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You mean the shock right?

 

Nope. I mean the alignment. You want to get as close to this as possible.

 

Yep gotcha no reason they can't get it right with the new UCA's lol. I thought you were talking about the shocks being change from zero or something lol

 

The LR UCA's are adjustable. My bad, it's +2 for the UCA. D in the photo below.

 

Still need to tell them that you want the caster as close to 3 as they can get, toe and camber as close to 0 as they can get. That's the alignment numbers for a 3" lift on these trucks. A stock alignment will drive like shit.

 

What shocks/coilovers you using up front? Combo? etc

 

They don't make the STT anymore from my understanding. The Pro took their place & they may be better, I think they look better. Like I said maybe I just got a bad set.

 

Dirty

Clean

 

Bilsteins at zero, 887's OME

 

STT MAXX and STT PRO.

I just put STT Pro's on my truck 3 weeks ago.

 

Sounds like a solid plan. Having them assembled so you can just bolt them on yourself?

 

Yep exactly learned that from many esp @Bluegrass Taco props there the most.
It should be entertain to watch me do this in my 1 car garage lol. I'll have to do the front at the opening then pull out and do the rest the same lol. Plus no help lol

 

Im sure you already know this but the spacers will take care of the tires rubbing the uca's but that will create rubbing on the cab mount & possibly the fender flare. But you already know it's cause you have plans to do the cmc. Haha

 

I put mine on D +2° & told them I want 3°, damn thing rubbed worse than when I brought it in. It was at 4° when i brought it in so he put it back to 4°, it drives good & better than before but with that 2° on the top it still puts the wheel closer to the fire wall. I got the 1 yr alignment so I think I'm gonna take a degree out of the top & take it back to get put back in spec. He told me to bring it back anyway after my coils settle. I'm at 4° so taking 1 out of the top should put me at 3° & at the same time moving my wheels forward away from the firewall. At least in my head thus will work. Haha

 

Washed this beauty too

 

Yup, when you go out you create a bigger turning arc bringing the wheel right to the cab mount. I actually rub now against the frame or plate on the passenger side. I'll throw a pic up tomorrow if I remember and show you. Haven't seen anyone else run right there. lol Oddly I don't hit the cab mount.

 

I want a damn lift

 

Yeah I set mine there and told the guy to move it if he needed more room. Told me he wished everyone would use those UCA's because it is so east to align a lifted truck with them on it. The shop I use is a SPC dealer. He had seen them before and didn't need the paperwork because he knew the settings already for them. Haha. Unfortunately he has since retired.

 

Do yourself a favor an reinstall the UCA bolts back the way they came out instead of reversing the direction. One of the nuts on mine worked it's way loose and it would have been nasty if they were reversed where the bolt could work it's way out if the nut had come off. I was on the way to the dealer that morning when I felt something different for a split second. Figured I'd check it when I got home. When they were rotating the tires they came and got me to bring me in the shop. Said I think your wheel bearing may be bad and moved the wheel up and down. I asked him to do that again while I looked at something. Sure enough, UCA bolt was loose and the nut had backed off about 3/8". I asked him for a wrench and tightened it up then torqued it when I got home.

I don't know if you've checked yet or not but make sure your lug wrench actually fits your lugs. Mine doesn't and a tech also told me they use a 21mm and a 22mm wrench on the lugs because they vary in size.

You'll need either a 1-1/8" or 1-1/4" socket for the nut on the ball joint for the LR UCA's. I have the socket in the truck but I'll confirm size tomorrow when it's easier to see it for you.

 

Lift dat damn thing!