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Got around to replace the front springs and shocks. Also, finished up the front brake lines, now fully bleed system. Man, that was alot of cleaning....

More parts going in...which will be completed later today, I hope. Should have more pics shortly....

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I drove it around the block and it was shaking! It settled a little, but definitely needs an alignment. Have an appointment tomorrow evening, so that should hopefully fix that.....

Next part will be the wheel and tires, if the wheels ever get here.....
 
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Is that the HD TF Lift with the all terrain shocks and their Radius Arms? How much was all that if you don't mind me asking. And did the orange bushings come with the kit or did you buy that separately?
 
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Tighten down your radius arm to frame nuts more so the bushings get squished a bit. This will make the front end feel better.

Looks good, I love the TF stuff all quality stuff and some of that isnt cheap.
 
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Originally Posted by calebbo
Is that the HD TF Lift with the all terrain shocks and their Radius Arms? How much was all that if you don't mind me asking. And did the orange bushings come with the kit or did you buy that separately?
I forgot to mention that UPS lost my TF steering damper. Justin is sending another one down...Man, it is taking a long time to get those wheels thou....

This is the MED kit (for now) and yes, everything is TF except for the bushings (Polybush).

Just looked at my spreadsheet and consolidated just the parts from Lucky8, but will give you an aprox.... $2k.

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Tighten down your radius arm to frame nuts more so the bushings get squished a bit. This will make the front end feel better.

Looks good, I love the TF stuff all quality stuff and some of that isnt cheap.
Jake, yeah...I didn't tighten any of them until there was load on the suspension. It is all button up now. The alignment is completely off now, you can feel the tires fighting each other, but at lease it is almost straight. I tried to measure out the original track rods, guess I was off a few mm's.
 
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I must say, whenever I see frame and drivetrain pics from guys that arent in a rust zone, I get so jealous
 


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