Yeah BigA, I pulled the IACV housing to clean it up as well, and I coldn't get to the bottom two torx bolts with the fuel rail in the way.
I got the front spacers in after trying to figure out how to use an INTERNAL (first time I ever used one so I didn't know the diff) coil compressor I rented from O-Reilly's. Spent about an hour feeling like a cavemman beating a big stick on the ground trying to figure it out.
The guys at T.O.R.S. offered to show me how to use one (after I swallowed some pride of course), and surprise surprise, they had an external one they let me borrow.
Got the spacers in and complete at about 9pm last night. I fought the weather, shitty tools, lack of knowledge, and two decent sized spiders that tried to find refuge in my garage from the rain. I walked away battered soaking wet, dirty and tired, but I didn't get beat!
The front looked good and cleared the tires for mall crawling, and that was it, so I cut the fenders at the top line of the old OEM flares (just cut where my paint was faded for a guide), and I beat my inner pinch seam flat this morning.
After running a bit more PB blaster on the bolts to the leaf springs, they still weren't budging and I didn't feel like fighting the rest of the day, just to have a bolt break, and not be able to get to work tomorrow.
I think I will buy replacement hardware and do the rear shackles at a place with air tools. Or maybe I'll get my own compressor and tools........
The front looked good, but needed a bit more clearance, so I cut the fenders at the top line of the oem fender flares, and beat my inner pinch seam in this morning.
Like I said, I wanna do the rear with a little more safety net under me.
You can check progress pics on my build thread here:
http://naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1006575&highlight=novice+build
