Anyone running, or have experience with, Sky Manufacturing's shackle flip kits?

http://www.sky-manufacturing.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?search=action&category=3000

I just put all new OEM leaf springs on my '93 F250, THEN decided I wanna lift it. Bass ackwards, I know. So I thought a shackle flip might be a solution over buying all new lifted springs. Body lift is out of the question.

 

I thought about SKYs rear shackle flip. And then after doing some research i decided NOT to use their products.

I went with a RuffStuff Rear shackle flip.

Also if you are considering a front Reverse Shackle Kit, you can NOT use it with you F250 TTB suspension, you need to have a solid axle in order to uses a RSK

 

How come you decided not to use sky's?

 

A couple different reasons

1. the design
2. the craftsmanship
3 the lack of customer support

I even went as far as removing one their RSKs and replaced it with a PMF one

 

I also recommend the PMF kit. Though, if you have a brick like me, it is a true blue PITA to box your frame to make it work.

Other than that though, it is a wonderful piece of work. The design is great, and it performs wonderfully. I've only had it installed for about 500 miles so I can't really say anything about long-term, but if everything is installed properly and you coat it properly, I think it'll probably outlast your truck

And like Brad was saying, PMF's customer support is awesome!

 

I had the same thought, but the Sky Manufacturing rep is telling me it'll work if I use their ttb drop brackets.

Now I'm thinking I'll just fork out for lifted leafs in the front and just do the RSK for the rear. Might sting the wallet a little more, but I wasn't wanting to Frankenstein my way through a lift.

 

it is funny how they say that NOW. Because when the RSK 1st came out they said it would ONLY work on solid axle trucks. I guess they saw how much money they were missing out on.

As for Lifting a TTB. BAD idea. They were nothing great from the factory. then add lift to them and they get worse

 

Ugh, looks like it'll be a SFA swap after all. Christ, this truck is turning into quite the money pit. But I'm a sucker for OBS.

 

I used the SKY front kit on my last F350. It was great. I used the PMF on my new kit. Its has more design features.