bang for my buck IFS kits

[ldivinag]

I just came across this the other day:

Bolt/Weld Long Travel IFS



Mike

wow...

interesting setup. very interesting indeed.

i was fortunately enough to grab one of the last set of WEST COAST OFF ROAD kit, before the guy decided to stop running the biz from his garage.

essentially, it's like the total chaos kit but without the fancy schmansy uniball. it's a wider than stock arms and uses a custom built adapter and those famed porsche 959 inner joints. which then connects to a custom length axle with then connects to stock outer joints.

but this kit makes everything cheaper. i would skip the rebuilt upper arms and just get the UCA extension bracket and save $200...

 

[DaveInDenver]

Everything about the T100 IFS is the same, just a wider frame and longer axles.

Bingo, all the parts except the CV axles as the same.

I run 1.5" SDORI BJ spacers, OME N98 shocks, 25mm torsions, Sonoran Steel IFS truss. About the best value in suspension for IFS. Good enough to get me through the Rubicon on 33" BFG MT tires. Total will be about $500 for all shiny new stuff. Accomplishes primarily opening up the wheel travel a bit, increasing ground clearance (about an 1" increase under the front cross member), fitting 33" tires. If you go crazy and crank the torsion bars on shaved upper bump stops this will give you 2.5" of lift easily, but ride like crud. I run stock upper and lower bump stops because they are a lot less harsh then poly ones and keep the CV and ball joints within their happy range. With BJ spacers and thinner bump stops you will break CV axles. I have the torsion bars relaxed to the point that the upper control arms sit roughly at their factory angle.

Subframe type lifts are good for keeping the CV angle down but don't do anything for wheel travel. But really they benefit from ball joint spacers as much as does stock suspension. They also do zero for increasing ground clearance under the diff. All benefits of the BJ spacers on stock suspension are also true on bracket lifts.

Total Chaos is the way to go if you have the money, definitely. It keeps the diff up in the stock location and increases clearance. It does widen your stance quite a bit which makes matching the rear axle more trouble. If I had the money I would do a TC kit in a New York minute...