Rolling around on the cement floor for a few hours...

[farside847]

So friday night my wife asked me what I had planned for the weekend. I replied "I thought Id roll around on the cement garage floor for a few hours and get good and dirty." She gave me a "look" but then brightened up and told me she would go shopping. _sigh_

I ordered up new shocks all the way around. New KYB Gas-a-just stock height shocks. (pn's KG5409 and KG5416). And a new anti-sway bar from ECE.

I think the old shocks were the originals. They sure were worn out. Plus the driverside front had a top mounting bolt that had stripped out and would rattle pretty bad when I hit a bump. That was a fun bolt to get off. Not much room in there. Too tight to get in my hand grinder. I ended up using my little dremmel and about 10 of those cheap-o cutter wheels to cut it off. New ones bolted right in. Oh, and lesson learned - dont cut off the plastic strap on the new shocks that hold it in a closed position until you mount them, pushing them back in from under the truck is a total ex-wife (b*tch)

After I got the shocks in I went and started on the sway bar. The rivets didnt want to pop out even after I grinded off the heads so I had to drill them out. Got lots of nice metal shavings in my hair. Bolted up pretty easy actually, very little cursing. Just had to block it up into position with some 2x4 for the first few bolts because the thing is so heavy.

Drove it into work this morning on the freeway. Ahhhhhh. Very little body roll. Shocks are nice and responsive. And no more knocking! Best thing of it all is I did it myself. I know this would have been a super easy job for most you guys, but it just feels good.