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Old Dec 29, 2019 | 06:28 AM
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Firstly. My Harley is a daily driver , no strip or track .its only running approx. 400 hp but got traction issues.

is it worth fitting some Lakewood slapper style bars or biting the bullet and fitting some long bars.

Either way ive got shipping costs and import so dont wanna massive bill if its not worth the benefits or ride damaging

Any info appreciated
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Old Dec 29, 2019 | 07:03 PM
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You will better help asking that over on the lighting roder forum
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Old Dec 30, 2019 | 08:08 AM
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Already have. But thought I'd ask on here too.
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Old Dec 30, 2019 | 11:32 AM
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I recently ran across this video that would lead me to believe that YES, it will help.


https://www.buystifflers.com/ford.aspx
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Old Dec 30, 2019 | 06:00 PM
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There is a Lightning here in Anchorage that is really bad azzed. He has a set of modified old Lakewood yellow bumpered traction bars on it. He adjust the rubbers up for the strip and that truck takes off flat and fast. No traction issues on his truck. Of course he has a LS, so that makes it work better than if you were to be a one wheel wonder.
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Old Dec 31, 2019 | 02:19 AM
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There's a long list of 10th gen traction bars from US on ebay UK that say free shipping.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_o...+bars&_sacat=0
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Originally Posted by River1
There's a long list of 10th gen traction bars from US on ebay UK that say free shipping.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_o...+bars&_sacat=0

Did you copy and paste the wrong link?


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Old Dec 31, 2019 | 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by River1
There's a long list of 10th gen traction bars from US on ebay UK that say free shipping.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_o...+bars&_sacat=0
Doesn't work for me neither
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Old Dec 31, 2019 | 01:20 PM
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I don't know what that's about? The search was for 10th gen traction bars and 9 listings for Pro Comp bars come up. This is what it says: Pro Comp 72500B 50" Lateral Traction Bars for 2003-2016 Ford F-150. I didn't check the fits listing though where the truck isn't listed. Thanks for catching that.

Edit: At the end where the trucks are shown all it says is Results matching fewer words. Still doesn't say 0 matches???




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Old Dec 31, 2019 | 02:08 PM
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Rivers.....that must be a typo. 2003 would be the same as 1997 on the mounting, so those bars must fit the 2004 models up and not our GEN 10's. Just what I'm seeing in the application you listed.

I found a few listings for the bars myself online, but none of them would I use. JMO of course.*---
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