Installed SLR 2" shackles, Bilstien shocks and torqued the torsion bars up 1 1/2" on my 01 X. It took me about 3 hours to do all this alone. The shackle instal was the hardest. Even after reading prior posts and using two jacks, I still had to muscle them a bit. The shackles fit great, no play in them. I did, however, have to trim the bushings down on the top mount of the shackle bracket. The shocks I got were the 20% stiffer than stock version. The truck rides so much better now. My 31" BFG AT's and Bilstein are totaly worth the money and much better than the stock ride.
Spoke with SLR in regards to a steering stabilizer. Apparently, they are testing a new Bilstien version that should be availible in another month or so. Guess I'll wait - might as well keep 'em all Bilstein. Anyway, wish I had bought 32" instead of 31" tires after seeing how she looked with the lift. It does look much nicer than stock, though. Any feedback on the 3" lift?
-Tim


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Feedback on the 3" coming soon...

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Regards,
Ian

I was in Moab April 20th thru April 24th.
We met up with Ian, & saw his new 3" SLR suspension lift.

It looks really awesome, as well as Ian was able to manuver thru some areas on the trails I had to go around, even though I also have the SLR 2 1/2" rear shackle lift on my X...

Still my front end was lacking the heighth I needed to take advantage of the really difficult lines on the trails we took with Ian...

Oh well, it looks like a 3" suspension lift is in order before GOX in September.

Thanx,


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Andy
x_whistler
PNWX Member

Which lift did you get Ian? Which generation?

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Solar Yellow '00 SE 4wd
32x11.50 Swampers SSR

C'mon Ian,

Throw us a bone!!! I'm dying to see the results!

scoot

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"There appears to be a loose nut on the keyboard!"

Yeah, seriously! More pix, man!

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01SE 6cyl 5spd SolrYelow

another post beggin for pics and info.

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Send cruise missle to:
37 06.17 North
113 33.87 West

Same here.. Need pics!!!! Planning on doing something on the 15th.. Soo.. I need to make up my mind what to do suspension wise / tire size...


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- Josh
'01 SuperBlack XE 4x4 V6 3pak
Utah Xterra Owners Club -
http://www.uxoc.org

You're going to have to wait.



Legend, what are you planning on doing on the 15th ? I didn't understand.

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Regards,
Ian

Ian, Ya I was kinda out of it last night when I posted that... Anyhow.. I'm looking at putting a lift and new tires on sometime around the 15th.... Just not too sure what type of lift to do.. Tire wise, i'm looking at BF a/t's..

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- Josh
'01 SuperBlack XE 4x4 V6 3pak
Utah Xterra Owners Club -
http://www.uxoc.org

That is interesting.. I though SLR was ready to go..

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"Someone needs to say something to Carlton about his LONG-ASS signature." Philosopher

SWXC Member# 2
Carlton_McMillan@swxc.org

Would you think doing the 2" rear shackles untill the full lift comes out would be worth it? Would be kinda nice to run a bigger tire..=-)

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- Josh
www.uxoc.org

You can run 32's without any lift, which is the same size tire that you can run with any of the available lifts. I have been running 32's for over a year and I added the shackles months ago - there isn't that much of a difference.

HOLY SH|T! Carlton figured out how to shorten his signature AND use hot links.

[This message has been edited by Philosopher (edited 05-01-2001).]

My mistake. I thought SLR were going to switch materials on the diff drop bushings, but it's not the case.

They are ready to ship.

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Regards,
Ian

Just for you stud muffin :-)



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"Someone needs to say something to Carlton about his LONG-ASS signature." Philosopher

SWXC Member# 2
Carlton_McMillan@swxc.org