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With the SEMA show just days away, we headed out to the Pioneer Saloon in Goodsprings, Nevada about 30 miles outside of Las Vegas for Bilstein‘s unveil of their new shock. The Bilstein team had embarked on a 440-mile journey from their headquarters in Poway, California to the saloon.
The journey was not only a unique way to get to the show, but a way to test their new 8100 series shocks. The adventure took the six vehicles on a journey through some of California and Nevada’s harshest terrain.
The shocks may look dirty, but they did their job across the 440-mile adventure.
“The shocks performed amazing out on the trip,” Shane Cassad explained. “They made the ride smooth off-road in everything that we went over. From washboard roads to whoops they took everything we threw at them.”
Bilstein’s B8 8112 shock (left) and its B8 8100 bypass (right) on display out at the Pioneer Saloon.
The B8 8112 shocks contained Bilstein’s new Zone Control with position sensitive damping . Zone Control gives the shocks three different compression zones in addition to two different rebound zones which are controlled by three independent working pistons: full-size 60mm digressive piston, jounce cut off (JCO) secondary compression piston, and rebound cut off (RCO) secondary rebound piston.
The shocks contain plenty of unique parts such as the banjo on the remote reservoir, the lower spring retainer, and a two-tube bypass shock.
On the vehicles that drove to SEMA, the Tacoma’s were outfitted with the adjustable 8112 series coilover with a remote reservoir up front and the B8 8100 two-tube bypass with a remote reservoir in the rear.
The crew was able to fly across the deserts at speeds of up to 70 mph while not having to sacrifice ride quality in the rocks or on the highway. These shocks will be available in the Spring of 2017 with more applications in the works.
