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lapoolboy

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  1. Nope. I've been dealing with them for years. He blasts the wheels and sends them through the oven with all the other thousands of parts he does. Of course, black is most common, so he just sends them through when he's already doing a batch. Really just paying a few bucks in labor for the blasting and a few bucks in powder.
  2. A ripoff is a ripoff, no matter it's geographical location.
  3. You are a product of your own decisions and actions.
  4. There are two local shops here that charge $40-50 a wheel for plain black.
  5. You guys are getting ripped off on powdercoat....jeez
  6. There are MANY distractions....cell phones, radio, passengers, road signs, other traffic, etc. etc. etc. The point is that a driver can be distracted by anything if they allow themselves to be distracted.
  7. Can we have a discussion about video-in-motion without the Karens coming out of the woodwork?? Guy is a grown-up and can make his own choices.
  8. Don't bother....the resolution is garbage.
  9. It has a part that goes on the top of each strut as well as a spacer that goes below the spring.
  10. That's correct. The 6112 pair with springs was $730. The rear 5160s were $410 for the pair. I am at 3.2" up front with 2" blocks in the rear. I spoke to Bilstein several times and they said their testing showed 3.2" was maximum safe height with TB axles. I think they are a smidge more travel than stock Ranchos, I'm taking advantage of that now with the Icon UCAs and no droop stops. My only gripe with the setup is the greasing of the UCA bushings....I can't get a wrench on the bolts to loosen them because the springs take up the whole coil bucket. ? Pumping grease to them without loosening is a no-no, but I don't really feel like tearing the front end down to grease bushings! So, Icon coilovers probably going on order soon! They aren't as large diameter and I can get to the bolts. Final thing I want to do is try to fit some Ridge Grappler 35x11.5x20 on there. I have the stock size 275/60R20 Ridge Grapplers on it now and they look puny.
  11. Yes, cutting the droop stops off helped. With the lift before, the stock arms were getting into the stops with minimal down-travel. There is no more "jarring" now and more articulation.
  12. I just installed Bilstein 6112s up front with Icon tubular UCAs and Bilstein 5160s in the rear. I already had the "Trailboss" 2" lift so I have the longer axles...the Bilsteins I bought were for TB/AT4 and I set the front to 1.2" height to level it. I'm happy as a pig in slop. Ride and handling is great.
  13. Thanks. I can't decide if I like the looks of them more with or without the caps...what y'all think?
  14. LOL....one or two either way would be the difference between still fitting and not! I have 82" from floor to top garage door seal.
  15. Yes, the balljoint or uniball cup area is typically larger than that same area on the stock arms.
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