Lift kit finally done. pics inside...

[OrangeCrush]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by WZOMBIE:
very nice! what size lift? and what brand? does the ride stiffen up? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The lift is 6" plus the tires give it an extra couple of inches. It's Fabtech's kit. Even though I got a hell of a deal on it, it still reasonably priced and comes with the frt driveshaft which alot of other kits don't.

As far as ride. PERFECT. I honestly can't tell a difference from factory.

Movin,

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MovinH2:
Awesome man. That lift kit really looks good. Now I might have to do that next. Did you end up doing the lift yourself? If so how long did it take you? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, lol, I got impatient. I decided to install it myself late Friday afternoon. Surprisingly, it took much less time than I thought it would.

I spent from 2-6pm by myself just taking things apart.

A friend came over at 6pm and by 9pm, we had the suspension in the frt pretty well completely together.

The only thing we had to in the morning was to reverse the swaybar and install the links.
We installed the drop torsion bar bracketry and did the rear end.

The two most time consuming things were actually taking the time to cut off the tab on the front diff. (I'm a little anal, I made it look like it came from the factory that way) and putting in the rear springs. With the rear shocks completely removed and the rear end just hanging there, it was still hard to install the springs. The instructions say to compress them 1-2" but we had them compressed 4" and it was still difficult.

we were done by 2pm.

That's about 12 hours total. I could probably do that kit again 10 hours.

The actual longest part that took us time was trying to get the correct lugnuts. Remember when they sent me the wrong wheels. Turns out they were for an H3. well, there was only 24 lugnuts in the box and they were too short. The first wheel we put on blew the studs out the back of the lugnuts...lol.

Overall, DEFINITELY worth the time and effort. I would have love to buy a 1000-1500 kit that was only a couple of inches but I like the extra few inches. What guy wouldn't?