Replacing strut and adding more lift help!
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Yeah I drive this truck every day but it rarely sees the highway or major abuse. Im just going to stick with the 35's that I have on the truck for now. Just would like a couple more inches and if I would ever regear and want 37's I'd be set up for it since its being tore apart now anyways. But once I got looking into the rear I couldn't believe that's how they had it stacked anyways. So I'll just order the 5" block and the 2" AAL and call it good for now. Thanks for the input and keep the ideas coming. I'll look into the panhard bar and see what I can find. I'm always up to any extra support I can add.
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Ok guys thanks for the compliments and the info. I've been going through the parts/research and I'm going to replace my upper control arms while there but with the strut movement I have as well as being able to make it bang by pushing on the tow hooks should I be looking into having replacement upper strut mounts there when we tear into this. If so what part &part # should I be looking for. I've been on rock auto and have found moog strut mounts and other brands. But the other brands look to include a lot more. They include sleeves, bearings, etc. just not sure what's needed in case I have to replace as well. Since I have what they call standard suspension I do believe. Or they just considering anything other then stock offroad. With the pro comp stuff.
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Well here are the parts for the front. Truck gets tore down Thursday. Now just waiting on the 2" AAL for the rear. But have found out the nut on top of the strut/shock is backed off about 1/2"-3/4" so I'm sure that's we're the popping and all problems are coming from. also I went ahead and ordered new top strut mounts for the front just in case we needed them. No shop around here has them in stock. Oreilly's couldn't even get them, and Autozone was two days out. But I'll keep things posted on what we find and pics of final lift!
