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1996 Ford F150 TTB

Suspension, front:

Cut and turned beams by Camburg (not extended, kept stock width)
Camburg heimed extended radius arms
SAW dual rate coilovers, remote reservoirs
SAW air bumps
strapped at 15" travel

Suspension, rear:

Custom Deaver leafs
Camburg extended shackles
SAW triple bypass remote reservoir shocks
strapped at 17" travel
Shocks come through bed and mount to custom bed cage with integrated roll bar

Drivetrain:

Front: Eaton electric locker
Rear: replaced Ford 8.8 with a 9" with a Detroit locker, in a Camburg housing
4.11 gearing with 33" tires
Middle: replaced slip yoke Borg Warner T-case with a fixed yoke Atlas ll (3:1)

Engine/trans:

Still stock trans, still stock engine (other than running a K&N "cold air intake" and doing a cat back exhaust from 2 1/2" to 3" with a FlowMaster muffler.

lvhonda55

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The first four pics were taken a couple of years ago. The last pic was taken earlier this year after we did the rear end swap.

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This pic shows one of the traits of a long travel TTB front end: the way the wheels change camber throughout its travel. It always does this when I back-up, the nose squats down and the tires splay out.

lvhonda55

Rear end is soooo sick dude. That would be my dream. Diggin it. I'm loving that negative camber in the last pic to. That's when you know you use your truck for what it's made for.

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Thanks.

Yeah, it gets a lot of looks parked like that in my driveway or if I back into a parking space. You will see people walking or driving slowly by staring at it.

lvhonda55

Thats how mine was driving it down to get an alignment after getting my suspension done. I have crazy positive camber with the toe off horribly too. People were like WTFFF and starring like no other.

M&D

Your toed in too much if it sqauts like that when backing up. Just fyi.

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I bought this truck new back in '96. It has gone from stock to a SkyJacker 4" lift to a long travel set-up. The SkyJacker beat the crap out of us. Have no regrets going with the LT set-up. It was the first time I ever had any front suspension movement, and the ride is like night and day.

By the way, I am also running without any antisway bars, front or rear.

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That is possible. Or, with the LT set-up with a softer initial spring rate, the act of backing up creates a weight transfer on the front of the truck, this compresses the suspension, and with this being a TTB, the tires splay out due to said suspension compression.