Traction Bars for highboy
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What are you building? must be a torque monster...
Highboys already have 13 leaves in the rear pack, but the 4" block does subject them to spring wrap under extreme conditions.
You're not going to get anything off the shelf, in terms of traction bars, but they wouldn't be too difficult to fabricate.
Highboys already have 13 leaves in the rear pack, but the 4" block does subject them to spring wrap under extreme conditions.
You're not going to get anything off the shelf, in terms of traction bars, but they wouldn't be too difficult to fabricate.
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What are you building? must be a torque monster...
Highboys already have 13 leaves in the rear pack, but the 4" block does subject them to spring wrap under extreme conditions.
You're not going to get anything off the shelf, in terms of traction bars, but they wouldn't be too difficult to fabricate.
Highboys already have 13 leaves in the rear pack, but the 4" block does subject them to spring wrap under extreme conditions.
You're not going to get anything off the shelf, in terms of traction bars, but they wouldn't be too difficult to fabricate.
DDDDDD haha. And it looks like super lift makes them for the small highboy springs
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definitely not trying to spam where i work...but thats everything you need minus a welder to do what you want. I built a set for a fullsize bronco and they worked great. I will be doing the same for my F350 when i get around to redoing the real suspension. to be honest, it will probably work a lot better than having a million leaves in the back.
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definitely not trying to spam where i work...but thats everything you need minus a welder to do what you want. I built a set for a fullsize bronco and they worked great. I will be doing the same for my F350 when i get around to redoing the real suspension. to be honest, it will probably work a lot better than having a million leaves in the back.
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What are you building? must be a torque monster...
Highboys already have 13 leaves in the rear pack, but the 4" block does subject them to spring wrap under extreme conditions.
You're not going to get anything off the shelf, in terms of traction bars, but they wouldn't be too difficult to fabricate.
Highboys already have 13 leaves in the rear pack, but the 4" block does subject them to spring wrap under extreme conditions.
You're not going to get anything off the shelf, in terms of traction bars, but they wouldn't be too difficult to fabricate.
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Depending on GVWR the front pack had 5-7 leaves and the rear pack 9-13 leaves.
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Those soft springs were so broke down I replaced with a 9 pack that was in good shape.
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definitely not trying to spam where i work...but thats everything you need minus a welder to do what you want. I built a set for a fullsize bronco and they worked great. I will be doing the same for my F350 when i get around to redoing the real suspension. to be honest, it will probably work a lot better than having a million leaves in the back.
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Poly Performance JEEP/TRUCK & BUGGY*::*Tubing & Link Material*::*DOM Tubing*::*1.75" X .250" Wall DOM Tubing - 4X4 Off-Road Parts
definitely not trying to spam where i work...but thats everything you need minus a welder to do what you want. I built a set for a fullsize bronco and they worked great. I will be doing the same for my F350 when i get around to redoing the real suspension. to be honest, it will probably work a lot better than having a million leaves in the back.
Got pics? Id like to see how ya did it and what they look like
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