enjoip8nt
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- May 4, 2005
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- City, State
- VENTURA, CA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '03 XLS
hey i did the flip and it turned out great, more or less... i have no bump stops now in the front and it seems to be enough travel so that the the frame never hits.. ive driven it through bumps to test it and the ride is perfect and it doesnt bottom out.. im sitting at 30" all the way around (2" universal lowering blocks in the back). it looks very nice..
***for anybody whos going to do this i dont think the write up paid enough attention to the part where you use the gear puller... you have to first set up the puller for two hooks not three.. then its pretty obvious how to put it on especially with the pics.. but what you are looking for is the little metal rectangle that holds the end of the torsion key in place.. it should NOT take a whole lot of turns to get it loose.. once loose just back the puller out and the key comes down freely with the puller.. the little rectangles are key here..
haha my buddy and i didnt know what the hell we were looking for and he ended up screwing the puller insanely far in to the point of it almost exploding off!!
and also the write up doesnt tell you to bore out a small positioning hole for the puller to put the torsion keys back in place... rather than messing with straps or w.e. just bore a little hole opposite of the hole you used the puller for to get the keys out.. and use the puller with the hole you made.. to push the key back up far enough to slide those metal rectangles back in place... it was very easy to do this once we had the holes in place..
i wish i knew this information before i flipped mine, it would have made the process much smoother...
so now you know it, now go do it!
ps your probably going to have to cut your bumpstops at least in half.. i took mine completely out for now.. but i will be putting them back in very soon.. if you dont cut your bumpstops the ride will SUCK! balls.. o and dont try removing the bumpstops to cut them.. just take the tire off and cut it with a hack saw where it is... trust me on this one..
***for anybody whos going to do this i dont think the write up paid enough attention to the part where you use the gear puller... you have to first set up the puller for two hooks not three.. then its pretty obvious how to put it on especially with the pics.. but what you are looking for is the little metal rectangle that holds the end of the torsion key in place.. it should NOT take a whole lot of turns to get it loose.. once loose just back the puller out and the key comes down freely with the puller.. the little rectangles are key here..
haha my buddy and i didnt know what the hell we were looking for and he ended up screwing the puller insanely far in to the point of it almost exploding off!!
and also the write up doesnt tell you to bore out a small positioning hole for the puller to put the torsion keys back in place... rather than messing with straps or w.e. just bore a little hole opposite of the hole you used the puller for to get the keys out.. and use the puller with the hole you made.. to push the key back up far enough to slide those metal rectangles back in place... it was very easy to do this once we had the holes in place..
i wish i knew this information before i flipped mine, it would have made the process much smoother...
so now you know it, now go do it!
ps your probably going to have to cut your bumpstops at least in half.. i took mine completely out for now.. but i will be putting them back in very soon.. if you dont cut your bumpstops the ride will SUCK! balls.. o and dont try removing the bumpstops to cut them.. just take the tire off and cut it with a hack saw where it is... trust me on this one..