Justin's Garage

[JustinS]

He's the vendor on jeepforum. [email protected]

Emailed. Crawl offroad didn't have any in stock either. National backorder.

[JustinS]

Kolak came through. ... cheaper than every where else too!

[Matt]

Awesome dude. Glad that worked out!

[JustinS]

Thanks for the tip Matt. This site rocks!

[JustinS]

Goodies finally came in

[pjmjr508]

Nice

[JustinS]

Took some time this morning and swapped out the rear shocks. For future users of the 33-104652 Bilstein rear shocks; you'll need 4 qty 7/16 washers for the top and 2 qty 7/16 washers for the bottom. I also had to wrap the bottom bolt in one turn of duct tape to take up some slack around the bolt and bushing.

Gained some height as my original 97k mile shocks were completely blown lol.

[Matt]

Those are some nice shocks, you'll have to let us know how you like them long term!

I recommend ordering these to use as shock bolts: http://www.mcmaster.com/#95327a701/=q1a3ms
They have cut threads instead of rolled threads, so the shoulder diameter matches the shock sleeve diameter much better and they're overall stronger.

[JustinS]

I've got the driver all apart and ready to start reassembly. The pinch bolt on the strut fork took me an hour and a half to get out....monkey who did my lift kit must have used a super impact because it was in there good and wouldn't budge even with a six foot cheater bar!

[JustinS]

First impressions from the new 5100 adjustable front struts and 5125 rear shocks:

Road manners have significantly improved, the jeep now feels less top heavy and rebounds to bumps in the road 100% better. Aside from upgrading from stock springs, I think this combo is one of the best things you can do to a WK/XK.

I am now sitting at:

FR FL
37.5 37.5

RR RL
36.75 37.0

The front has dropped down a lot since I first dropped it off of the jack stands (the front was originally at 39" in the front lol). This is ok for now because I anticipate getting a steel front bumper/winch combo and that will more than likely level it out for me.