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- David
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- Bronco ranger
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- Big Bend
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At first I was pretty disappointed with this kit. I ordered it October 30th, over email they told me it would ship before the end of year. I actually received it in march. upon initial install I was pretty concerned with how tight the unibals were. it required about 100lbs of force to turn the steering knuckle without the tie rod being attached. this caused some early drivability issues where the steering was predictably heavy and the steering wheel would not return to center on its own. it was also disappointing to see that it only cycled 12". This is in line with what they advertise but I was expecting more considering that the icon coilovers cycle 11" on its own with the stock control arms.
I was surprised at how much better it did off-road despite only gaining 1". I've never owned anything like this before and it was pretty remarkable. the steering also pretty much immediately improved after driving it hard for a little bit. Its been 2 weeks and the uniblals are still very tight but has loosened to the point where return to center came back. it even handles a bit better due to the increased track width.
After its first shake down run I did want to dial it in a bit more. I noticed with the foam bump stop removed off the shock, the upper unibal binds with over 2" of shock shaft still exposed. in conjunction with a diff drop, I was able to add Some cheap lift spacers without any cv bind at full steering lock and droop in both directions. The uniblas are still not maxed out at droop. So with a bigger diff drop you would even be able to get more but I settled at 14" of travel. Which I'm absolutely stoked about. This did mean that my abs wire was no longer long enough. but I just switched it out for ford ranger abs sensors which are around 6" longer.
Overall I'm extremely happy. This kit was less than $4,000 on sale and I'll be a returning customer.
I was surprised at how much better it did off-road despite only gaining 1". I've never owned anything like this before and it was pretty remarkable. the steering also pretty much immediately improved after driving it hard for a little bit. Its been 2 weeks and the uniblals are still very tight but has loosened to the point where return to center came back. it even handles a bit better due to the increased track width.
After its first shake down run I did want to dial it in a bit more. I noticed with the foam bump stop removed off the shock, the upper unibal binds with over 2" of shock shaft still exposed. in conjunction with a diff drop, I was able to add Some cheap lift spacers without any cv bind at full steering lock and droop in both directions. The uniblas are still not maxed out at droop. So with a bigger diff drop you would even be able to get more but I settled at 14" of travel. Which I'm absolutely stoked about. This did mean that my abs wire was no longer long enough. but I just switched it out for ford ranger abs sensors which are around 6" longer.
Overall I'm extremely happy. This kit was less than $4,000 on sale and I'll be a returning customer.
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