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Ok so I’m planning on getting another ranger. Planning to do 1 ton swap. I’m having trouble deciding between a kingpin front 60 or the obs Balljoint 60. It’s going to be a trail truck but I don’t plan to beat it and rock rod in it. As far as the build goes the truck will probably never see past 2nd gear on the trails as I’m shooting for 200+ final crawl. So obviously I’m not going to try and destroy the front end.
My question is for my specific application: would a Obs Balljoint 60 suit my needs over a kingpin 60?
I just can’t justify paying 1k-1.5k on a bone stock axle that would probably have an extra 2-3k dumped into it eventually. I’ve seen sets of steering u joint Rockwell’s selling for as much as a single ford kingpin (especially the snowfighter)... they’re not that special in my opinion but that’s just me
My question is for my specific application: would a Obs Balljoint 60 suit my needs over a kingpin 60?
I just can’t justify paying 1k-1.5k on a bone stock axle that would probably have an extra 2-3k dumped into it eventually. I’ve seen sets of steering u joint Rockwell’s selling for as much as a single ford kingpin (especially the snowfighter)... they’re not that special in my opinion but that’s just me