Then tell me this.... why does FORD cast into the I beam that one is to NOT heat, cut or weld the I beam
keyword CAST. but if you know what your doing you can weld, heat and bend a cast beam with no problem....this was done from FORD for more than anything to keep clem and jeds mufflers and alinment from bending the beams for alinment...like was done on the old kingpin beams and mono beams.back when ford used FORGED ....
As far as Camburg, those are complete manufactured units ( and insanely priced I might add )
Not all of thier beams, only there billt end extened beams....camburg also bends stock beams, for thier stage one kit's.
As far as Autofab, they specifically say that in the econo 2WD lift.... that they are not intended for off road use. That to me says something about the overall durability of the product
autofabs ideal of off roading is flying threw the desert,and skipping a truck across the whoops.and for this you need limit straps and bumpstops.so you dont over compress the coils or jam a wheel in to the wheel wells.and so you dont pop out a coil on droop or rip a shock apart..
yeah ok, so you dont get brake lines...but you dont need a extened pitman arm ethier....
shocks. well there are so many options depending on your use and pocket book....
in this aspect of offroading you have to think of bent beams as a ercetor set.it comes as a basic simple my truck is lifted package...then you fit it to your taste/needs.
If you price out a complete kit from a manufacturer that makes kits, your further ahead using a bracket kit ( these kits also come with the longer brake hoses and shocks etc... not included in the autofab kit
yes a cheap dropbracket kit is cheaper...but in what other way are you ahead?....now your stuck with a street queen,that handles like shit like your on stilts,your one size all springs are cheap made, and not going to ride very well....the brake line kits you get are proably going to be cheap ones, that the fittings break off on.....your usually stuck with the cheapest shock on the market at the time..
Yes bent beam kits are not for everyone.But they are for the people who want bang for thier buck that they can upgrade as money permits.Just like lift brackets are not for everyone ethier......
now dont run away once you stired the pot...can you show me any performance type of 2wd kits that are drop brackets?
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now for the person who made this thread........
for 3-4inches of lift your going to need camber and caster corection, that you can not get from just turing you camber bushing all the way out.
to get this corection your going to need ethier bent beams and modified radius arms.......or a drop bracket lift kit that drops down the pivot points to the beams and the radius arms.
you can get levling kit that will level the truck about 2inchs...get's rid of the factory rake..and then use the camber busing to try and bring back the aliment the best you can....
or you can get some coil spring spacers or weld washers to make a spacer under the coil spring for about 2inchs of lift and still be get camber to a okish spec...but your going to lose your caster...
using f150 coils is going to feel like your driving a mid 70;s 1ton truck on the street.your going to feel ever bump in the road......
and no you can not use the f150 radius arms, the web in the beam on 2wd f150 is thicker than the web of the beam on a ranger so they radius arm will not mount up..well not with out some kind of funky spacer or something in between the radius arm and the beam.they are also a couple of inches longer.
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