The Falkens may not have balanced because the valve stem is nowhere near the red dot in that photo. (Sorry if that had already been addressed in this old thread )
Yes they are still for sale!!!
There is more lift than the 2.5 spacers on the last picture. I had a 2" BL, and PP lift springs in the rear on 285s. Ground to the bottom of the tan trim on the rear wheel well (with audio equipment out) was at 43.5" and 42.5" in the front.
the grille is a 98 grill. It was free since I swapped my 99 grill with a member of yotatech's 98. I dremeled out the middle and placed gutter guard in there. I'm cheap. :)
She is going because I am going to start making a further commute and she wouldn't have been the best mode of...
these work fine with stock shocks.
But some people opt to replace the stock shocks since they have the front assembly apart and don't want to take it apart again to replace the shocks later down the road.
straght swap. Just pop off your side panels, use a socket to unbolt the ground then pop off the connector on the harness, then swap in the new harness and you are done. :)