traction bars on a shackle flip?

[coryg]

wanting to lower my truck either 2/2 or 3/4 will i be able to run traction bars with a rear shackle flip?

 

[855.0ranger]

im in the middle of the same project. i just put a 12 bolt rear in my ranger and flipped it, but yea u can u have to measure how long u need and find a set that is that length because they dont make them specific for rangers. i need a 26" set. And actually you have to flip it to run traction bars. You can do it with the leafs still on top but u pretty much have to make ur own so its alot easier. Hope this helps

 

[coryg]

im in the middle of the same project. i just put a 12 bolt rear in my ranger and flipped it, but yea u can u have to measure how long u need and find a set that is that length because they dont make them specific for rangers. i need a 26" set. And actually you have to flip it to run traction bars. You can do it with the leafs still on top but u pretty much have to make ur own so its alot easier. Hope this helps

sweet thanks for the tip man i was wondering about that for a while and couldnt really find a set to suit what i needed so deff thanks for the info

 

[855.0ranger]

No problem good luck with ur project

 

[coryg]

No problem good luck with ur project

thanks man it was goin pretty smooth but now im kinda stuck on the wiring.. might end up havin to get a completely diff harness....

 

[855.0ranger]

yeah luckily the small block was in mine when i bought mine lol ask around here though somebodys got an answer for every question

 

[Fx4wannabe01]

You can still run a ontop spring traction bar like a James Duff....or even the big bad James Duff ladder bar.

Or if your flipping the axle to ontop the spring, There's a really neat traction bar called a CalTrac bar if I remember correctly. It's similar to the 'ontop spring' Duff bar, but it's below and a better design. There's threads about them over at RPS(rangerpowersports.com). I don't recall ever seeing them here, of course I've never really looked.

 

[rat_ranger]

if you do an axle flip you can go straight to a lakewood style bar for ALOT cheaper than the caltracs.

 

[coryg]

sweet thanks for lettin me know the options guys

 

[855.0ranger]

Yea im ordering mine from lakewood in a few weeks

 

[coryg]

Yea im ordering mine from lakewood in a few weeks

ive seen the lakewoods in jegs i think for 70 bucks??? not bad.

 

[Fx4wannabe01]

if you do an axle flip you can go straight to a lakewood style bar for ALOT cheaper than the caltracs.

My brother's building his caltrac copies for a fraction of the cost of even the lakewoods.

 

[coryg]

My brother's building his caltrac copies for a fraction of the cost of even the lakewoods.

think you could get a pic up of em and some specs?

 

[Fx4wannabe01]

think you could get a pic up of em and some specs?

All we've got is the material and the cad drawing that isn't precise yet and the cnc plasma hook up so far. haha.

 

[coryg]

let me know how that works for you and what all you had to buy