Hello everyone been a while. I had the drop brackets installed and while they do definately save some wear and tear on CV's I am still going through them. I am sitting about 3.5-4" higher and I have been thinking for a long time I need to back it down a bit and just trim more to make things the way I want them. If I was to do it over again I would go 2-2.5" of drop, that makes the crossmmember have to drop more as well but you will still have a TON of clearance.