First off, the fronts were no problem. Had to jack up the front a bit only to get enough room under the mount for them to slide out the bottom. I then started on the drivers side rear. Holy crap what a bugger! With all the load levelling hardware and everything else....Managed to get my 3/4 impact on the bolt with about 18" of extension. Took me about 1 hour to get that thing off. Putting the new one on was another story. The bushing on the top of the shock was maybe a little large because it would not slide into place. I had to trim off a fair amount of it and then pound it in with a mallet. Then trying to get it to line up and keep the keeper nut in the right place....Never again. That one shock took me about 2.5 hours swearing like a sailor half the time. The other 3 total took me about and 1.5 hours combined. Good news is they work nicely. A whole lot less secondary bounce and firmed it up just a bit.
Also installed the Superchip, and am very happy with that as well. Very nice results.
Thanks for listening.
Dan

 

I too installed Bilsteins and a Superchip. Very happy with both, more power from the chip, and a nice firm ride with no bounce.

Mark
2001 F150 Supercrew
2001 Expidition