X codes installed!
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X codes installed!
Got some 80k mile X codes from the junkyard, finally got a local shop to put them on today with some new u bolts. Measures 39.5 inches to the wheel well opening in front and 40 in rear, so I am pretty level, which is what I wanted. I gained right at 2 inches in the front. These should help with the 300lb front bumper. No more bottoming out over speed bumps! Springs were $150, labor to install with new u bolts was $289, so $439 total, installed. 
Please excuse the condition of my EX right now, its dirtier than its ever been since I have owned it!
Please excuse the condition of my EX right now, its dirtier than its ever been since I have owned it!
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Got some 80k mile X codes from the junkyard, finally got a local shop to put them on today with some new u bolts. Measures 39.5 inches to the wheel well opening in front and 40 in rear, so I am pretty level, which is what I wanted. I gained right at 2 inches in the front. These should help with the 300lb front bumper. No more bottoming out over speed bumps! Springs were $150, labor to install with new u bolts was $289, so $439 total, installed.
Please excuse the condition of my EX right now, its dirtier than its ever been since I have owned it!
Please excuse the condition of my EX right now, its dirtier than its ever been since I have owned it!
Looks great - I love that bumper.
Have you done anything with the rear springs, or did you just do the x-codes on the front with the stocks on the rear?
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Thanks for the info - I think my fronts are shot, and I'm thinking of doing the X-codes for the front and the RAS for the rear, but may need to wait a while to do the rears and didn't want the rake of the truck to be all FUBAR for a while until I could do the RAS.
Truck looks awesome!
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Thanks, yeah the front-end is just a bit higher than the rear right now, not much, hardly noticeable. I hear that on the west coast, that is the look they are going for now, that prerunner look
. I want to raise the rear end just a bit though, because when towing, it is more pronounced. However, with time, the front end will probably start to sag again so....who knows what I will end up doing.
. I want to raise the rear end just a bit though, because when towing, it is more pronounced. However, with time, the front end will probably start to sag again so....who knows what I will end up doing.
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Oh yeah, I forgot to ask - do you happen to have the part numbers for the U-bolts? I was able to find part numbers for the x-code springs, but haven't been able to find much about the u-bolts other than that they are not supposed to be re-used, and I doubt that the stock ones would fit anyways - they'd probably be too short.
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Thanks, yeah the front-end is just a bit higher than the rear right now, not much, hardly noticeable. I hear that on the west coast, that is the look they are going for now, that prerunner look. I want to raise the rear end just a bit though, because when towing, it is more pronounced. However, with time, the front end will probably start to sag again so....who knows what I will end up doing.
. I want to raise the rear end just a bit though, because when towing, it is more pronounced. However, with time, the front end will probably start to sag again so....who knows what I will end up doing.
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[QUOTE=JR2980;11297681]Oh yeah, I forgot to ask - do you happen to have the part numbers for the U-bolts? I was able to find part numbers for the x-code springs, but haven't been able to find much about the u-bolts other than that they are not supposed to be re-used, and I doubt that the stock ones would fit anyways - they'd probably be too short.[/QUOTE
yes, don't reuse old ones... They are torque to yield. Should only be used once.
F81Z5705ZA U- Bolts or Square-style u-bolt Part # is F81Z-5705-BA if rounded
N805480S426 Nut
yes, don't reuse old ones... They are torque to yield. Should only be used once.
F81Z5705ZA U- Bolts or Square-style u-bolt Part # is F81Z-5705-BA if rounded
N805480S426 Nut
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Oh yeah, I forgot to ask - do you happen to have the part numbers for the U-bolts? I was able to find part numbers for the x-code springs, but haven't been able to find much about the u-bolts other than that they are not supposed to be re-used, and I doubt that the stock ones would fit anyways - they'd probably be too short.
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Thanks livinlarge for that info, that is good to know!
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