Happy to say I finally past 100,000 miles on my ride and it's still running good.
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Only some small issues so far and had to replace a few things probably due to wear and tear. Had to spend a little more money than I was planning on replacement components, but I guess it is expected from the harsh roads I drive on a pretty regular basis. Here's a breakdown of non standard items I've had to replace so far:
-CV axle and front control arm bushings at around 60k miles. Surprised the CV went bad that quick, but could have been from taking some hard hits on rough dirt roads or from the shop damaging it during my lift installation. Also kind of surprised about the bushings cracking already at that point.
-Right Rear strut is currently blown, leaking fluid and clunking. I guess not all that surprising of an item to go at this mileage with the amount of rough bumpy roads this vehicle has traveled over. Parts are on order to replace both of the rear struts. Probably going to add an extra 3/8" lift spacer while I'm at it.
-One or both of my rear wheel bearings has been going out and getting progressively louder, which could be related to the 1" lift and lower wheel offset I'm running. I've heard of a few other people having wheel bearings go bad on the OEM suspension and wheel setup though.
-Minor oil leak from engine gasket on drivers side bottom of the engine. Just noticed residue on my skidplate and traced the leak, but doesn't seem to be losing a significant amount of oil between changes to show as a drop on the dipstick. Time will tell if this is a serious problem or not.
I should note that for half of the vehicles life (mileage) I was taking it on rough roads with 18" wheels and minimal rubber protection, so that could have accelerated the damage to some of the components. Since then I've dropped to 17" wheel and tire setup and air down if off pavement for an extended period of time, which drastically reduces the impact of imperfections. Also kind of amazingly I still have life on the original brake pads. I guess that shows that I still do a ton of highway driving, but obviously you kind of have to in order to rack up mileage this quick (averging 30k a year). Oh yeah by the way I've been running the COBB Stage 1 OTS map, since like 35k miles or so I think.
Here's to more happy miles/trails ahead!
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