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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Brakes, Frame, Steering & Suspension => Topic started by: Chevalade on August 20, 2008, 09:55:13 pm

Title: 4 link?
Post by: Chevalade on August 20, 2008, 09:55:13 pm

Dos anyone make a good 4 link kit for our trucks....I have looked, but havn't found much.....lots of air ride stuff...but no 4 links.

Just wanting to run a 4 link so I can run a bit wider meats for traction.

Any sites or direction would be appreciated. Thanks.

Title: Re: 4 link?
Post by: Captkaos on August 21, 2008, 11:25:12 am

If you are talking bolt in, No.

Title: Re: 4 link?
Post by: Chevalade on August 21, 2008, 09:25:45 pm

Hmmm......ok. That was easy.

Title: Re: 4 link?
Post by: cubicdollars on August 24, 2008, 07:40:48 pm

I use a chris alston 4 link for mine, I did use the stock frame rails but there is alot of welding involved, here is a link


http://community.webshots.com/user/Thorenson?vhost=community (http://community.webshots.com/user/Thorenson?vhost=community)

let me know if this helps

Title: Re: 4 link?
Post by: Chevalade on August 25, 2008, 07:21:16 pm

Not really....it took me to the webshots homepage.

Title: Re: 4 link?
Post by: Captkaos on August 25, 2008, 07:49:29 pm

Click the big "go to webshots" button after it opens.

Title: Re: 4 link?
Post by: cubicdollars on August 25, 2008, 09:19:29 pm

I thought I had more 4 link photo's im my webshots page, here is a pdf file from chris alston  http://www.cachassisworks.com/Stories/HowCAC-009_WEB.pdf (http://www.cachassisworks.com/Stories/HowCAC-009_WEB.pdf)

Title: Re: 4 link?
Post by: Chevalade on August 25, 2008, 10:24:55 pm

Excellent article...thanks a bunch.

Title: Re: 4 link?
Post by: cubicdollars on August 26, 2008, 11:59:50 am

That's the article I used when I install mine in 1997  ;D

Title: Re: 4 link?
Post by: camdenoilchange on September 06, 2008, 08:04:29 am

here is a bolt on 4 link for 73-87 chevy's.

http://www.kplinks.com/product.php?productid=150&cat=72&page=1

Title: Re: 4 link?
Post by: Chevalade on September 06, 2008, 09:44:50 am

Good to know there is one avail.

Title: Re: 4 link?
Post by: Chevalade on September 15, 2008, 10:04:38 pm

Found this in my searches....not sure if it will be of use to anyone else....but the price is close to the one above, but this setup includes the panhard bar.

http://www.theslamstore.com/product_p/bo4l-06.htm

Title: Re: 4 link?
Post by: VileZambonie on September 16, 2008, 05:03:26 am

Quote

here is a bolt on 4 link for 73-87 chevy's.

http://www.kplinks.com/product.php?productid=150&cat=72&page=1

Already been posted

Title: Re: 4 link?
Post by: SCOTI on September 23, 2008, 09:38:09 pm

How much tire are we talkin' about? The problem w/the bolt-in 4-link style kits is they won't allow for much more tire than the leafs you'd be swapping out.

In order to gain more clearance, you'll need to go to the trailing arm style rear set-up (CPP did a 73-87 kit for this) or go 4-link inside the framerails. The inside the rails set-up allows for a bunch more tire but decreases the trucks stability because the suspensions leverage is closer to the C/L of the vehicle.

Title: Re: 4 link?
Post by: static22 on September 23, 2008, 10:32:57 pm

If your buying new wheels you can play with the offsets as well to maximize the room that is available with the stock configuration.