Finally had an evening without rain last night so I decided to do the rear shocks/sway bar when I got home from work. Very easy job, took longer to put the thing on jack stands and gather all the necessary tools than it did to do the install. I must say it drives like a completely different vehicle. No more wild bouncing up and down when on rough roads and there is a noticeable decrease in body roll on hard turns. I do notice how bad the front struts are now with the back end so tight. Hopefully this weekend I will have a chance to put the front Bilsteins on. On really hard turns I notice it now has a tendency to want to oversteer so I will probably be getting the SRT front sway to balance things out better. I guess I'll make that decision after I install the new struts. Here are some pics.
I'm going to put the fronts in this weekend even if I have to do it in the rain lol Before I did the rear the front end felt ok but now that the rear is done I notice the front end bouncing around - not as bad as the rear was - but it's bad enough that it's driving me nuts now. I'll make the decision on the front SRT sway after I do the fronts but I think I'll probably end up getting it. Should have done this a year ago.
You will need the front struts I did that after I had the rears in for a while and I don't really think I need teh front sway bar.. the handling is great for 245 tires :lol:
You know you could have done all that without removing the back tires? Just jacking the back end of the body up a few inches would have done the trick.
You know you could have done all that without removing the back tires? Just jacking the back end of the body up a few inches would have done the trick.
Looking good. I have the rear sway bar on my list but not the shocks simply because I dont want to loose any of the lowering height I have now. But makes me want to buy some blue and yellow paint and paint my stock shocks to look like Bilsteins. Lol.
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