Welcome to the club! I see you even added the velcro guide strap.Damper mod. I know there is a lot of anti-damper sentiment, but my 4 year old son loves to appear out of nowhere and put his head right where the tailgate would slam down on his head.
Ha! I cut a huge hole in the fender of my truck for the ARB snorkel. That mount will be a cake walk compared to that nerve-racking experience! LOL
With all the Raptor looks going on...maybe I should build a Wildtrak instead...?Look what I spotted on two car haulers on the I-44 East towards St. Louis. Second truck looked to even have an Everest in the middle.
...handles well.
I was really thrilled driving home from my friend's house after installing the Eibach Pro Lift truck kit on all four corners of my truck. We set my front to 3.75", and it settled to about 3.5" with the weight of the big bumper and winch we installed on my truck. The ride; awesome! Comparatively, the truck feels more planted on the road. Before, I had a harrowing experience hitting an expansion strip on an interstate overpass at 70 mph and I thought I was going to be in a wreck! Off road I've seen absolutely no issues. I love it! The Eibachs are good value for money.After today's visit to the alignment shop, took a 150 mile road trip. (other threads have the info on eibach level strut cartridge's & rears....).
I have to say that the difference after adding just the rears was fantastic. The difference after adding the front and leveling by .75 is just as fantastic. My "feel" is that 80=90% of all the boat riding scenarios is gone! Super nose dive on firm-hard braking, gone!
Don't get me wrong, there is still some nose dive, but not that feeling of flipping the truck over trying to stop on hard brake.
The left/right, front/back rollie pollies are gone.
As I mentioned yesterday, you can "feel the road, but it is subtle. The road roughness "feels" shared by all 4 corners of the suspension. My "sense" of the center of gravity is of having shifted from front row cab (think that was due to FX4 struts and Eibach rears??) to front panel of bed.
An additional bonus to killing the Enhanced Engine Sound and auto road noise volume increase for radio is that you hear what's really going on around and near outside the truck.
It's still a truck, but rides well behaved to me and it did happen to accidently hit triple digits a few times for a brief spurt of Livernois!
Another benefit from my "low" rise, looks like I won't have to adjust my lights or else I blinded and shocked the drivers so bad they couldn't think to flash me
Actually, I went too far on the lift. I thought I'd loose about 3/4" with the weight of the bumper and winch. But, I actually like the height of the truck; it has the right stance up front (I just need bigger tires). After the install, the truck initially sat with some reverse rake that really bothered me. It eventually settled in and sat level. But then I added a roof top tent, gear, a rack, etc., and now I hve a reverse rake again. I've got an add-a-leaf set in my garage waiting to go on now, to solve that issue. I need to get that on the truck before boat season starts back up so that towing is not stupid with the reverse rake!Another benefit from my "low" rise, looks like I won't have to adjust my lights or else I blinded and shocked the drivers so bad they couldn't think to flash me
Good luck with them Phil . You wont be able to pretend you couldn't hear the wife anymore, LOL
I've had mine for about 10 years and sharp unexpected sounds still make me jump.
When I first got mine just walking across the floor drove me nuts. Just give it time, you'll get use to and tune out the crazy background noise you couldn't hear before. The wife doesn't go away though. ?
I have a noise cancelling headset I wear while shooting. When I first got them it drove me crazy hearing all the crunching from just walking. There is a volume control so I keep it at its lowest setting. You can hear every little thing with those I can't imagine wearing a hearing aid everyday. I know it's better than not hearing but is there a volume control of these?
Hi Dave,
Wow, Phil, very high tech! I bet you could use Forscan to set up your hearing aids...
