Shock absorbers Bilstein or OEM Volkswagen

the Cayenne just had an engine out re-seal + timing chain job, is already deleted, and had the suspension replaced with GTS springs + F/R sway bars and Bilstein B6 at 160K miles.

Zimmerman Drilled Rotors

-EBC Yellowpads

-Bilstein B6 DCC Shocks (replaced at 97K miles)

I’ve had great results by simply driving it. Regular oil change intervals and fix any thing that breaks

What I’ve replaced so far:

Alternator

All the idler pulleys and serpentine belt

Upper control arms (old man emu)

Bilstien shocks and springs

Front Wheel bearings.

Front brake rotors (upgraded to the bigger v8 4Runner rotors and calipers

3 new sets of calipers.

Rear brakes. Rotors pads and e brake shoes

Stainless Brake lines.

I deleted the X-REAS on my wife’s Limited 4Runner and switched to the OME BP-51s . Did the same thing for her best-friend’s Limited 4runner and swapped it to Bilstein 5100’s. Both worked fine.

Lots of talk on this sub and on chevybolt.org about Blistein B6 shocks. Many say it improves the ride quality.

My full list for my 2 inch lift on my 2013 :

Bilstein 5100s , OME 2886 , JBA Off Road High Caster Upper Control Arms , and Ironman 4x4 Medium Duty Leaf Springs

I put Bilstein shocks on my 2016. they were a good upgrade in ride quality

My shocks were a bit baggy after 90k miles so I took the opportunity to upgrade to Bilstein B6 shocks. Handling and braking was vastly improved.

In terms of the shocks themselves - Bilstein seem to have a solid reputation except for one former Bilstein fan on Youtube who had multiple failures in fairly quick succession a few years ago. I'm hoping their QA just took a hit for a while and the quality issues have been resolved, what's everyone else's experience of the longevity of these shocks? I doubt they'll hold up as incredibly well as the OEs have but I'd expect five years from them.

Stay away from 5100’s… they’re a rough and nasty ride