Friend and I installed the Rough Country 3 inch lift on my rig last night. Install went alright. Would have been easier with air tools or ratcheting crescent wrenches. The hammer gnome also shroomed the end of my passenger side tie rod trying to loosen it, so we had to break out the grinder to get it down to the good threads.
Other than that, install was very straight forward. Pulled off the front sway to make the front struts more accessible. Reinstalling it was the toughest part of the install. Those bolts seem unnecessarily long, and there wasnt enough space to get a socket in there. All in all, not a bad install other than a couple speed bumps. Good news is that those speed bumps will be much easier to handle now that I am lifted 3"
Deffinitely feels more like a truck than from the factory. Have only driven about 20 miles on the setup, but it rides very smoothly. I am planning on doing a snow run this coming weekend, so I will let you know how it handles the muck.
I am planning on getting some more rubber, but the stock BFs look suprisingly alright for the time being.
On to the pics. (Sorry for the low quality. All but 1 are cell phone pictures)
Before
After
-Brett
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