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What wallet? I gave him that too :waah:

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Well, here's the trailing arm x-member I was alluding to in a previous post. I went ahead and made the height of the front mount adjustable from stock height, to 2" raised from stock height.

I will be offering a "special" on these items. 2" Dropmember Trailing Arms and trailing arm x-member $699. If anybody has already purchased a trailing arm x-member and wants to update to the new version AND purchase the arms, get with me and I will do an exchange on the non-adjustable version... that way it's the latest and greatest.

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This is on my suspension list for sure

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Sounds like Mexico is about to get a large batch of slightly used series 1 DM's :ito:

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do you have to use that x member with the drop trailing arms?

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Nice!, this will make Project 50th look and handle that much better!.. I guess I will have to move my CPP cross member over to the shortwide project.

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You do not "Have" to use this crossmember with the arms. A factory version, or aftermarket replacement will work just fine. The adjustable unit allows the front pivots to be raised in conjunction with the rear.

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Oh man, now that is a great piece, awesome work Nate!

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i think craig(LUV2XLR8) will be happy with these arms..

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Nice design improvements BTW..... I'm glad some vendors actually listen to the consumer & consider their input when creating products :) .

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Those are b!tchin..... I reakky need to get soem projects done asap ....

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Those rock! How much for just the trailing arms? Nate, would it ruin the integrity of the arms if you just welded a bracket on to accept the super track bar? I guess you've gone this far, you might as well offer one of those too......:D.

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A welded bracket would work just fine. I will be offering more pieces to the puzzle as time goes on! We will be offering a complete kit including bolt-in notch, panhard bar, and shock relocation brackets.

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Any idea on the time frame? Hopefully some of the jobs I've been looking at will pan out and I might just have you build me a complete chassis. Then I can display my sign and not feel guilty.........;), :lol:.

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Your killing me, oh yea and it's FRIDAY Nate :lol:

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Very Nice! Just what LowBuck needs for a DM conversion:lol:

Kevin
LFD Inc.

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Very nice looking work! Just curious, what is the major benefit of dropped trailing arms?

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Let's see.....I have bought a complete C4 chassis, two front dropmembers (v2 & V3), two rear dropmembers, carrier bearing crossmember and some other stuff and I still DON'T have a sign..........I cut the tip of his finger off and he holds it against me......go figure! :lol:

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Have you ever seen a "nice" Watts link. To date I have yet to see one that looked good. Functional, but ugly at best.

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Other manufacturers offer tubular arms that are like an OE replacement & advertised as 'better' because of the tubular construction. But when you're lowering one of these trucks, one of the first mods many of us do is add lowering blocks. Why not build the drop into the arm since you're building the arms anyway?? No extra expense for blocks. No extra expense for longer u-bolts. Is that all? Nope.


15" wheel guys should also see benefits because the u-bolt nuts are no longer under the bottom of the arm offering better scrub-line clearance. That's it right? Nope, still more....

Tubular arms offered before were more rigid in construction w/poly bushings. That's not necessarily optimum for a system that utilized the flex of the original I-beam construction & rubber bushings to limit bind (the more rigid construction of the tubular beam is good by itself; just not so good in this app as it will bind sooner). But, plug in a bushing that limits slop & offers better articulation & the tubular beam get's much better. The flex joint is also rebuildable & greaseable.

These are similar to NASCAR arms but w/o the harshness of the mono-ball bushing which would wear quickly (much like a heim-joint) in a true 'street driven' environment.

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Couldn't have said it better! Thanks SCOTI!:metal:

My main goal was to address all the items that I felt other manufacturers missed.

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When I read this, I missed the cadence of the comma.

/that is all.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by SCOTI
...But, plug...
:haha:

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NICE WORK THOSE ARE SLICK:metal:

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Your supposed to log on here before going to work, that
way you know what day it is & what you need to do :lol: