no more body lift! ..traction bars, too
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the traction bars took alot of thought as to how they wouldn't limit my flex. i decided on this 'slip-and-twist' design. i'm not sure if you noticed, but they are of a telescoping natural. however, as anything new, only time and experience will tell the tale of just how they allow me to flex.
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the traction bars took alot of thought as to how they wouldn't limit my flex. i decided on this 'slip-and-twist' design. i'm not sure if you noticed, but they are of a telescoping natural. however, as anything new, only time and experience will tell the tale of just how they allow me to flex.
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in my opinion the advantage for having 'em is pretty strong: i have 38's and a detroit, so the leafs are where any give would be. with the bars in place, that should very much reduce any axle wrap down to almost nothing. at this point, i would think the 'weakest link' would be my stock axle shafts, because i've hopefully limited any of point of 'slop/give'. ideally, the next step from here will be to link it! but its nowhere near the top 10 on my list currently. the front, however, is a whole 'nother animal.
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Looks awesome, I really how the fender trimming looks... went out and measured my truck and my truck must be a low rider... FW 8.8 and 44, 37's and 3" body lift and the bottom of my door is right at 32"... I've thought bout dumpin the bodylift and trimming the fenders.. but good lord did it make changin that clutch easy... not sure how hard it would be if it wasn't on there...
#23
It only looks low because I have huge tires and the fenders are cutout to account for them. If I had 35's and not cut fenders, trust me it would look quite abit higher. Plus, I can't tell you how much better it just feels to drive it riding (in the cab) 3" lower. As Zach mentioned, him and I are roughly the same height now, which tells you just how high up I was. Those 3" make all the difference in the world!
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