Want to buy a 1911, I think?

[FC]

so would you buy a nissan over a toyota because thats all an infinity is...

Some people's kids huh?

Kinda funny you make this personal over my opinion on what I prefer in life.

You are reading way too much into that one dude, it was more of a backhanded crack at fillthefreezer than you! I sensed a thread jack in the works and went with it, you may now take your panties off, untwist them and then put them back on

[FC]

@thinkingman, yeah you've owned a few cars, "modded" a couple and put "kits" in a few too. For a backyard guy you probably do ok but what you are talking about sounds like a couple weeks work for an average mechanic, just something to keep in mind. 

[thinkingman]

Thinkingman were you working on the front or rear suspension? I know from first hand experience replacing the front struts can be an absolute nightmare. But in my tacoma I replaced the rear shocks and put on an add a leaf to the leaf springs in around 1.5 hours (Im far from a mechanic). 8.5 hours for the front suspension could be possible if many things went wrong and you didnt have a coil spring compressor.

I roll commando.

The rear involved replacing an airbag I had installed to get off the bumpstops....It developed a leak and while replacing that, I decided to replace the shocks with Bilstein 5100's.
The stock shock shaft was rusty and the nut was frozen....Kroil and visegrips got me to the top of the shaft where It would spin as I tried to back off the nut....another hour of cussing....enter the cutting wheel...that was 3 hours on top of the 2 hours I spent installing the airbags to begin with.
The fronts were supposed to drop out if I undid the ball joint bolts and loosened the lower control arm with a floor jack under the LCA to release the spring slowly.....Fail.
Took out the struts and used a wall mount strut compressor to get them done.
That was 3 hrs, mostly wasted time.
The Bilstein 5100's are a major improvement in ride quality.
Much better shock than the OE spec shock on the TRD Tacoma.
I highly recommend them.
Suspension works now.

[jaymark6655]

[thinkingman]

OP--take a look at STI Spartan.
Maybe the best 1911 in the $600 category.

[JJB11B]

Here is what mine look like. The black one is factory. The tan one is Factory with an aftermarket Gun Kote finnish.

[carpsniperg2]

The gun kote looks great on that one! Who did it?

[GEARHEAD]

11B, looks like your yote hunting there, couldnt help but notice the scope, lol. im looking at a 1911, wanted the ruger, but fk them tired of waiting just another Ruger snafu, get something good, and fail to produce or market it, looking at springers right now, think i want a black fullsize Loaded, model.