Today I installed a pair of Icon rear links. Blingy and expensive, yes, but after I had won the $500 Amex card at the Summit, I scratched these off my "things to buy if a crapload of money fell on my lap" list and placed an order with Jason Demello. I was also considering a rear bumper but the decision to get these was easier since I bent one of the stock ones on a Coyote Canyon trip early last year and was long due for an upgrade.
Installation was pretty easy. I don't consider myself mechanically inclined at all, but I had the tools and took me about 30 minutes each side. Believe it or not, the hardest part was threading the bolt for the brake line bracket into the link haha. I consulted these two posts:
How To...Rear Lower Control Arm Install w/pics
Please help with rear link installation
I decided to keep things simple and went with Joshua's advice in the 2nd post above. Didn't jack up the truck, left the tires on and just ratchet-strapped the axle to get the holes lined up. I had adjusted the link lengths to the stock length before they were on the truck and the holes were only off by a milimeter or so when I put the links on. The end result:
works of art:
obligatory comparison shot:
