NorthernAT4

I went with the bilstein 5100 set to the middle .55” setting. A 1” motofab lower block and some cognito UCAs. Sitting now about 1/4” low in the front on stock size tires. Originally it had 2” of rake.

I went a similar route on my at4 but different components. Bilstein 5160 rear bilstien 5100 front set to middle .55” motofab 1” lower spacer cognito upper control arms seems to work well. Didn’t want to compress the spring to much so that why I decided on the lower spacers. This lifted me 1.75” and gave me a 1/4” of rake. I cut the droop stops off for the new UCAs. Ball joint angle is good and tire clearance with stock wheels is plenty. CV angle is no better off but not the worse I’ve seen.

Front 5100 struts are available and give 1” of lift. I see also that the 6112 are available now as well and have an eibach spring but still require assembly

I don’t think you would need to with only being 1.1” of list. Most guys are saying they start getting ball joint bind at 2” of lift. I’m probably going to go higher at some point or add a spacer depending on tire size so I figured I would put a UCA in now

Catch can captures crank case vented pressure. Both heads are connected by the block. My guess is the other valve cover doesn’t have a pcv port to feed back to the intake anyways. One can is all that is needed

Added oil. Moving the oil reservoir out gains more room for valving and such in the main shock tube. Was going to go with the 5100s but got a good deal on these

Yup max setting and a new UCA. should just go with the 6112 but I didn’t think the front needed to much help compared to the back. Should give me about a 1/2” of rake

Pretty much yup. 5100s for the trail boss are for levelled or 2” max lifted trucks so they’d work good for you

Do the rears. No issues with having different front to back

Did the first non dealer oil change (finally out of free ones). Shorter antenna and then added some bilstein 5160 reservoir shocks to the rear.

I added the 5160 rear reservoir shocks today and they make the ranchos feel like worn out junk. Planted this truck the way it should be

Installed. The reservoir sits high and protected beside the frame

Just installed the 5160 rear reservoir shocks and they blow the ranchos outta the park. This thing is planted now. On the fresh compact ice and snow roads and gravel the back end used to dance around to the point of slowing down. Now it’s planted and soaks them up. Can’t wait for my UCAs so I can put the 5100s up front.

The uniballs are a superior joint in my mind but the joint needs to be lubricated while slacked off and moved. I believe also you need to slack the uca bushings off to grease them every so often. Lots of YouTube videos on how to service your uniball UCAs

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