So after making a few offers on lifts in the classifieds, I ended up ordering some Fox 2.5 Factory Series Coil-overs and Fox 2.0 rear shocks. Picked up some Superflex rear coils and Total Chaos UCAs.
Did a 25 hour install marathon. (2 hours cleaning for every 30 min of wrenching)
Took breaks to get new jack stands, longer bolts for the front skid, meals and a run to Walmart for butterfly closures for the gash in my head.
Found out my jack stands were too short. One set worked on the cross member, but the other was 4 inches too short, so picked up some 4 ton that would reach. But the old shorter ones I used, nearly failed on me and I was within a few yanks on the wrench from being crushed under the engine bay. Guess I will be replacing those as well.
Install went pretty well. Took longer as I was working all night so kept having to open and close the garage door to get around the vehicle. (I really hate those built in cabinets.) That slowed me down a lot.
Fox was kind enough to not include a spanner wrench with the coil overs. Went to 4-wheel parts to pick one up. They don't stock them. 3 - 5 days to order one. I need it by Monday. Leaving Tuesday. Only one other place in town that might carry them, Nevada Off-road and Buggy to the rescue. They have them in stock and actually have the steel ones so didn't have to lay out $50 for an aluminum one that I would probably break.
It rides much better. Not nearly as floppy as the stock setup was. Need to get a few more miles on it and then get it aligned on Monday in prep for my 10 hour road trip.
I will post up measurements when I get home. I left them in the garage.
Did a 25 hour install marathon. (2 hours cleaning for every 30 min of wrenching)
Took breaks to get new jack stands, longer bolts for the front skid, meals and a run to Walmart for butterfly closures for the gash in my head.
Found out my jack stands were too short. One set worked on the cross member, but the other was 4 inches too short, so picked up some 4 ton that would reach. But the old shorter ones I used, nearly failed on me and I was within a few yanks on the wrench from being crushed under the engine bay. Guess I will be replacing those as well.
Install went pretty well. Took longer as I was working all night so kept having to open and close the garage door to get around the vehicle. (I really hate those built in cabinets.) That slowed me down a lot.
Fox was kind enough to not include a spanner wrench with the coil overs. Went to 4-wheel parts to pick one up. They don't stock them. 3 - 5 days to order one. I need it by Monday. Leaving Tuesday. Only one other place in town that might carry them, Nevada Off-road and Buggy to the rescue. They have them in stock and actually have the steel ones so didn't have to lay out $50 for an aluminum one that I would probably break.
It rides much better. Not nearly as floppy as the stock setup was. Need to get a few more miles on it and then get it aligned on Monday in prep for my 10 hour road trip.
I will post up measurements when I get home. I left them in the garage.
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