Mid Travel / Long Travel Tech Thread
04-01-2014, 06:45 AM
#51
Senior Member
Call the number Baja Kits posted. The ones I listed were just some of the 'usual suspects', there are a lot more folks out there - like Brenthel, I just forgot to list them. Dave still has some of my parts lying around. What exactly I couldn't say. As he sells stuff he papals me money. Newborn = no sleep = potential for incomplete posts
Your post wasn't incomplete by any means. I've been on FRF for a while now and trying to convert my F150 as well. They all do their fair share of upgrades and it is a great starting point.
I have been speaking with all of them for updates on takeoffs but no luck recently.
04-01-2014, 11:55 AM
#52
04-01-2014, 02:12 PM
#53
Chase Kit: Summary Race quality bolt on travel for your daily driver. Made for streetability these kits were engineered to increase your stock ride height and travel but we didn't stop there, we replaced the weakest component the upper control arm ball joint and replaced it with a aircraft quality 1" stainless uniball. All of our suspension systems are first designed and tested in CAD where we receive files directly from the manufacture or have the vehicles scanned for only the absolute best fitment and geometry. These are 100% direct replacement bolt on systems that require no welding, grinding or drilling. Includes: Boxed upper control arm Bolt in Coilover Average Specs: *25%-35% more wheel travel *0-3" of lift with proper geometry *100% bolt on
04-01-2014, 02:28 PM
#54
Senior Member
Thread Starter
you need to be honest with yourself on how the truck will be used. If you just want the look with some functionality but really won't beat on it too bad, then buy all used raptor stuff and call it a day. if you plan on really getting out there and scratching up the truck - look at some of the aftermarket UCA/LCA offerings, you can still save a little by using raptor 2.0s but 'real deal' control arms will be much stronger than the one's from the Raptor and you are ready when/if you want to upgrade to 3.0s
I wanted to go full tilt LT with a full cage and duals front and rear. Money wasn't why I went the route I did. It was an unnecessary expense given how often I'm able to take the truck out so I made the decision to choose utility and function over purely function for aesthetic reasons.
04-01-2014, 05:09 PM
#56
04-01-2014, 05:32 PM
#57
Its funny you mention that.
A lot of people get on our kits because they are not the most travel out there, however there is a reason for it. Anyone can make kits ultra wide and get a ton of travel, however our kits where designed to be installed on prerunners and for usability we have to make compromises. When I say prerunners I'm not taking about guys that hit the dirt on occasion, I'm talking real prerunners that prerun the Baja 1000 or any other race. What you have to understand is that Brenthel Industries was a race truck builder first. We then got into building prerunners for our race truck customers so they could go out and prerun races which later on led to the development of our Baja Kits division which focuses on street truck kits.
Every single one of our Race Kits are the exact same kit we install on all of our prerunner builds. We designed them to have the same specific width of a trophy truck. The reason for this is simple.
1) All trophy trucks run similar widths, the reasoning behind this is so they can all fit on the course during a race. If you go to any race course you will see pre existing ruts and that all of the trucks fit within them. We design our prerunners to fit in those tracks as well for functionality, and ability to fit through tight areas on course.
2) Use-ability. Driving a offroad truck on a race course is one thing, but dealing with it on road requires that it fits certain situations. For example, fitting through a drive through, or security gate, fitting in a traffic lane, and various other tasks.
Just some info to think about.
A lot of people get on our kits because they are not the most travel out there, however there is a reason for it. Anyone can make kits ultra wide and get a ton of travel, however our kits where designed to be installed on prerunners and for usability we have to make compromises. When I say prerunners I'm not taking about guys that hit the dirt on occasion, I'm talking real prerunners that prerun the Baja 1000 or any other race. What you have to understand is that Brenthel Industries was a race truck builder first. We then got into building prerunners for our race truck customers so they could go out and prerun races which later on led to the development of our Baja Kits division which focuses on street truck kits.
Every single one of our Race Kits are the exact same kit we install on all of our prerunner builds. We designed them to have the same specific width of a trophy truck. The reason for this is simple.
1) All trophy trucks run similar widths, the reasoning behind this is so they can all fit on the course during a race. If you go to any race course you will see pre existing ruts and that all of the trucks fit within them. We design our prerunners to fit in those tracks as well for functionality, and ability to fit through tight areas on course.
2) Use-ability. Driving a offroad truck on a race course is one thing, but dealing with it on road requires that it fits certain situations. For example, fitting through a drive through, or security gate, fitting in a traffic lane, and various other tasks.
Just some info to think about.
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04-01-2014, 06:24 PM
#59
Senior Member
Thread Starter
04-02-2014, 12:35 PM
#60
Currently we dont have plans on developing one as as we are focusing on the 09+ still and the new Chevy. However with that said if you can prove there is demand buy getting 5 people willing to put down deposits we can pull the designer off another project.