Bilstein Vs Rough Country

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When in doubt, swapping over the lift spacer to a new factory strut is a safe choice. Off the top of my head I don't think there are many offerings for 3.5, you might have to step it up to a set of Fox coilovers and set the height yourself
 

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Love the color man!
As for the bilsteins get the 5100 series stock style ones and keep the spacers I had gotten the 5150 adjustable height ones a couple years back and they rode like shit they were way too stiff I went back to stock Monroe’s and they were too soft eventually I ended up doing coil overs and was finally happy with the ride quality
Thank you so much. You have the 5100 all around? I've heard some going with the 6112 in the front. Also, I can't seem to find 5100 for the front, unless you get the springs separate? And I misspoke...I am looking to do coilovers but haven't found anything other than RC for the right height.
 
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Thank you so much. You have the 5100 all around? I've heard some going with the 6112 in the front. Also, I can't seem to find 5100 for the front, unless you get the springs separate? And I misspoke...I am looking to do coilovers but haven't found anything other than RC for the right height.
Most coil overs will be setup for 2-3.5” of lift and if you ever want more just throw a leveling kit on it
Fox eibach pro icon and king are all common options
the Silverado ones fit the Tahoes too they don’t necessarily have to be Tahoe specific
I run icon and eibachs
Fox and king are good options but there’s also a new company that was posted on here somewhere that is supposedly really good and cheaper then the rest of them
 

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Thank you so much. You have the 5100 all around? I've heard some going with the 6112 in the front. Also, I can't seem to find 5100 for the front, unless you get the springs separate? And I misspoke...I am looking to do coilovers but haven't found anything other than RC for the right height.
That’s what I meant was I had the 6112 I believe ain’t that the adjustable ones? I hated them you also had to separate the stock strut to assemble them but I’ve had good experience with the 5100s in the past
 

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Original Poster. The one you match, apparently.
Oh ok, I was looking for general direction.
Most coil overs will be setup for 2-3.5” of lift and if you ever want more just throw a leveling kit on it
Fox eibach pro icon and king are all common options
the Silverado ones fit the Tahoes too they don’t necessarily have to be Tahoe specific
I run icon and eibachs
Fox and king are good options but there’s also a new company that was posted on here somewhere that is supposedly really good and cheaper then the rest of them
Thank you so much for that information. I am going to look into Silverado, I thought they were incompatible. Everywhere I have been looking, the lifted components for a Tahoe are 2.5 - 3" or 4-6". I will check Silverado
 

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Oh ok, I was looking for general direction.

Thank you so much for that information. I am going to look into Silverado, I thought they were incompatible. Everywhere I have been looking, the lifted components for a Tahoe are 2.5 - 3" or 4-6". I will check Silverado
Like I said you can always throw a leveling kit under it if you want more height and coil overs have a adjustable collar to raise and lower the height as well but I’d opt for the spacer over maxing out the preload on the spring so it won’t stiffen the ride
 

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Oh ok, I was looking for general direction.

Thank you so much for that information. I am going to look into Silverado, I thought they were incompatible. Everywhere I have been looking, the lifted components for a Tahoe are 2.5 - 3" or 4-6". I will check Silverado
These are the ones I seen posted on here awhile back and are supposed to be good and their 1000$ cheaper then kings
 

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