Stock SR5 measurements needed

[TacoBirdinNW]

Bilstein 5100s front and rear. Front set at 1.4”

Bilstein 5100s front and rear. Front set at 1.4”

Just for funesies would be curious to know what your measurements are at the front of the cab ground to rocker and rear of the cab ground to rocker on flat ground!

Below is same shocks/struts, same settings on an SR5. Equal measurements hub to fender front and rear, a little nose high with the wheel wells even, so slightly different results with same settings!

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[Dutchman4]

No I'm @ 23 in the front with 5100s @ the 1st circlip which was initially 1.5" of lift, think I'm only at 1" lift in the front now with the camper. I'm more concerned with the rear to be sure I'm not too far out of the 1.5" lift the rears are designed to accommodate. Deciding if I want to add a rear bumper + swingout or if I want to just leave it and raise the front a clip

I have a SR5 4WD ExtraCab (with the rear leaf springs) and with the stock suspension, I measure (hub to fender) 24"-Rear and 22"-front. I am waiting for my ARE MX Fiberglass shell to arrive and once that is installed then I will re-measure again before installing the 5100 shocks.
I was also wondering if I should setup the 5100 front shocks to the first or second circlip but if I have read your results correctly then I think I should go with the first circlip setting to hopefully arrive with around 23" in the front and around 24" in the rear (visually level truck body) assuming that leaf springs don't sag as much under constant load as coil springs do.

FYI: I measured the front shock coil spring lower perch height on the stock Hitachi shocks and compared it to the 5100 shocks, set at first circlip setting, and the 5100's are about 1" higher.
So it appears that the 5100's first (lowest) circlip setting will give more lift than stock Hitachi shock even though Google says it will give the same height as stock.

 

[TacoBirdinNW]

I have a SR5 4WD ExtraCab (with the rear leaf springs) and with the stock suspension, I measure (hub to fender) 24"-Rear and 22"-front. I am waiting for my ARE MX Fiberglass shell to arrive and once that is installed then I will re-measure again before installing the 5100 shocks.
I was also wondering if I should setup the 5100 front shocks to the first or second circlip but if I have read your results correctly then I think I should go with the first circlip setting to hopefully arrive with around 23" in the front and around 24" in the rear (visually level truck body) assuming that leaf springs don't sag as much under constant load as coil springs do.

FYI: I measured the front shock coil spring lower perch height on the stock Hitachi shocks and compared it to the 5100 shocks, set at first circlip setting, and the 5100's are about 1" higher.
So it appears that the 5100's first (lowest) circlip setting will give more lift than stock Hitachi shock even though Google says it will give the same height as stock.

Yea I got the perfect amount for level at the first clip if I recall and I actually have a 1" rear spacer in now in addition to that.
Thanks for measuring the Hitachi! That brings a lot of light to the height discrepancies

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