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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 11:03 AM
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Tried to install the leveling kit yesterday, and it went pretty easy until I had to pull the strut tower out of the housing if you will, I could manually push it down and get it all out but that pesky long center bolt, it would hang up. Does anyone h e any advice or willing to help a buddy out, that lives out side lees summit? I'm rubbin bad!
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 11:32 AM
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So you got the leveling kit installed or no? sorry it is hard to tell from your post, and secondly i'm guessing you are rubbing because of off-set of your rims from your picture.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 11:48 AM
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No leveling kit is not installed, I got to where you have to get the strut assembly pulled out and couldn't get it out. Any tips here would be great. These won't rub once the kits on. They came off a buddies truck and his didn't with the same kit.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 11:49 AM
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Here is how it sits, needs a leveling kit, because they dont make enough gold bond to help with the rubbing
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 02:38 PM
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I am very confused by this. Are you sure you did exactly what the directions said? Seems to me that you don't have something like the sway bar or the ball joint unbolted. Mine came out of there easy breezy.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 05:26 PM
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I did, everything was disconnected
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Old Aug 26, 2012 | 12:29 AM
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Side one is on! I had some errands to do today, so I got a fresh mind set and started over...much easier!
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With that offset it looks like you are still gonna be rubbing everything.
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As i see you got one side on already and im a little late for this post, sorry about that. i used a pry bar on the bottom and it poped right out. the side you got on looks good man!
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