Everything Bilstein Mega Thread

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Addicted2fishing

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Thanks I'll be hitting them up tomorrow for sure! Kinda hard to just wait for them to let me know what they think. A very little part of me kinda just wants to say screw it and order another piece tonight lol


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Hey. Might be a stupid question but in the picture you showed with the crack is that your UCA in its final resting positions ? Or was it being drooped because it was jacked up ?


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Hey. Might be a stupid question but in the picture you showed with the crack is that your UCA in its final resting positions ? Or was it being drooped because it was jacked up ?


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Its still on the jack stands lol


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Thanks for the help gents. I had no hammer on this side what so ever. The other side looks like you'd expect. I'll be making a phone call to my dealer during work tomorrow just to see what they can/will do for me since it's less than a year old still...and fortunately we have an extra car.


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List in the want adds here , lots of folks have installed lift kits and have their OEM ones just collecting dust [emoji1303]

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List in the want adds here , lots of folks have installed lift kits and have their OEM ones just collecting dust [emoji1303]

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Damnit I didn't think about that! It's at my stealership now. Inspecting it so the can figure out how hard to screw me over [emoji849]


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Damnit I didn't think about that! It's at my stealership now. Inspecting it so the can figure out how hard to screw me over [emoji849]


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I hope it works out for you. broken parts suck!
 

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Damnit I didn't think about that! It's at my stealership now. Inspecting it so the can figure out how hard to screw me over [emoji849]


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If you still need one, I have mine sitting in my garage. Will give it to you for whatever shipping costs.


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If you still need one, I have mine sitting in my garage. Will give it to you for whatever shipping costs.


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That is fantastic !

I love this forum !

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Nice job @jcarden10

My Bils go on Wed, getting front and rear done... can't wait lol! Not doing rear spacers yet want to see how much they settle, but expect to add 1 or 1.5's TopGunz
 

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Did you put anything on the zerk fitting threads? Thanks

Everything was sanded, primed and painted just as you see it. So, each grease fitting plug was in place and got primed and painted. Here’s a picture of them taped and primed. I did 3 coats high heat primer and 2 coats of high heat rust oleum ultra silver..

I’ll probably start a thread of my process on the UCA painting.

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Everything was sanded, primed and painted just as you see it. So, each grease fitting plug was in place and got primed and painted.

Thanks, what I’m asking specifically is did you put anything on the zerk threads when you installed them in the UCA. I just used blue loctite.

One of the Mevotech UCAs I bought had ****** threads cut which ruined 3 fittings (including having to drill each one out and chase the threads).
 

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Oh! Gotcha. I haven’t had them installed yet.. taking it to the shop tomorrow.


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2.8 + 1.5 w/ AirliftHD, Mevotechs and 295/60r20 Cooper AT3 XLT!


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Looks great! How's the ride??

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Ride quality is amazing! I drove it before the tires got put on and it was good.. stiffer than stock but still had some bounce. The tires are what made the difference! The truck is smooth and cloud-like!


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