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Asking $47,500. Badlands 4-door 2.7L V6 Auto in Rapid Red. Garage kept and in exceptionally clean like-new condition (I'm retired so the truck sleeps mostly :). Mid equipment package. Modular steel front bumper. Extended warranty (Ford Premium Care 8 years). Customized with 17" KMC wheels, Toyo...

Agree 100%. Not criticizing the OP but I don’t trust mechanics I don’t know. Warranty service is different, but not for any service that I can do myself. Heck, I went to my trusted shop for an alignment after adding more lift a few weeks ago and they (the owner!) didn’t tighten the front lower...

I agree. I think that design could maybe help some. The shock brackets are still crap though. Nothing compared to the axle brackets on my TJ although I had installed a Tera60 (high clearance Dana 60).

Thanks. They’re a good shop. Sorry to hear about your axle housing. Am keeping an eye on mine. Might just decide to get it welded up before too long.

Thanks! Was expensive fix but worth it. I was following BigMeats post below and this was perfect opportunity to move mounting position up ~1.5”, which gave me 1.5” rear lift to boot. Then I added 1” more lift to the front with my new Bilsteins (6100). Still need to swap rear shocks...

It’s a simple story. On local intermediate trail I hit a rock on rear shock skid (JCR) and bent the hell out of the mounts. I was able to straighten the outer mount but not the inner. Local shop fabricated and installed new beefy gusseted 1/4” steel brackets based on the Barnes set I brought to...

Hopefully they beefed up the thin crappy non-boxed lower shock mounts so they don’t bend easily with mild off-roading.

Unless you get SAS, the tires are too small for serious off-roading. Need bigger and tougher tires, and new wheels to fit the tires. For wheels I think the Sasquatch and Badlands wheels are ok but many aftermarket wheels are much nicer.

Early 2021 (July 2021 build) and not boxed. Stock arms. No apparent cracks.

Troll?

Awesome ok, thank you! Just added 1.5” additional lift and figured I might need this now.

@kodiakisland - Do you happen to have the part number for the RC product? I’ve searched RC website and can’t seem to find any sort of rear brake extension sold separately. Thanks!

Cheers!

Because I’m in no rush, I plan plenty of time, and safety is always first. I go the speed limit or a few over … unless it’s a 70 mph limit … then I go 5 under.

Nice 👍 How’d it go? Do you have pics or additional suggestions. I’ll be doing this very soon.