Hi all,

Its been a really long time since I have been on here and a lot of things have changed and are about to change on my 2000 dodge ram 1500 4x4.

(Pics will be added soon)

So far I have done the following:

Tow mirrors
cb radio with 4' firestik
Hella 700ff lights on front bumper
rear u joint replaced
new battery
linex spay-in bedliner
rockford fosgate speakers with 400-4 amp
sony head unit

And for Christmas (not installed yet but hopefully soon) my parents got me a zone offroad 2.5" lift kit
Still waiting on the steering stabilizer and shock boots though

I can't wait to install the lift!!

 

very nice and thorough kit. good luck

 

thanks i'm gonna need all the luck i can get lol this is my first lift kit installation

 

PB blasted all bolts being removed this weekend for lift kit..gonna do another thorough blasting again later today

So excited for this weekend, hopefully everything goes smoothly

 

How is the lift achieved on the back?

 

Looks like blocks and new U bolts. Not sure how tall though. Somewhere between an inch or 2.

 

Thats correct it's 2" blocks

Unfortunately I have hit a snag in the install process on the rear.
The upper shock mount on the passenger side is blocked on one side by the body/frame (cant remember) and a custom made exhaust hanger on the other side.
The only way I see to remove the nut and bolt is to drop the exhaust down by removing this hanger temporarily which has already proved to be a pain in the a** because it is bolted to the frame with three bolts: one i could reach easily, the second one I couldn't reach easily and ended up breaking off the head, and the third i gave up on till tomorrow because I lost daylight and it got really cold.

So my truck currently sits in the driveway on jack stands until tomorrow..great

 

My 2000 is always up on a stand or brick or whatever. lol
A guy almoast needs two

 

I second that statement!

 

haha its funny that you say that cause now the front currently is sitting on jack stands