Traction Bars
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From: New Orleans, LA
He has about a dozen kits out there right now. They are prototype weld on bars. His production bars will be bolt on and will be released in a week or two.
He has been so busy with keeping up with demand of stuff he has on his site he hasn't had time to do final fitment testing on his 09+ bars.
Wayne
He has been so busy with keeping up with demand of stuff he has on his site he hasn't had time to do final fitment testing on his 09+ bars.
Wayne
He has about a dozen kits out there right now. They are prototype weld on bars. His production bars will be bolt on and will be released in a week or two. He has been so busy with keeping up with demand of stuff he has on his site he hasn't had time to do final fitment testing on his 09+ bars. Wayne
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From: New Orleans, LA
There is only 2 company's right now that make bolt on long at designed traction bars for our trucks. JLP & Rize.
The JLPs are nice, have installed many sets on L/HDs and they work great. But the customer service sucks *****. I called JLP months ago to find out the lengths of them cause I was concerned because I have 09-13 4X4 blocks in the rear and will be going with 04-08 blocks soon. When I called the lady said, I don't know the size, the box they come in is less that 4' tall so the bars must be shorter than that. Really, I'm about to drop $450-500 on your parts and you can't take 3 seconds and measure them? I bought there intercooler reservior for my L powered truck, it came wrapped in a freaking garbage bag and just put in a box, the fitment was garbage too. For those reason, I will not give JLP my business anymore.
The Rize bar are nice, very nice. They are floating bar design which in my experience provide full suspension flex without any binding. Only down fall is that there 3-4times the cost of other long bars.
Stiffler is a long time supporting member on a Lightning site I'm on. Has great customer service. He has designed bars for our trucks, he is a small business and does everything in house. His craftsman shift is second to none. But because he isn't subing out his products he takes a tiny longer to make things. Him and I have been emailing back and forth for about 2-3 months. Since then he has designed a set of bars, built about a dozen sets(weld-on) and have been working great. His production bars will be bolt on and I hope to be ordering mine in a week or two when there released. His bars have heim joints over bushing like the JLP bars. Having heims allow for adjustability.
So with that being said, I have the cash ready to order my Stiffler bars the day they are released regardless if I even have to wait longer for them, him always answering my emails quickly with answers of every question I had, never shying away or just say yeah they will work is the reason why.
I am not connected to Stiffler in any way but have dealt with all three company's listed in this post personally which is why I gave my opinions.
Wayne
The JLPs are nice, have installed many sets on L/HDs and they work great. But the customer service sucks *****. I called JLP months ago to find out the lengths of them cause I was concerned because I have 09-13 4X4 blocks in the rear and will be going with 04-08 blocks soon. When I called the lady said, I don't know the size, the box they come in is less that 4' tall so the bars must be shorter than that. Really, I'm about to drop $450-500 on your parts and you can't take 3 seconds and measure them? I bought there intercooler reservior for my L powered truck, it came wrapped in a freaking garbage bag and just put in a box, the fitment was garbage too. For those reason, I will not give JLP my business anymore.
The Rize bar are nice, very nice. They are floating bar design which in my experience provide full suspension flex without any binding. Only down fall is that there 3-4times the cost of other long bars.
Stiffler is a long time supporting member on a Lightning site I'm on. Has great customer service. He has designed bars for our trucks, he is a small business and does everything in house. His craftsman shift is second to none. But because he isn't subing out his products he takes a tiny longer to make things. Him and I have been emailing back and forth for about 2-3 months. Since then he has designed a set of bars, built about a dozen sets(weld-on) and have been working great. His production bars will be bolt on and I hope to be ordering mine in a week or two when there released. His bars have heim joints over bushing like the JLP bars. Having heims allow for adjustability.
So with that being said, I have the cash ready to order my Stiffler bars the day they are released regardless if I even have to wait longer for them, him always answering my emails quickly with answers of every question I had, never shying away or just say yeah they will work is the reason why.
I am not connected to Stiffler in any way but have dealt with all three company's listed in this post personally which is why I gave my opinions.
Wayne
There is only 2 company's right now that make bolt on long at designed traction bars for our trucks. JLP & Rize. The JLPs are nice, have installed many sets on L/HDs and they work great. But the customer service sucks *****. I called JLP months ago to find out the lengths of them cause I was concerned because I have 09-13 4X4 blocks in the rear and will be going with 04-08 blocks soon. When I called the lady said, I don't know the size, the box they come in is less that 4' tall so the bars must be shorter than that. Really, I'm about to drop $450-500 on your parts and you can't take 3 seconds and measure them? I bought there intercooler reservior for my L powered truck, it came wrapped in a freaking garbage bag and just put in a box, the fitment was garbage too. For those reason, I will not give JLP my business anymore. The Rize bar are nice, very nice. They are floating bar design which in my experience provide full suspension flex without any binding. Only down fall is that there 3-4times the cost of other long bars. Stiffler is a long time supporting member on a Lightning site I'm on. Has great customer service. He has designed bars for our trucks, he is a small business and does everything in house. His craftsman shift is second to none. But because he isn't subing out his products he takes a tiny longer to make things. Him and I have been emailing back and forth for about 2-3 months. Since then he has designed a set of bars, built about a dozen sets(weld-on) and have been working great. His production bars will be bolt on and I hope to be ordering mine in a week or two when there released. His bars have heim joints over bushing like the JLP bars. Having heims allow for adjustability. So with that being said, I have the cash ready to order my Stiffler bars the day they are released regardless if I even have to wait longer for them, him always answering my emails quickly with answers of every question I had, never shying away or just say yeah they will work is the reason why. I am not connected to Stiffler in any way but have dealt with all three company's listed in this post personally which is why I gave my opinions. Wayne
