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These swollen winter roads are beating the snot out of my suspension and I’m still on the stock fx4s. I was wanting to hold out til I could buy the front suspension with it, but I’m about to just pull the trigger on some rear eibachs.
I did the rears at 9k. Stock fronts still and im approaching 90k. Still worth it. Fronts when it thaws out.
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I did rear Eibachs summer of 2023, and they made a very slight difference. Did the front Eibachs in September, and they made a TON of difference on bumps, potholes, etc. Now my Ranger handles our garbage roads more like the F150 does - so much smoother and less choppy bouncing around.

But back on topic, I got email notification that Mike shipped my Fitzstick yesterday! I ordered it Thursday night once he had them back in stock, so he was right on top of it. ?
 

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But back on topic, I got email notification that Mike shipped my Fitzstick yesterday! I ordered it Thursday night once he had them back in stock, so he was right on top of it. ?
I ordered 1 about a week ago when it was still showing out of stock, and got notice the next day that it shipped. I guess he just hadn't updated the site. I received it yesterday.
 

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These swollen winter roads are beating the snot out of my suspension and I’m still on the stock fx4s. I was wanting to hold out til I could buy the front suspension with it, but I’m about to just pull the trigger on some rear eibachs.
DO IT! Not only are the rears super easy to do yourself, it makes a HUGE difference.
 

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I did rear Eibachs after having the FX4 for a month or 2. I noticed a difference immediately. I have not done the front. When I need to do them I will probably do all 4 corners with Bilstein 4600s. The Bilsteins were out of stock when I bought the Eibachs.
 


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I did rear Eibachs after having the FX4 for a month or 2. I noticed a difference immediately. I have not done the front. When I need to do them I will probably do all 4 corners with Bilstein 4600s. The Bilsteins were out of stock when I bought the Eibachs.
Why waste money swapping the rear Eibachs for Bilsteins?
 

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Why waste money swapping the rear Eibachs for Bilsteins?
They've been on there for 4 years. If they are still good when that time comes, I won't swap them. If they need replaced, then I will. Nothing planned right now. Or I'll add Eibachs on the front, who knows? I can tell the fronts are stock, but it doesn't bother me, the rears made a big difference, to me anyway.
 

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They've been on there for 4 years. If they are still good when that time comes, I won't swap them. If they need replaced, then I will. Nothing planned right now. Or I'll add Eibachs on the front, who knows? I can tell the fronts are stock, but it doesn't bother me, the rears made a big difference, to me anyway.
I agree just changing the rears helped a bunch, but swapping to Eibachs up front really made the truck better all around.
 

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Just got my MBS Fitzstick installed today. Very nice build quality and packaging. Looks just like it should come as OEM. The worst part was getting the oem plug/dipstick out it was not a easy spot to work.

Thanks Mike @ MBS

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Looks like the MBS Fitzstick is out of stock and you can't order them. Shit, it was next on my to do list. MBS, please let us know when they are back in stock so we can order them.
 

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Looks like the MBS Fitzstick is out of stock and you can't order them. Shit, it was next on my to do list. MBS, please let us know when they are back in stock so we can order them.
Mike has been having a hard time keeping up with demand (they are pretty labor intensive to assemble) - check back daily - he will most likely have more available soon.
 
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Looks like the MBS Fitzstick is out of stock and you can't order them. Shit, it was next on my to do list. MBS, please let us know when they are back in stock so we can order them.

Hey, check tomorrow, or Tuesday, depending upon when you read this.

Getting close to finishing a batch, they will be up soon!

The good news is, I finally have enough parts to make a bunch of them, if I can get ahead of the current demand, I should be able to keep them in inventory!
They just take time to make, two of the assembly steps require sitting overnight, so no matter how fast I go, the fastest I can crank them out is two days. But, that's okay, keeps me busy!
 

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Thanks Mike, I kept hitting refresh and got one of them on order. My trans is getting flushed on Friday so I'll install after that, when it arrives. It's the last item that this forum recommended when I sent my welcome message.
 

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Just ordered one as well, thank you for the hard work to produce the product it is appreciated. Can’t wait to experience it
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