Thanks so much all for the great info.
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sleepydad
interesting story about the ride. I live in the Denver area so nowhere near as cold as where you are, but still making me consider options here. And it makes sense that the suspension can't make up for vibration and noise. Thx for the additional reading.
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dogtail
that sucks about the bumper contact. The body on this one is pristine and I'm not yet planning on replacing the front bumper at all. I'll hope that I don't have to follow up immediately with a body lift to keep it off the bumper.
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UnderFire
good to know about the bolts. Will plan to re-use unless something happens on extraction. We are lucky to have an exceptional hardware store here in town, which stocks class 12.9 metric bolts I can use if I need to replace the ones that are in there.
Between now and the weekend I'll be debating with myself whether to replace them all, knowing that I might want to pull them out and put OEM's back in, or just doing the rear. Something to occupy all this dead space in my mind.
This is the first step