Economos
Slick
- Location
- Coastal NC - a LONG way from UT
The stock arms are pure shi!t even for a stock rig. If you look hard enough on the BBs around here, you will find that you can get a pair of lowers for pretty cheap; most anything out there will be better than stock.
Something interesting that some might call "booty-fab", but one of the first TTC competitors had a Chevy Astro with a 44 front and a 14B rear on 38" Boggers (I think). Anyways, his lowers up front were a pair of adjustable hoist arms for a tractor attachment. Yes, again, it sounds very shady and I don't know how it performed, but its an option to consider if you want to save a little bit of cash till you can get some aftermarket lowers. Anyways, they run heims at both ends and are threaded with jam nuts, so you can use them to set your pinion angles. I believe the arms are pretty standard and super tough, not sure about the heims though. Only cost about $20 per arm too.
Actually, I would give it a shot and see how well it works, you might be somewhat surprised. I would set it up with a pair of mis-alignment bushings on the axle mounts, and block off the side to side motion of the heims on the frame mounts. Make any sense?
Something interesting that some might call "booty-fab", but one of the first TTC competitors had a Chevy Astro with a 44 front and a 14B rear on 38" Boggers (I think). Anyways, his lowers up front were a pair of adjustable hoist arms for a tractor attachment. Yes, again, it sounds very shady and I don't know how it performed, but its an option to consider if you want to save a little bit of cash till you can get some aftermarket lowers. Anyways, they run heims at both ends and are threaded with jam nuts, so you can use them to set your pinion angles. I believe the arms are pretty standard and super tough, not sure about the heims though. Only cost about $20 per arm too.
Actually, I would give it a shot and see how well it works, you might be somewhat surprised. I would set it up with a pair of mis-alignment bushings on the axle mounts, and block off the side to side motion of the heims on the frame mounts. Make any sense?
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