First, I guess I should have mentioned that I'm not lifted. You could use stud extenders on the top link for that. RevXJ--yep, tight enough. I do use a pair of pliers to crank them down, and I put the links on a drill press to drill holes for small hitch pins. If you do that, have some nuts further down on the links' tops. That way, once the holes are drilled, you just loosen the nuts off the top and clean up the threads super easily. The only thing I didn't like, was that there was still some side-to-side movement due to the holes in the tine pins (on the bottom) not being just the right spacing. I ended up just buying some grade-8 bolts and grade-5 nylock nuts and leave the appropriate wrenches in the center console. Much tighter this way, and takes maybe twenty more seconds per side. I would recommend putting some copper grease on any threads in that area, especially if you only disconnect once in a great while.
