Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
if you have been thinking of removing the rear spacer blocks or just relocating them to the top of the spring pack [can reuse the u-bolts then] do yourself a favor and go to the hardware store and stock up on 4x 4. 5"x1/2" bolts [grade 5 minimum] and 4x 1/2" nyloc nuts... if you are lucky, the factory bolts will come out easially [i was not
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[rant] i would like to smack [read kick in the nads real hard] the engineer who though it would be a good idea to use round head bolts
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i had one of my bolts come out with vicegrips on the round head, but it destroyed my vicegrips in the process [actual vicegrip brand ones] by stripping off the teeth on it. for the rest of them, i found an easier way to get them off [and it ended up being quicker than having to regrip the pliers when they slipped, and was much less frustrating]
i took my die grinder with a cutoff wheel attached. take grinder and slit the top of the bolt where the nut is as far down to the spring as you can go without touching the spring [cutting the nut in the process] then hit it with the impact gun spinning off the nut or breaking the last bit of where it was ground down to make it easy to get off... i was going mad until i decided to cut them off that way...
and don't start doing this when the forcast is showing a high chance of rain [i got just as wet as if i went swimming with all my cloths on :{]
i'll get some pictures of my pliers and the factory bolts when i get my camera back to show you wanting to do this what you are up against
]... [rant] i would like to smack [read kick in the nads real hard] the engineer who though it would be a good idea to use round head bolts
[/rant]i had one of my bolts come out with vicegrips on the round head, but it destroyed my vicegrips in the process [actual vicegrip brand ones] by stripping off the teeth on it. for the rest of them, i found an easier way to get them off [and it ended up being quicker than having to regrip the pliers when they slipped, and was much less frustrating]
i took my die grinder with a cutoff wheel attached. take grinder and slit the top of the bolt where the nut is as far down to the spring as you can go without touching the spring [cutting the nut in the process] then hit it with the impact gun spinning off the nut or breaking the last bit of where it was ground down to make it easy to get off... i was going mad until i decided to cut them off that way...
and don't start doing this when the forcast is showing a high chance of rain [i got just as wet as if i went swimming with all my cloths on :{]
i'll get some pictures of my pliers and the factory bolts when i get my camera back to show you wanting to do this what you are up against
