patclarke

Its hard to say because they did more then just the harness bars, but the most expensive part was the 16 hours of labor. On my receipt break down it looks like the harness bars where only $195 worth of materials. If I was going to sell them I would probably ask for about $200 - $300. Do you think that is to much for both the front and rear?

A company called Cobalt Off-Road Center wants to talk to me about a sponsor ship when I get home. I am hoping that with a sponsor I could get the whole truck caged for $4-$5k but idk how realistic that is.

buster096

Oh okay, no I don't think that's too much at all, that's a good price. I've never heard of cobalt offroad center but hopefully they pull through for you. It should be a lot easier to get sponsors now that your truck is a show winner. You could probably get a "prerunner" (not score legal) cage done for 5k, just depends on how much the shop charges for labor.

buster096

These just showed up. I severely underestimated how big they were going to be. Each one weighs about 10lbs. Hopefully install Saturday after the offroad expo.

buster096

Did I mention how big these tie rods are? Lol

buster096

So this happened... I'm pretty much dead in the water right now. Truck is un-driveable. Calling readylift tmw morning and I'm assuming the oem tie rods are going back on. This sucks so much.

HaloJumper

What broke?

Madmaxwell87

Nothing broke, the tie rod end got into his wheel cause it's much taller than an OE tie rod.

Time for wheels with less backspacing/wheel spacers?

buster096

Yup he's right. So I ended up getting the universal 1/4" spacer from autozone and that gave it enough clearence. Dropped the truck of at my alignment shop and get a call saying these tie rods are too long! They had them adjusted all the way in and still couldn't get the toe measurement right. So called readylift to find out what's going on and they are supposedly checking the engineering diagrams to see how long they should be. They should have called back today but didn't. I'm calling them first thing tmw morning and if I dont get an answer I'm returning this crap.

buster096

Oh and had to pay for the adjustments on the tie rods in the shop cause they spent hours trying to figure out what the hell was up, also had to pay to get my front wheels rebalanced since they got a nice shaving. This has been such an awesome experience! (Sarcasm)

buster096

Alright the readylift tie rod situation is over. After talking to them on the phone 20 times, I'm returning them. They cannot figure out why they don't fit and I'm over it at this point. The whole thing makes no sense but whatever, it's done.

When I get my money back from them, I'm sending it straight to dirt freeks Motorsports in Vegas to have them tig weld me up a set of heim tie rods that actually fit. For less money too.