The parts to be installed:
3" spindles-Doetsch tech
2" blocks
Sway bar bushing- Energy suspension
Control arm bushing- Energy suspension
ball joints/tie-rods/idler/pitman- OE brand
Lift shocks- Doetsch tech




Well I started on wednesday night and finished saturday night, what a pain in the a$$, but way worth it. It took so long because I take my time and had alot of distractions, and some small setbacks and extra work I did not plan for, and yeah still had to go to work and school.

Wednesday night I had about an hour or so to work, so I set up all the tools in the garage, and put down some cardboard and got the truck jacked up and ready, pulled tires off and got sway bar and tie rod ends dissconnected, calipers and rotors off and set aside.



Thursday I got the spindles, sway bar, and steering all off and dissconnected, upper and lower control arms off and stripped of ball joints and sh^tty rubber bushings. Sprayed the sway bar and steering bar with black paint.





Friday started off the morning with spraying the lower control arms and upper control arms with black paint, got my rotors cut, and machined for longer studs and the studs pressed in, tried to get some open lug nuts but that was a fail(damn autozone), did alot of running around, and right before dark started to press in the new energy suspension bushings and the new ball joints(I kinda cheated had my neighbor take the upper control arms and do them at work, since they are alot easier with a press), I then put control arms in and went to put on a spindle only to notice they did not fit(F^CK do I have the wrong ones....maybe ill look at instructions...oh ok have to do some clearancing). Next time I will read instructions before even starting, maybe.



Saturday the day to finish it, I start early and start off with a grinder to clearance the outside of the control arm and then a section by the shock mount, so that the caliper will clear. Then start compressing the springs with the compressor I borrowed from the neighbor(Snap-on spring compressor works great). Got them compressed so I can fit the spindles on, once there in and checked for clearance I get the sway bar and steering back on and all stuff torqued in. Throw the shocks in and put the dust shields in(2 out of 3 bolts fit, could have done some work to them to get all 3 to fit but 2 bolts is more than enough) also had to bend it back some. Got the freshly cut rotors and newly packed bearings on. Got new pads under warranty and threw them and calipers on.

Put on spacers and rims and sh^t they just barely rub the spindle where the tie-rod connects, so go out back and grab one of my spare tires, it fits so it goes on, well since autozone did not get my lug nuts in after they said they would I grabbed a couple of the stock lug nuts I had as spares and with a cutoff wheel I cut off the ends to make them open lugs. So the front is done.

Put truck on ground and spin it around, forced to clean up tools. jack up truck by hitch with jack perpendicular to truck(dumbest thing I did during this whole project) it ended up causing the bed to lift up and slide over about 2 inches so after much fun with my other jack and trying to center axle under the bed again I get to installing rear blocks, get them in and after what seemed like forever cranking on a wrench I had tight U-bolts, took a cutoff wheel and cut down the ubolts. And its done and I was dirtier than a dog playing in dirt.




Some serious cali lean(Before I did the rear)



Well all in all Im f^cking happy and thats all that matters, truck was aligned on sunday and one side had no problems other is just out of spec, gonna leave it like that until I make the adjustment slot a little bigger. New shocks make the ride smooth on the road and keep it just as nice on the dirt roads, still corners like before the lift and no more noises(YAY my brother will stop nagging me). Got alot of compliments since the lift and its only been 2 days. Goin to a friends on tuesday to test fit 35's, im thinking they will fit with no probs.
Oh yea more pics

 

35's wont fit with just spindles. The 33's on my Ram clip the back of the fender wells. The front will rub at turn. I don't have any rubbing issues in the front because of my bumper, however you will if you go up to 33's. Looks good.

 

I have 5.5" in the front, the spindles and 2.5" coils, those are 33x12.5's and they clear easily

 

Scratch that, I missed that you have coils. You still will probably have rubbing issues in the back of the fender. Do yourself a favor and ditch the sway bar. The truck will ride a whole lot better. Especially off road.

 

Looks real good, I agree wiith redone about the sway bar tho. Just ditched it on my trruck after the lift, rides like a caddy now.

 

wow looks great!!!

did the new spindles move the wheels out?.... i understand the spacers did sum

if you were to run 17in rim with factory back spacing would the front wheel stick off far them the back?,,, whats i would like to do one day

 

very nice!

 

Im not running the spacers right now since my spare rims dont require them to fit, and yeah moved them out a little bit not sure how much though

I would ditch the sway bar but I drive like a mad man on the road and take turns at 30 and faster all the time, so taking the sway bar off would cause some excess body roll, and compared to before truck drives great so Im not to worried took it down a couple dirt roads and had some fun drifting around

 

You would be surprised how little difference the sway bar makes. I have a very aggressive driving style in my Toy Ram, as well as my econobucket Integra. I took the swaybar off my Ram after I bought it and barely noticed a difference in body roll. It's way too puny to negate those effects on these trucks. My Integra has a sway bar nearly the same size, and its has a curb weight of just over 2500lbs.

 

dude that looks nice...i got all my suspension parts just waiting for extra cash to buy the spindles... what size wheels are you running?