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thanks and yea im not really a fan of stacking blocks. but i may try the aal and shackles
 
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Truck looks great! Giving me the motivation to get mine on now... lol
 
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It was alot of fun but a good amount of time for me to put on.
 
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ha! irwin pa huh? I live down in Belle Vernon area. Mine is the SST also. I had asked what it meant when I got it and they said it was a regional promotional package. What are the specs on your truck? Mines an 05 2 door extended cab 4x4 4.0 5spd with 4.10 gears. I was told thats what the SST meant lol
 
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haha mine is the same as yours but its an 03.
 
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Now should i go and retighten all the bolts again within a couple days???
 
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Looks awsome man!!
 
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Now should i go and retighten all the bolts again within a couple days???
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i wanna know if this is necessary too

how did the install go besides taking awhile? what major tools did you need and did anything not go smoothly or was it just as easy as following the instructions?
 
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I used pretty much basic hand tools, i didnt use the puller tool for the torsion bar so i saved 100+ bucks on that and it was just as easy as the instructions.
 
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Originally Posted by Kosmo04
stackin the blocks isn't really recommended but our trucks don't make that much torque to cause any axle wrap, so he should be fine.

Great lookin truck man!

Mine does! Not alot, but axle wrap nonetheless
 
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Originally Posted by 03ranger
I used pretty much basic hand tools, i didnt use the puller tool for the torsion bar so i saved 100+ bucks on that and it was just as easy as the instructions.
what if i'm sixteen and don't know that much about my suspension beyond words... i know what everything is called and kind of what it does but if you told me to point at the lower and upper control arms i wouldn't be able to do it.. i could make a good guess but i probably wouldn't get it right... think i could pull it off?

P.S. - my dad took a '64 corvette apart and stored it behind sheet rock in a house's wall and rebuilt the entire thing 2 years later and he'll be there to help me
 
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let me know when you wanna do it and ill be down. haha but i kinda knew what i was doing and only me and my friend did it. go to superlift.com and print out instructions on how to do it and just read and read them over and over again thats all i did.
 
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Originally Posted by 03ranger
let me know when you wanna do it and ill be down. haha but i kinda knew what i was doing and only me and my friend did it. go to superlift.com and print out instructions on how to do it and just read and read them over and over again thats all i did.
haha i live at the bottom of alabama... thats a long drive just to help me install a lift and i think i'll be fine because my friend is the mechanic at a local truck shop and he installs everything there. thanks for answering my questions though.
 
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Looks great!
 
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haha I knew I shoulda stole it off of scotts floor before you got there.... Looks good dude
**** i know i shoulda just put it on mine while it was torn apart.

anyways it looks good on there. definitely decrank the bars some though.
 
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**** i know i shoulda just put it on mine while it was torn apart.

anyways it looks good on there. definitely decrank the bars some though.
i think im gonna go buy aal and shackles this weekend for it.
 
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Looks great!
think im gonna go with the fox coilovers now haha.
 
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nice cant wait to put my 3" bl,level with a tb twist,33x12.50x15 cooper stt's and 15x10 ion 171's on mine
 
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nice i wanted those ion 171s but only make in 15s. if you need help with the bl let me know.
 
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will do and the same goes to you
 
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no need for decranking yet....

gotta let them bars settle down some man. Mine took a good 2 days of daily driving before the front finally settled.
 
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The truck looks great man - thing looked good before and great now



Originally Posted by 2007BlackFX4
my dad took a '64 corvette apart and stored it behind sheet rock in a house's wall and rebuilt the entire thing 2 years later
Anyone else want to hear this story?
 
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Anyone else want to hear this story?

Yep..thinking it's one of those "Car? What Car!?....Nah got rid of that long ago" type of deals!!
 
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looks great. damn i need a superlift.
 


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