Pretty cool. I haven't changed my rear shocks yet but will be doing so in the spring. I have watched most of the videos and see guys threading a bolt into the hole with wire of some sort.

For those that have done that, is the $19.99 cost of this piece by Rough Country worth it over buying the hardware and doing it yourself?

 

no.

both scenarios you need to punch out the welded nut

then its pull some bolts thru the holes...not difficult at all

 

Totally worth the twenty bucks to me.

 

x2. There's no way that thing is worth $20. Bolts and a piece of wire is all you need.

 

and my local place aint gonna have that thing in stock when i need it, but theyll have 4 bolts and 4 nuts for what $5?

 

I would imagine the main advantage of this over the "fish wire" method is that it will make it easier if/when you need to replace the shocks again, since it can be difficult to keep the bolt/nut from spinning free when you try to loosen it again, you can get a wrench on the head inside the mount but it can be a pain to do so (This happened to me, the PO had installed new shocks knocking out the factory nuts and using new hardware which were in need of replacement again, removing the loose spinning but rusted/partially seized bolts while struggling to get a combination wrench through the little cutout in the mount was a real pain), For me it would totally be worth the $20 if you plan to keep the vehicle long enough to possibly need to replace the shocks again, but like rzldzl said you'd have to have the foresight to order this ahead of time or be willing to wait a few days for it to show up, while you can easily get bolts/nuts at any hardware or auto-parts store after breaking the factory bolts.

 

I would just go with bar pin eliminators. Cheap ones are about the same price or slightly more expensive but worth it for better ones. IMO

 

I will pick these up as well. For me, the simplicity is worth $20. Not to mention being able to easily remove them years from now. If a lift kit accidentally ends up in my cart as well all the better....

 

Do not waste you money on their ****ty lifts. You will be replacing parts in 5k miles.

 

Do you know this from personal experience?

 

I can say my 3" lift sagged under 2" in less than a year. then got replaced with RE 3.5" which got me about 4 for pretty close to a year now.

 

I have 8000 miles on my RC long arm lift, no sagging, nothing broken, and all of the bushings still look like new. The old RC might have been junk, the new stuff is pretty damn good for its price point.