Charly then reattached the assembly to the two rods and bolted the handle back in place. He ripped through all four handles in about an hour.

We arrived at Billet Superstore just in time to see the Nitto tires being mounted onto the Weld Evo wheels. It is important to transfer those tire pressure sensors to the new tires. If you don't it trips a code on your dash that will never shut up (obviously, we're speaking from experience).

We'd say the new 22-inch Weld/Nitto combo is an improvement over the stock setup. These wheels are some of the strongest on the market, and easy to clean thanks to the chrome-plating. The 285/45/22 provides plenty of sidewall to protect your investment, too.

Since the front drop happens entirely back at the torsion adjusters, we went ahead and replaced the rusty stock front rotors with the zinc-coated DecelaRotors from Baer. What a difference the rotor alone made.

Replacement of the DJM torsion key goes like this: The adjuster bolt is removed; and a C-clamp is used to hold the key up so the keeper can be removed. When the tension is released on the bar, it will slide forward and back into the DJM key.

The process is then reversed and the bolts are buzzed back to their approximate location. Slight adjustments are normal during the alignment process.

In the rear, the sway bar end links and shocks were removed and the rear axle was lowered down until the old coil could be removed and the DJM unit installed.

One of the D-clamps on the sway bar must be relocated, which requires drilling a hole. Then the new end links were bolted up.

The lower trailing arms must actually be dropped for better clearance and geometry. Three bolts were installed to hold the bracket in place before the arm was remounted.

Lastly, the DJM Cal Max shocks were bolted up. Then the new Baer rotors were mounted.

Finally, we got to bolt up our new Weld/Nitto combo and see the truck back on the ground. From there it was off to the alignment shop.

Soon after, we were back at Auto-B-Craft to check the status of the bumpers; and not a minute too soon. Jose was in the booth spraying the last coat of clear over the factory Dupont white.

After plenty of heat and cooling time, Jerry pulled the stock valance and fog lights, and then ran two-sided tape all over the stock bumper. The bumper slipped into place without incident and a few self-tappers were strategically placed for good measure.

We made up these little brackets from flat steel so the new round fog lights would hang directly in front of the openings in the bumper.

Moving to the rear, we removed the license plate lights, spare tire lock and license plate, then slipped the bumper back on. Then James and Jerry marked the holes and routed them out with a die grinder.