thanks folks, hoping for (sort of, we need more snow or water around here otherwise we'll be on the news because nevada will be burning down) a little warmer weather to get things going, IMS on its way as well as New TJM rear shocks, and I need to swap out my fronts still, they are still in good condition they just needed new bushing cause for some reason they split or something and look to be torn, I have had the replacements a while and ive been driving around with no issues, but nisstech and TJM took great care of me when i found out the issue and sent me new ones to replace them with, but when I got them I was displaced waiting on my house to be finished and had no where to work on the x, and dont have a spring compressor so its not something i can do solely on my own, i can demount and then have to go to a shop probably like 95% of the rest of us, but last time i had this done at a buddys shop, he said hed take care of it and did it all it cost me $300+ needless to say i havent spoken to him since, i could have done everything except the spring compressing part and it would have been way better off, anyway slight rant.
So Ive been looking at spring compressors if anyone has any suggestions on models there im willing to listen, cause at what i paid last time and the first time i had shocks done, i could have purchased a professional quality spring compressor, had i only known SMH
i started with a dephep and after talking with our buddy chrishaynesusa i was sold on the gobi rack and it was during the group buy, if youre thinking about it do it you'll be happy, the only issue im having with it is the foam pads under the mounts seemed to migrate out for some reason i think i need to loose and push them back in to place and retighten but its not going anywhere it just needs to be done. one other thing is that im not tall you know this, but its a mighty heft to get my kayak up there haha but with the rack i can climb on top and walk around with not worries.
