714 OME Install Help (PICS ADDED)

Hey guys, I'm expecting my OME kit to arrive this next week. I'm located in OC. Where are some good places to get it installed? Also, what price range should I be looking for?

A friend of a friend works for an offroad shop and said he would install it for $450, not including alignment. Is this reasonable? High or low?

I don't have the mechanical know-how or the tools to try and do this myself.

Here's what I got:

-885's with shocks pre-assembled
-top-plate spacers
-LR UCA's
-trim packer
-tsb aal
-rear OME shocks
-carrier bearing drop kit

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Manwithoutaplan's driveway right after finishing. Thank's again to Ryan! This guy knows his stuff.

 

I bet you could get some help down there for the price of Beer & Pizza. Lots of SoCalers know how & have the tools.

 

Doin that would be cool. I'd get a chance to become more familiar w/ my truck.

Oh, and I'd save a few hundred bucks lol.

 

I watched, learned & helped two guys do it one day then did my own three days later.

 

thats a lot of work to be done. took us like 6 hours for just uca and coilovers today for my 1st gen. if you want, hit up member speed freak
for a professional install. im down to wrench if you can get a meet goin, but got lots of shit going on the next few weekends.

 

6 hours for only uca and coilovers? holy shit! where you guys taking unions breaks? lol took me about two hours to do my uca, take out my icons so they can rebuilt them and replace my rear shocks. all by my self. o im not union so i dont take breaks.lol

 

you got a pm

 

On the 2nd gens you dont have to press out the ball joints that is why it tooks us forever. I bet it would take you a little bit of time if you had to press you own balls joint to. We are not all badass like you ... not.

 

diablo alex, muy chingon

 

lmao. i know why you guys took so long. i was fucking with you guys. lol

 

I would be down to help. I am more of an i-beam kinda of guy ill help.

 

trust me i know. did my co workers truck and my brother in laws truck. n i hate doing the ball joints. But i get them done in 3 hours. not 6 lol jk


Ready for another snow run? Hows your friend mike the guy with the white jeep?

 

Not much of a friend if he's charging you over $300

 

i would help you but i am going to the no pavement run this weekend.

 

Hey guys, thanks for the replies. So I just got a call from metaltech and looks like they will be shipping my UCA's by tomorrow. I'm not sure if they'll be here by this weekend. Plus, it's supposed to rain this weekend.

So, if anybody is indeed down to help me and show me the ropes, I'm thinking a week from this saturday would work better.

Let me know what you think

 

i am down, do you have all the tools???

 

I do not have the tools... Or any idea how to do the install... But am ready to learn rather than drop it off at a shop. Of course, only if someone is willing to do it. I don't want to place an unwanted burden on anyone

 

well if you want next saturday we can try to knock those things out at my house i have all the tools. Maybe i can get the 626 guys to help out

 

Thanks for the offer, that would be cool! Where do you live?

 

I live in Azusa. If you are interested still, pm so we can get stuff organized.