Mounting Bilstein 7100 reservoirs?

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Author Message   Will Roeder (Will_roeder) Senior Member Username: Will_roeder Post Number: 614 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Monday, April 07, 2003 - 05:14 pm:    Just ordered some Bilstein 7100s with the reservoirs. I know there are a few of you guys out there running this shock. So, how did you mount the reservoirs? Does it include a bracket to mount it to the shock body? Or a bracket to mount it to the frame? Thanks in advance, Will Roeder   Alan Stuart (Alan_s) New Member Username: Alan_s Post Number: 17 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, April 07, 2003 - 07:34 pm:    Will, I mounted the rear reservoirs with hose clamps to the body of the shock. They supply the rubber support. For the fronts, I had a crossover bar made that bolts to the top of each custom shock mount and crosses over the top front of the engine just behind the alternator, etc. I mounted the reservoirs to that with hose clamps and the rubber supports. Alan Stuart   Will Roeder (Will_roeder) Senior Member Username: Will_roeder Post Number: 615 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Monday, April 07, 2003 - 07:39 pm:    Thanks Alan, thats exactly what i needed to know. Will   Will Roeder (Will_roeder) Senior Member Username: Will_roeder Post Number: 618 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 12:40 pm:    Bump Still interested in hearing other ideas...   Adrian Strata (Adrians) New Member Username: Adrians Post Number: 19 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 04:16 pm:    Just curious...is the reservoir really necessary? It's not like our trucks will be traveling at high speeds over rough terrain? (at least not my truck) Wouldn't the 7100's without the reservoirs be just as good for slow rock crawling and everyday on-road use? Any thoughts on this? Adrian 91RRC   Will Roeder (Will_roeder) Senior Member Username: Will_roeder Post Number: 619 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 04:55 pm:    Adrian, Those were my exact thoughts, but i decided to get the reservoirs for 3 reasons. 1) I wanted the 12" shock in the short body variety. This means the compressed length is about 16" and extended is about 28". The problem is that you can not get the short body without the reservoirs... 2) I decided if i was going to plunk down a lot of $ for shocks, i might as well go all the way. For the version with reservoirs its $180per shock vs. $130 per shock for the version without the reservoirs...So i decided that the extra 50 bucks per shock wouldnt be that big of a deal in the long run. 3) They are just so cool   Glenn Guinto (Glenn) Senior Member Username: Glenn Post Number: 539 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 05:15 pm:    chicks dig it...   Will Roeder (Will_roeder) Senior Member Username: Will_roeder Post Number: 620 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 05:22 pm:    hahaha....that too, glenn