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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rawfuls" data-source="post: 1958805" data-attributes="member: 58354">Closing this thread out, I ended up doing the repair/upgrade myself.2x SPC 86250 camber kits from SDHQI decided this was better for me than the other more expensive SPC kit as the amount of abuse my F150 won't be as gnarly as they used to be.(no more jumps, and I'm a bit more responsible now..)After removing the LCA, knuckle and all, I ratchet strapped everything upwards. The repair took me about a week, but that included waiting 3 days for my SPC parts to come in, day of disassembly, a day of welding then paint, then a day of re-assembly.After removing the LCA, the ears were pretty messed up. I used a bit of heat (heat temper was a concern, until I realized I was going to be welding.. so whatever), a large crescent wrench and breaker bar. Once mostly straight, I threw on the new chromoly plates and ground down the bumps until the plates sat flush with the ear mounts. From here I used the original through bolts and got a 5/16 bolt to secure the locating hole. I decided not to drill through the other ear mounts that didn't have the locating holes.. if I needed to go back and do that, I could. but was not important on this go-around.I do wish I left the welds bulbous instead of grinding down because they look duly when the plates are ground flush with the welds, but still looks good.Ear mounts prior to bending back.[ATTACH=full]428146[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]428149[/ATTACH]LCA bushings and arm looking fairly worn.. I decided not to replace this due to budget, and mostly looking okay. Chewed up, but otherwise okay.[ATTACH=full]428147[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]428148[/ATTACH]FYI, you will need two sets of this. SDHQ took care of me and rush-shipped the second set out when I needed it, even though I had ordered it 11mo prior (laziness) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> [ATTACH=full]428150[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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