coilovers and UCAs

I have a few questions about lift options. I already have a 3" spacer lift will AALs that I installed myself with relative ease. I am considering upgrading to icon coilovers and total chaos UCAs. It won't be for about a year (I have to save up $) but I want to get all the facts.

How difficult is it to install new UCAs? Are any special tools required?
I'm pretty sure I won't have any problems installing the coilovers, since I've already done a spacer lift, but I've never done anything with UCAs.

Also, I saw on the Icon website that the coilovers are rebuildable. I was wondering how often they need to be rebuilt and how someone would do that. How durable are Icon coilovers? I'm planning on keeping the truck for a long time, so I want coilovers that will hopefully last as long as the truck.

Thanks in advance.

 

I just did this last week. Icons and TC UCAs. Chris said it. UCAs are the bitch part. Took me and a buddy about 3 hrs.

Moose

 

how hard is it to rebuild coilovers. Is it something that i can do myself, or is it something that needs to be done professionally by a shop

also, if i replace only the UCA, how much will it improve my ride...if I have a spacer lift?

 

This doesn't make any sense to me.... Aren't coilovers simply a coil spring and a shock? Why would you need to rebuild your shocks every year? I've never had to replace shocks on anything that often.

 

i think mostly that is talking about the ones where people do some pretty hardcore offroad very often, like every week or so. if its just like a weekend warrior on the trails and a daily driver, they probably wont need to be rebuilt too often.

 

so if i get coilovers how long will i (on average) have to rebuild them if i go offroading very little to moderate in just mud? i thought that they wouldn't have to be rebuilt for some reason because i'm a noob ha

 

you prob wont have to rebuild them for a very long time, if ever. it will tell you by itself when it needs to be done.