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Traded out the mattress on my bed. My dog thought the old mattress was a toy to dig at. She digs up this one she'll be slipping outside for a while.

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Took my wife to labor & delivery. Daughter born.

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LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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Installed new Cognito sway bar end links today, way easier to install compared to the stock ones. Only took a freakin month for norcal truck to send them to me:

 

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And here are the ones that came with the lift:

 

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Yes, the tops are sheered off, not sure how that happened

 

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SarahsGMC Senior Enthusiast

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Those cognitos look like they take the play otta the sway bar I DEF need those my sway bar links are sh!%

 

 

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Those cognitos look like they take the play otta the sway bar I DEF need those my sway bar links are sh!%

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I like how they pivot at the bottom. The ones that came with my lift were at some odd angles and I think that's what snapped them at the LCA end, just too much torque on a dinky little stud. Oh and the top is a bolt not a stud so its a real clean look

 

And I think if you just buy them from cognito they will come faster. norcal truck didn't have very good customer service. They didn't tell me they had to order them until I emailed them two weeks later

 

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I wonder if they will work with fts lifts I guess I should check fts first those seem way more logical than the crap they gave me

 

 

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I wonder if they will work with fts lifts I guess I should check fts first those seem way more logical than the crap they gave me

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Post up some pics of your IFS on one of the sides and I could tell ya

 

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Looks like yours except my cv shaft is level

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You should be fine to get them then. And I cranked my keys so it would sit level with the rear, and at 49.5" to the fenders, the truck still looks too low to me!

 

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Since I saw that "larry the cable guy" commercial where he's cuttin' donuts in that Chevy truck, I had my Doc switch me over to Prilosec. Couldn't hurt!

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