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Bilstein 8100 Bypass Shocks Servicing & Rebuild

Posted by Sean Reyes on

While these 8100s weren’t showing much wear or other signs of failure, but we did want to get the new easy-adjust knobs installed, to ease the ability to adjust on the road. This makes the adjustment go from 5 minutes per corner, down to 30s per corner.

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This rebuild involved changing out the seal heads, which Bilstein provides as a single unit of not only the o-ring, but the entire aluminum head.

Follow Jeff along as he rebuilds and upfits these 8100s:

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