Installed yesterday and took a couple trips to Home Depot...
1: Megan has not corrected the end-link hole on the front shocks. It is too small, you will need a good 9/16th drill bit that can eat some metal. We ended up having to get a new one since the one I had was not sharp enough.
2: The bolts supplied with the rear struts to connect it back into the control arm are not the correct thread pattern. Ended up needing a 14mm x 2.0 nylon lock nut, one of each side. I'm sure you could use the ones that come with them, power through the threads, and it would be tight. However, it's not the correct nut.
Air tools are a must! (Or I am just lazy)I did replace the axle nut on the fronts just for peace of mind as they used to say one time use only back in the day. The ones I pulled off did not say that, I'm sure I could have just put some loc-tite on the threads, and been just fine. But I already had the new ones in hand.
To disengage the the control arm from the hub does not require you to compress the springs as the guy on YouTube did. Just use a pry bar to separate it. It does help to have someone to swing the hub out of the way while you are keeping the two pieces separated.
Total install time was about 8hrs, this included two runs to Home Depot, lunch, awhile trying to get the holes drilled out with crap bits, and replacing a wheel bearing.
Overall ride quality is awesome. I have all four corners set to 9 on the dampening settings which seems a good middle ground for going around town. I have not had an alignment yet and I am still tweaking the ride height as I want more rake... right now the rear is about 1/2inch taller than the front measuring from the ground.
And I didn't take measurements pre install so I am shooting in the dark as far as ride height.
Big thanks to BPD for the recommendations.
Big thanks to EPP for some install pointers, fast shipping, and great customer service
Shout out to sbouvia for offering to come out and help!! Sorry we couldn't make it work!
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1: Megan has not corrected the end-link hole on the front shocks. It is too small, you will need a good 9/16th drill bit that can eat some metal. We ended up having to get a new one since the one I had was not sharp enough.
2: The bolts supplied with the rear struts to connect it back into the control arm are not the correct thread pattern. Ended up needing a 14mm x 2.0 nylon lock nut, one of each side. I'm sure you could use the ones that come with them, power through the threads, and it would be tight. However, it's not the correct nut.
Air tools are a must! (Or I am just lazy)I did replace the axle nut on the fronts just for peace of mind as they used to say one time use only back in the day. The ones I pulled off did not say that, I'm sure I could have just put some loc-tite on the threads, and been just fine. But I already had the new ones in hand.
To disengage the the control arm from the hub does not require you to compress the springs as the guy on YouTube did. Just use a pry bar to separate it. It does help to have someone to swing the hub out of the way while you are keeping the two pieces separated.
Total install time was about 8hrs, this included two runs to Home Depot, lunch, awhile trying to get the holes drilled out with crap bits, and replacing a wheel bearing.
Overall ride quality is awesome. I have all four corners set to 9 on the dampening settings which seems a good middle ground for going around town. I have not had an alignment yet and I am still tweaking the ride height as I want more rake... right now the rear is about 1/2inch taller than the front measuring from the ground.
And I didn't take measurements pre install so I am shooting in the dark as far as ride height.
Big thanks to BPD for the recommendations.
Big thanks to EPP for some install pointers, fast shipping, and great customer service
Shout out to sbouvia for offering to come out and help!! Sorry we couldn't make it work!
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. Good going!
