it went super easy with no problems. but.... i forgot to take pics of it. i will take some of the actual assemble tomorrow or tuesday. i was suprised how easy it was. now im just waiting on my drilled a

heres a pic from my phone. Ignore the trailer the tounge load was probably like 25 pounds so it wasn't doing much.



i think it looks fricken fantastic but im kinda biased. ill make up for the lack of install pics with a video of my brake rotor install. which hopefully will come sometime this week. im also pondering a custom air intake to pull air in from behind the passenger headlight with a pod filter.

I'm also due for an oil change. crap...

 

That looks great. Good job on the install.

 

thanks. i didnt even need the torx. just a 10mm socket wrench on the end of the bolt. (its got a hex head.) took about 30 min total. - a few beer breaks...

 

Looks really good. I'm getting mine in this week. I'll post install pics if anyone is interested, though I'm sure it's about as straight forward as you can get. It's amazing how you don't really notice the rake until it's gone...and from what I read, it really does not affect the load carrying capacity.

 

I'll be testing that this coming weekend im gonna hook up the ski boat and pull it around the block to see if its gonna drag azzz or not. i really hope not. if it does then helper springs. I've got a couple of tips for you though. one: take out the top bolts before the bottom. its easier because the top bolt is attached to the spring. Two: do one side at a time if u can. Three: chock the wheels or it will roll when ur jacking it up. Four: WEAR SAFETY GLASSES!!! (i dropped a shackle on my face) probably gonna have a bruise tomorrow. Five: they curve a little make sure they curve towards the inside of the truck or the bolts won't line up right. And Six and final :GREASE THE BUSHINGS. pr they WILL squeak. HAVE FUN.

 

Looks alot better burger! ps- I like the quote

Can we lower the rears of our 4x4s? Id assume this would be the "safe" alternative to a leveling kit if we wanted to get rid of the rake since it wouldnt put the CVs at a wierd angle?

 

I hope so, cause that's what I'm going to be doing!

 

I normally would never support the thought of lowering a 4x4, but in our case where leveling kits pose problems and they make no lift kits, it may be the only safe way to remove our rake. The only thing that might become troublesome is if the drop shackles drop the rear too low; the 2x4s have a bigger rake than the 4x4s .... so the 2x4s rear has to come down a good amount doesnt it?

 

^^^ I dont see why not. it will lower your ground clearance though. if u don't do any offroading except the ocasional dirt road then ur fine. if u like to play in the mud like some of us then u may regret it.

 

It should technically help our front ends; lowering the rear should take added weight off the front.

As for ground clearance, if our front end makes it over a barrier, our rears should have no problem even if its lowered. The ground clearance problems arise at the front crossmember and the rear axle. Niether of those are changing with the drop shackles. Id imagine you would lose some flex though.