Your experience with professionals so far has sucked - why not try to do it yourself? Seriously, I get it that its an important thing to have done, but who can you trust to do it more than yourself? At worst, give it a shot and have your settings verified by a trustworthy shop? It looks much more intimidating than it really is.
I will give some thought to that. My issue I had at Adams was I had installed everything on the front end myself and took it to them for the toe in/out after installing the Tie Rod. Something else happened and it was winter, and didn't feel like dealing with the issue so I took it back to them.
They said the elastomer in the my Rock krawler track bar was worn, so I asked them to replace it (which I did myself about a year prior), only those bastards threw out my rock Krawler and installed something else. Now that affected my fox 2.0 steering stabilizer (which I had to take it back to them and fix - half assed - it now hangs lower than my Tie Rod). Anyway I wrote them a 2 page letter and never heard anything back from them - bunch of scam artist.
Since then I do just about everything myself - ball joints, bumpers, brakes, lift kit, and bunch of other things --- but sometimes during the process I end up in a fetal position wondering what I got myself into --- bolt issues, etc....
Anyway - just ordered synergy drag link and flip kit so that will be fixed - winter is coming and within the next two weeks I plan on getting the MetaCloak Control arms.... Getting too old to be working on the driveway in the cold - which is another factor why I want someone else to do some of the work.
I think I found someone from Metacloaks website seems reputable in Glen Burnie. Not too terribly far from me.
Jeff
