Most 2023 and newer Sequoias work for a living: three rows of family, a full cargo area, and a hitch that gets used. Every one has the i-FORCE MAX hybrid, so the engine question is already answered. What's left is the front end. The factory struts are tuned for a quiet commute, and with the third row full and a trailer behind you, the nose dips under braking and floats over highway dips. This kit is a real lift, not a level: Bilstein's chart starts the Sequoia at 2.1" and tops out at 3.1", for more ground clearance and room for a bigger tire. The 6112 handles the damping side too, with a 2.6-inch monotube body and a 60mm digressive piston that carry far more oil and control than the strut they replace.

We go a step further than the box from Bilstein. The 6112 normally ships as loose dampers, springs, spring seats and circlips with a "spring compressor required" note, and it reuses your factory upper mounts. We assemble each pair on our bench at the setting you choose, with new OE-spec upper mounts, torque it, and label it by side. You, or your shop, bolt in two finished coilovers.

How We Build Them

Each pair is built to order after you pick your lift setting above. On our bench:

• Set the circlips. The 6112 body has a row of numbered grooves, and where the circlip sits decides your ride height. On the Sequoia, Bilstein uses the same groove on both sides. We set each coilover to the setting you ordered.
• Seat the billet spring perch. The anodized aluminum spring seat sits on the circlip and carries the spring.
• Compress and install the Bilstein spring. We use a mounted, shop-grade strut compressor. This is the step that makes DIYers nervous, for good reason: a coil spring under load stores a lot of energy.
• Fit a new OE-spec upper mount. Bilstein's kit is designed to reuse your factory mount. We fit a new one instead, so the rubber the coilover bolts through is as fresh as the damper and spring.
• Torque, check, label. The top nut gets torqued to spec, each coilover is checked and marked driver or passenger, and the pair is boxed together.

Why Buy Them Assembled?

• No spring compressor. Rental "clamshell" compressors are the most dangerous tool most people will ever use in a driveway. You skip that part entirely.
• No mismatched sides. A common 6112 mistake is setting the two sides one groove apart by accident, which leaves the truck leaning. Ours are set and checked as a pair.
• New mounts included. The loose Bilstein kit reuses your factory upper mounts. Ours come with new ones.
• Less shop time. Assembly is the slow part of a coilover job. With it done, your installer pulls two struts and bolts in two, and that shows up as fewer labor hours on the invoice.

Bilstein charts four settings for the Sequoia, so those are the four we build. There's no factory-height setting: the lowest is 2.1". Bilstein marks the grooves above #4 "do not use" on a stock-weight Sequoia, and we don't build them.

How to choose: Measure from the center of each wheel to the fender lip, front and rear. The difference is your rake. Subtract that rake from the setting you're considering: what's left is how much higher the nose will sit than the tail on stock rear springs. If that's more than you want, pick a lower setting or plan on rear lift. Heavy front bumper or winch? Go one setting higher. Send us your measurements and we'll check the math with you.

Matching the Rear: Bilstein 5100 or 5160?

The Sequoia rides on a coil-sprung multi-link rear, and Platinum and Capstone models can be ordered with load-leveling rear air instead. Bilstein's rear shocks for this kit are for coil-spring Sequoias without AVS. There's no 5160 for the Sequoia; the two choices are the 5100 and the B8 6100.

The Bilstein 5100 (24-332903) is the value pick. Bilstein rates it for stock height up to 1.5" of rear lift on the Sequoia (25.06" extended, 16.59" compressed, 8.47" of travel). It puts Bilstein damping at the back for the least money, so the rear keeps up with the new front.

Bilstein doesn't make a 5160 for the 2023+ Sequoia. The upgrade is the B8 6100 (24-332958). It's the rear half of Bilstein's 6112 / 6100 system, with the same 60mm body size as the front, rated for stock height up to 1.5" of rear lift (25.18" extended, 16.59" compressed, 8.59" of travel).

Run the 5100 if:

• Your Sequoia rides on the factory rear coil springs
• It's mostly a family hauler: school runs, road trips, a gravel road to the campsite
• You want Bilstein at all four corners for the least money

Run the B8 6100 if:

• You tow a travel trailer or a boat regularly
• The cargo area is loaded most of the time: third row full, a roof box, a fridge
• You want the rear damper body to match the 60mm front

When you need something else: Rear air suspension, or more than 1.5" of rear lift? Call us and we'll work out the rear with you: (213) 433-3616.

Shop the Bilstein B8 6100 Rear for the 2023-2026 Sequoia

On the Road

On the highway the change is control, not harshness. The nose stays flatter under braking with a full load, the body settles after a dip in one motion, and a trailer pushes the front around less. It is firmer than the factory strut over sharp edges. If a soft, isolated ride is what you want from your Sequoia, this isn't the right part, and we'd rather say so now.

Off the Road

For most owners, off road means a gravel road to the campground or a washboard road to the trailhead. That's where the 2.6-inch body pays off: more oil than the factory strut, so the damping doesn't fade on a long rough stretch, and a digressive piston that stays firm on small, quick bumps and opens up on bigger hits. The extra 2.1" to 3.1" up front also buys clearance for a bigger tire. The rear is its own decision (see above).

The Honest Trade-Offs

• It's a lift, not a level. The lowest setting raises the front 2.1". If you want to keep factory height, this kit can't do it. Call us.
• Not the TRD Pro, and not with AVS. The TRD Pro isn't in Bilstein's fitment for this kit, and Bilstein lists it for Sequoias without Adaptive Variable Suspension.
• More front lift means more rake to manage. Every setting adds at least 2.1" up front. Measure first (see How to choose), and plan on rear lift if the nose would sit higher than you want.
• Firmer than the factory strut. See "On the Road" above.
• Your height is set when we build it. Changing it later means taking the coilover apart with a strut compressor. Measure before you order.
• Built to order. Every pair is assembled for your truck, so it takes longer to ship than a box pulled off a shelf.
• Higher settings change the alignment. At the top settings, the factory upper control arms run at steeper angles. If your alignment shop can't get camber back into spec, aftermarket upper control arms fix it.

Install Notes

• Fits 2023-2026 Toyota Sequoia SR5, Limited, Platinum and Capstone, and the 2025-2026 1794 Edition, 4WD or 2WD. Bilstein uses one chart for all of them.
• TRD Pro: not on Bilstein's fitment. It runs FOX internal bypass shocks from the factory. Call us.
• Adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS): not compatible. Bilstein lists this kit for Sequoias without AVS. Send us your VIN if you're not sure.
• Rear load-leveling air suspension: call us before ordering. Bilstein's matching rear shocks don't fit air-suspended Sequoias, so the rear needs a plan.
• Bilstein caps the coilover at 20 1/16" (510 mm) long at ride height on a Sequoia. We only build the four settings Bilstein charts, which keep a stock-weight Sequoia inside it.
• For a 2008-2022 Sequoia, you need a different Bilstein 6112 kit.
• Having it installed? A shop treats this as a front strut swap: two struts out, two finished coilovers in, no spring compressor. Home mechanics with a floor jack, jack stands and a socket set can do it in an afternoon.
• Get an alignment the same day. A 2.1" or bigger change in front height moves camber and toe.
• Recheck the front height after the springs settle in over the first few hundred miles.

Who Should Buy These

Sequoia owners who want real ground clearance and a front end that stays composed with the third row full and a trailer behind it. It fits families who camp, tow a boat or travel trailer, or run dirt roads to the trailhead, and want the job done right without a spring compressor in the garage.