Finally... Spacers gone, bils installed

[FISH ON]

All done. Looks great. Rides great. Pain in the ass to install.

NO MORE CLUNKING!!!!

 

[Thatdude596]

nice glad u like em

 

[FISH ON]

Front end up a little high now. Can I get some suggestions on 1" or 2" rear spacers? I have heard spacers in the rear aren't as troublesome as front. I'm not really towing anything heavy or much tongue weight.

 

[Barcelo5]

ics-****:

 

[Quackwhackertim]

Glad you made the upgrade. Should be a better ride. Definitely need some pics.

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[Thatdude596]

spacers are super simple for rear. top gunz and they are very reasonable

 

[FISH ON]

Here you go...

 

[FISH ON]

Sway bar torque

Anyone know for sure the torque for the upper swat bar link with the truck on the ground.

 

[deerhunter_24]

Hey Fish on, what setting did you go on the bils? 2.8 or 2.1?

 

[deerhunter_24]

Also are you on 275/60r20?

 

[DRkNESS]

It's hard to tell based upon the one photo.

 

[FISH ON]

2.8". The tires are 35x12.5.

 

[zstampe]

Looks good man! What was a pain on the install?


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[Yooper906]

Get the 3/4" or 1" rear spacer from Topgun. Less than $50 for the 3/4". Glad you made the switch to the Bilstein!! Here's mine with 3/4"

 

[Thatdude596]

yee yee looks good as is imo

 

[FISH ON]

Well I already had spacers installed so two major problems. First, Belle Tire put them on cuz they gave me a good price and I was already getting tires and needed an alignment. They must have used an impact gun to tighten the ball joints. Took two hours each side to pry, hammer, kick and wedge those ****** apart. The it doesn't go as easy as normal when removing the old strut assy. Even with every thing disconnected I couldn't jump on the rotor to get the lower control arm low enough to take out the extended strut. Had to put the spring compressors on only a couple coils to get what I could out of them to squeeze them out. Word to the wise...don't buy spring compressors at harbor freight! They snapped. Other than that it went well. Rides awesome. Wouldn't recommend spacers to my worst enemy. Thanks to all the guys that convinced me to switch.

 

[CMil527]

looking good!

 

[zstampe]

Well I already had spacers installed so two major problems. First, Belle Tire put them on cuz they gave me a good price and I was already getting tires and needed an alignment. They must have used an impact gun to tighten the ball joints. Took two hours each side to pry, hammer, kick and wedge those ****** apart. The it doesn't go as easy as normal when removing the old strut assy. Even with every thing disconnected I couldn't jump on the rotor to get the lower control arm low enough to take out the extended strut. Had to put the spring compressors on only a couple coils to get what I could out of them to squeeze them out. Word to the wise...don't buy spring compressors at harbor freight! They snapped. Other than that it went well. Rides awesome. Wouldn't recommend spacers to my worst enemy. Thanks to all the guys that convinced me to switch.

Cool thanks for the info. I just ordered my bils last night and am currently running a spacer lift.

What spring compressors ended up working for you then?


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[FISH ON]

I rented them from o'Rielly. Worked great. Basically free. Put a dep down and get the full deposit back.

 

[zstampe]

I rented them from o'Rielly. Worked great. Basically free. Put a dep down and get the full deposit back.

I bought the harbor freight ones before and they were junk. I have an o'reilly is local so I could go that route.

Or I'll buy this.

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