Did mine yesterday too. Must have been National Replace Your Shocks Day.

Anyway, I bought the el-cheapo impact wrench. It is the 250 ft lb model from Harbor Freight for the sum of $17.00. I hate to buy cheap tools, but I couldn't pass this up. Got a set of 8 or 10 impact sockets for $14.99. They have a lifetime warranty, so how can I go wrong there? The impact wrench did a fine job on the lugs and the 21 mm bolts for the swing arm.

I did remove both wheels and both inner fenders (they're easy to get out). I took the spare out as well, but honestly don't think that helped me. I did all three top nuts on each side from the wheel well. I didn't have that much room under the truck because I was using some jack stands that only go up to 16".

The best wrench (IMHO) for the top three nuts is a 13 mm FLEX HEAD Gear wrench. I might have been able to do it with a fixed offset, but the flex gave me way more options on where to turn it. Got mine at Lowes for about $11. To be honest, these nuts were not as tough to get off and back on as I had anticipated. You're basically working blind with both hands jammed up in a small space behind the frame rail. I just sat on a 5 gallon sheet rock bucket with my head in the wheel well and took my time.

Speaking of jackstands and working under a car, please take every reasonable precaution to make it safe. At someone's suggestion on this forum, I now lay my wheels under the truck when I will be working under it. If the truck falls, they will limit how much I get squished (just a little, I hope).

I did loosen the swing arm by removing the jam nut and washer head nut on the top of the links. That allowed the lower control arms to pivot down giving plenty of room to R&R the shocks. I think that made it easier to line up the holes to replace the 21 mm bolts in the lower control arms. I didn't have any trouble with that part.

I didn't want to mess with R&Ring the coil springs, so I took them to a local mechanic. He struggled with them a bit because the big coils were too big for the hooks on his wall mounted super spring compressor, but he figured them out. I slipped him a $10 for his trouble, and then the owner charged me $70 for the work. I thought that was a tad high considering I was in and out in 40 minutes, but I couldn't complain because I showed up an hour before closing time on a Friday and they took care of me.

And I picked up a torque wrench at Auto Zone this morning and will go back and torque my nuts. They have a great tool loaner program. Pay $90 up front, keep the tool as long as you want, and return it for a full refund.

Thanks again for everyone's help. This was an advanced project for me, but I felt like I had everyone on this list helping me out.