Modifying Bilstein Shocks

[Mr_Brian]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

I was a few tenths out from trophying my first time at Lincoln last year at Spring Nats with B16 and the progressive rate springs, good compromise on street/fun, but at Lincoln I had the damping turned all the way up with no more to give. Decided to switch instead of revalve.

East coast I’m aware of Redshift Motorsports, they usually work with BC but they may be able to valve the Bilstein to what you want.

When I contacted Bilstein they had shut down their in house revalve and service and pointed me to PSI in Sonoma CA. That might have changed though.

I used an 8” 325# spring up front with no issue, no tender, no good pictures unfortunately, you shouldn’t have much issue getting the ride height you want with some fiddling. I also used a stiffer 7” at some point iirc but my front were always pretty close with minimal spring preload so I only ever used helpers in the back iirc.

Thank you I think I'm just going to go with 6'' 5k springs with a helper spring which should be within the stock valving window. I found this thread and the guy seems to have liked the setup https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103830 The reason why I want to revalve is I think they need to be rebuilt the ride is a bit bouncy so if I'm going to have them rebuilt I might as well revalve them.