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Title: updated front suspension
Post by: drag80 on September 06, 2010, 10:13:29 pm
who on the forum here has put a bolt in front end on their truck. I'm looking to put one in but don't know which one to buy.
the choices: jim meyer, porterbuilt, fatman fab, thorbecke brothers. If anyone has some pics, or advice let me know.
thanks jarett
Title: Re: updated front suspension
Post by: Captkaos on September 10, 2010, 05:17:35 pm
My personal recommendation is Porterbuilt.  He is the originator of these.  I am buying one for one of my trucks.  I stopped chopping the factory ones down when Porterbuilt started building them.

Search Porterbuilt on the forum for pics.
Title: Re: updated front suspension
Post by: three8six on September 12, 2010, 10:05:38 am
C10forum.com has tons of pics of people with the porterbuilt setup. Sorry if we are not supposed to promote other forums Captn.
Title: Re: updated front suspension
Post by: Captkaos on September 12, 2010, 03:26:30 pm
Porterbuilt has tons of pics also.
Title: Re: updated front suspension
Post by: HAULIN IT on November 13, 2010, 07:38:31 pm
Jarett, Are you thinking about ditching the Mustang front? I just looked at a couple of your pic's... Man, that front is WAY inside the fenders! Any of the stock replacement fronts would require a bunch of work to get mounted to that frame. Lorne 
Title: Re: updated front suspension
Post by: drag80 on November 13, 2010, 08:53:04 pm
no i'm not ditching anything on that truck, i'm building a 80 shortbox, something i can take out cruising.
Title: Re: updated front suspension
Post by: drag80 on November 13, 2010, 08:56:00 pm
here's another front end i found that I think really like, that Just trying to decide which one to go with

http://www.scottshotrods.com/
Title: Re: updated front suspension
Post by: repo on November 13, 2010, 10:26:36 pm
here's another front end i found that I think really like, that Just trying to decide which one to go with

http://www.scottshotrods.com/

That doesn;t apear to have any extra drop clearance like the porter has
Title: Re: updated front suspension
Post by: drag80 on November 13, 2010, 11:05:23 pm
it has clearence verses a stock cross member, but probably not as much as a porterbuilt