I have a 95 F150 with 80k mi, bought with only 65k a year ago. A 6" BDS suspension lift has been on this truck now for a little over 3 years or roughly 40k mi, and all parts are JUNK!!! The shocks were leaking when i got it, and within 6mo the bushings were all junk also. Had to replace them at $55 a pop. The TTB drop brackets are a poor design that do not tie into each other at all, and are made of thinner plate steel than my "crap" rough country componants. Due to no cross bracing they bend and flex when they hit bumps, causing the bolts holding them on to stretch and come loose. Which in turn eggs out the mounting holes, junking the brackets. These I was able to get replaced under warranty, even though it took 3 weeks to do it. Gotta love having my DD sitting on blocks for 3 weeks while they make up their mind if they want to warranty parts or not. And just recently I noticed that my 6" kit only came with a 4" pitman arm! This has been giving me all sorts of steering issues, from bump steer to death wobble to just general wandering all over the damn place. Checked their website, and they dont even offer a 6" drop arm, I had to go to skyjacker for that. Replaced my pitman arm, and now the thing drives like a dream, night and day difference. The only parts on this lift that havnt given me grief are the coil springs and rear blocks, knock on wood there. And all on a truck that almost never goes off road (my profile pic was the last time, SPRING 2009) and that was just a muddy farm road, no four wheeling involved. Sorry for the long post but I am fed up with these people. They need to go back to the drawing board and come up with something a bit sturdier if they want to make lift kits for full size trucks. Down with BDS!!!

 

o.o i never heard of them before......

if u wanna lynch mob their *** give me a time and place and ill get my pitch forks and torches

 

Sorry you have had so much trouble with your lift. I have installed 6-8 BDS lift on solid axle trucks with no issues at all

 

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Sing me up for the mob, I love group orientated tasks.

 

QFT my only complaint is lack of flex great quality on every part best warranty too

dont hate the player hate the game...its a lifted TTB...what do you excpect...i dont care what you do where you go or how much you spend TTB lifts suck and lifting a TTb is a waste of time that just causes more problems than anyone needs...lifted TTB axles have cracked frames before with all makes of lift kit

SFAFTWMF!!!!

 

ok ull have to help me here... im young wtf is sfaftwmf?

and do i put u down as a torch pitchfork club or scythe?

 

I'm assuming straight effing axle for the win mother effer

 

oh ok... just wanted to be sure lol....

 

Your right, in off road applications, TTB sucks. But on a truck that for 95% of its life is on road, I see no reason to spend the time, money, and headaches on a sas. And my problems are not with the frame, but with the lift componants themselves. My frame is fine.

 

There's nothing wrong with a TTB for most types. I use mine for light trails and muddy pastures looking for horses, snow, etc. If and when I get another dedicated trail truck, sure I'd probably have a straight axle, but until then, the TTB does just fine and rides a lot smoother.