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Powerboost Level Kit Install?

wilmaj32

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I was wondering if anyone has attempted a DIY level kit with the powerboost. I need information specifically with the removal of the passenger side strut. I can access two of the top nuts for removal but the third one looks to be in a pretty inaccessible spot with the thick orange cord and various other obstacles. I've looked from the top and underneath and cant visualize a way in without removal of a lot of parts. Can anyone shed light on this for me?
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Finally tackled this today. What I did was remove the bolt holding the bracket which secures the wires, it is just in front of the bracket on the shock tower, between the shock and the upper control arm mount (you can see where my flex wrench was on it from inside the wheel well in the first picture). I started on it with a 13mm flex head ratcheting end wrench, but then realized I could reach from under the truck and get a small 3/8 ratchet up in there much easier. MAKE SURE THE ENGINE AND EXHAUST ARE COOL before you reach up in there.

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Once the bracket is loose, you can lift it just enough to slide in a ratcheting 18mm end wrench and loosen the back nut.

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Dyi level kit? Meaning installing a spacer? Dyi as if do it yourself vs sending it to the shop?

I was thinking of installing shocks and level myself too once i get my truck and watched some videos on it. I assume powerboost in particular adds these extra steps because of the additional battery wires running through there. Good to know what you did.
 

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I installed spacers, but putting in coilovers would require access to the same bolts. And yes the issues is the extra wires associated with the hybrid system.
 

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Finally tackled this today. What I did was remove the bolt holding the bracket which secures the wires, it is just in front of the bracket on the shock tower, between the shock and the upper control arm mount (you can see where my flex wrench was on it from inside the wheel well in the first picture). I started on it with a 13mm flex head ratcheting end wrench, but then realized I could reach from under the truck and get a small 3/8 ratchet up in there much easier. MAKE SURE THE ENGINE AND EXHAUST ARE COOL before you reach up in there.

467D59E5-B4A2-445C-9A65-2088ADCD7924.jpeg


69335A11-1ED0-488F-BF5C-994125C84007.jpeg


Once the bracket is loose, you can lift it just enough to slide in a ratcheting 18mm end wrench and loosen the back nut.

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Thanks for this post. I just had my rough country 2"front 1" rear level kit installed. I got the kit installed at 4 wheel parts. It started out rough because when they saw that it was a hybrid and the orange wires were running in the way of the bolts they told me they couldn't install the kit. They told me a special hybrid shop would need to remove that stuff to get to the bolt. But luckily i did a quick forum search and found your post and showed it to them. They tried it your way and was successful. This was their first powerboost they've had.
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