 6 months. Then my truck went into storage for the winter, when I pulled it out this spring the fronts were blown to hell. Worse then my stock ones.

[Blind]

I bought theese off another member here on the forum brand new in the box
$40.00

seems like a ripoff, I got a full set of take-off lightning bilstein shocks (front + rear) that had 15k miles on them from another forum for $75 shipped, then got the belltech extenders from summracing for about $60.