Ok i finally got it back. I was thrilled when the shop told me that all my work looked good and there were no issues aligning it. This turned into a more labor intensive project than I thought it would be. I did most of this to my last Ram when I got it but I didnt have near as many issues. Most of my issues were because of tools and the fact that everything on the truck was overtorqued and frozen. After fighting with the upper control arm bushings for hours I had one side done and the other side refused to go together. I finally gave up and took the control arm to the shop and they gave it a try and failed. They would get one side in and it would pull the other side out. So I then took it to another shop that got it on for me and showed me the proper way of doing it , fyi dont press the bushing into the control arm, press the control onto the bushing instead. I thought I was all good to go until i picked up the control arm and it made a pop and the bushing came out of one side, we determined that the arm was actually bent. So I went and got another control arm from pick n pull and removed the ball joint. I was unable to reuse the new urethan bushings though. So one side has the urethane and the other has factory bushings lol. But after all that fuss i decided best to leave the lower control arm bushings alone. When I finally got it all done I was admiring my work when I noticed that the brake line was twisted....lol. I fixed it though. It drives straight but it still rides like ****. I guess thats just a 3/4 ton trait huh? Anyways here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

 

Looks like it was a chore. Glad you got it done! But watch out for kids on scooters!

 

Looks good!

 

That looks great. Good work. Yea spring spacers definitely don't make the ride nice with IFS. We lose too much springability. Aside from the roughness, how does it drive? Stiffen up the steering a bit with the new ball joints?

 

Yeah a little stiffer. I dont like how much turning radius i lost. I guess thats due to the lift

 

How far did that kid fly when you hit him?

 

^^^ lol. I was looking arouns for something that would give some perspective on how tall it is and that was the best i could come up with, the wife was being to lazy to come take a picture of me standing beside it. I can tell you this i definitely need some step bars. I find myself pulling on the steering wheel to get in. I have bad knees and they dont like to bend that much.

 

It definitely has a much more aggressive stance to it now. You should post up a side profile picture of before and after to show the difference.

 

I almost think the rear needs to come up some. That's just my opinion. I think I've lost interest in the "leveled" look lol. It looks tough, being two-wheel drive, with a little lift on it I will say.

 

I found out where im loosing my turning radius. There is a little nipple (not sure what else to call it, maybe dogear?) on the spindle that is contacting the lower control arm. I want to grind it off so i can turn my wheels all the way. Is this a good idea? If i need to add a stop somewhere i will with some hard rubber. Here are some pics of it and where it is contacting.