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That is AWESOME!!! Very nice, very nice!

Klitch, i envy you and hate you at the same time haha!! You know how long i have wanted to do this? Since i bought the truck and noticed the A-ARMS. That is so f'ing sweet, i bet she just floats! A++!

P.S - I dont hate you, i just want you to sell me your truck thats all. SOOO what are the chances? :lol:

so on a side note...does anyone know what happened to farmboy fab? maybe im just out of the loop on this one but money might start to become a little more stable soon so i was going to start collecting parts so i tried calling and it wouldnt go through and tried finding them on the web and their website is gone as well...atleast it wouldnt come up when i tried. just my luck that as im about to try and get some things done something like this would happen...now where do i get my parts from? :(

I use to have Farmboys cell#, I do have contact with him via E-mail, you have a question you want me to relay? I heard he is moving locations and changing his business from retailer to strictly manufacturing/wholesale.


The right price I suppose, she is my baby though. The only thing I'd replace it with is a heavy hauler crew cab, probably 6.7l PSD. I've been offered 14-16k for it before I SAS'd, I said show me the money, save me from doing a axle swap otherwise price goes up.

nice flexing pics Klitch!!

so how much did the swap eventually costing you, if you dont mind me asking.

oh okay. i just wanted to talk to him about prices and setting up a kit for me. you wouldnt happen to know how long he will be down do you?

complete swap appx $4500 - $5000

I'll hit him up, the full kit price was shy of 2k for me.

Iduno man, -Klitch has some biggy cash tied up into that thing , - shoot, it even runs rich. ;)

Hey did you sand blast your frame ? - Up front ? I was thinking about that. Anyway, I wouldn't mind haven that factory new look back. Like your axles have, - looks great!

No, I actually hadn't done that yet but it crossed my mind. I just wire wheeled off the flaky crap and reshot it black, with a layer of clear.

She does run rich, ask my wallet.

okay great. thanks for the help...and if he doesnt mind, could you give me his contact info?

im not ready to buy yet so I dont want him thinking its a sale. I just want to talk to him about what i can get and what my kit would cost...im going to be leaving out a lot of the extras at this point and kind of build it up to his complete kit...there is a lot of his products i want but cant afford right now. :(

PM me your phone number, I have news for you. I'm correct in the moving the shop, just the time frame has been altered. I will be passing your number along, I will not be hassling you ;)

hahahaha!

i might try and take this project on this summer, so get ready for some questions haha

dont mean to bring back an old thread but this looks great im going do this to my 2wd w/front axle but not connected until i get my new engine and trans but thats another thread so im not going to jack this one

very nice klitch could you post some detailed pics of how you mounted the leafs on the front

Been asked a few times about this, so I'll post a few pics to help give an idea.

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so all you did for mounting them was just drill holes in the frame for the rear and on the front welded plates and strength beams for the hangers? seems simple but is it strong enough?

The rear has a DOM tube slipped in to the frame and welded, and bushings through it. Just a little more to the rear than meets the eye in the picture.

I believe its stout enough, I've had the camper on the truck.

Ive been contemplating about doing a sas on my truck, and every time I research it I come across your truck and it makes me want to do it so bad! You did such a nice job on this thing, it looks so clean, almost like its oem! I envy your truck! BTW are you located in Eastern WA?? Your pictures looks like its in the Spokane/ Wenatchee area.

all i need is blueprints of all the mounts and i could to it i got lucky and got a set of axles out an 01 f250 for free. gotta love family. if i had another daily driver i would have started on it already so im just gonna get all the info i can and i should be able to knock it out in a rough weekend or so. if anybody can help with this private message me please and thanks

I know this is old, but Is there a reason he only supplied flat bar instead of rectangular tubing on the cross member?

for $2k i would expect it to be a little nicer.

The reason for the flat bar stuff was simplicity, its just there to help make a straight square line from driver side to passanger side. Its not a Crossmember as the stock crossmember stays located where it is. If you wanted to you could easily box in the area onto of the flat bar. But since the stock crossmember stays in its not really needed. :cool:

i miss my f150 :(

you sold it?


and i still feel like it would be a good idea to run something in between the frame rails. Wouldn't make it any harder to build than with that flat bar.

no it wouldnt thats why its left for you to do if so desired. You got to think of it from a business stand point too, its better not to advertise it as a front crossmember, then you dont have people endlessly hacking away at their truck and not replacing or fixing the holes they create. Just simplicity.

There were a few changes that id made to the kit as well. first was gusseting both sides of the "crossmember" he only gives you gussets for the outside but i put 2 on the inside and 2 underneath aswell. Also i think the front spring rear mount could have been ALOT easier to do. Not that it was impossible but cutting the O hole in the frame then putting a piece of DOM in there and welding it flush with the frame was alittle of a pain, specially when you start welding the inside part of the frame. To me it would have been a good place for a COMPLETE manufactured part, i have drawlings of what i was going to make just never made it. It consisted of making a bracket that slid over the frame. the piece would be completely done all you would have to do is cut a 1" slit in the frame to slide the bushing sleave into (DOM tubing prewelded into the fabbed piece). By doing it this way you could weld the whole braket to the frame which would give you much more strength, and it would allow you to bolt on the bracket by just drilling holes for alittle easier install.

Im not sure if you will follow that. But its in my head and on paper just no use for it anymore.

And the truck is gone :( Thats why i got the bronco needed something

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: :help:

I'm not helping you. You brought that on yourself. That kid is a dumbass, just ignore it and just like a bad zit he might go away.


Cecil, i get what your saying. A bolt on set up would be nice for those that can't weld so then hopefully they can take it to get welded and save on the rest of the labor charges. I still cant' believe there aren't more kits, it seems the chevy guys have multiple kit choices for alot better prices.

Yea, the lack of kits definitely is kinda upsetting. What ever happened to farmboy fab anyways? I heard something about him possibly going up here to va beach but that was a decent amount of time ago.

I have been wondering myself, cause I am seriously thinking of going SAS on my truck cause the t-bar crossmember is in the way of my transfer case with my ZF6.

Buddy you need to know me before judging my decisions. I did the F150 thing, it was fun one of the best projects of my life. Who can say they drove a SAS'd F150 on 46's everyday and they built it. Not too many people. I didnt get rid of the F150 to buy a bronco, the f150 has been gone for a year or so. Drove a ranger for alittle cause i was worn out of working on trucks. The bronco is my next choice. I love Broncos, one of my favorite vehicles.

I really could careless about what you think about my decisions OR if you think i should be here or not.

As far as im concerned he is gone, havent heard anything from him in 2 years. I know he moved north but as far as i know he never reopened. Which is ashame cause it was a good company

honestly can you just shut up. trimble has more f150 knowlegde then you so cares what he drives. I was on this f150 forum for 3 years when all i had was a lifted ranger. i just think its a great, easy to use forum. trying to diss members with thousands of posts just makes you look like a fool so stop

Klitch, does the factory cross member come close to contact with anything under full flex?

The large forward IFS does not come close to contacting under full flex as long as you cut the welded plate off for the front a-arm mount that sits on the back half of it.
The lower section of the motor mount and rear a-arm mount does get in the way of the panhard still even after cutting it high.

Klitch, I feel bad that this "future moderator" has de-railed your thread.
Trimble welcome back, the rest of us actually appreciate what you've brought to the forum.
p.s. that bronco is sweet!

"Infact im drooling now for no reason. ive got a puddle on the desk here of drool."



This should tell everyone the mindset of an unstable individual. I surfed and studied many threads on this site and have been around for a long time. (TOOL) fits this member perfectly. Of course, this is MHO. But I somehow doubt anyone will contest my words. Maybe he should change his user name to DRAMA. To the OP, I look forward to seeing your completed project. Your work is bar none!!

Truck is complete, but in the shop yet again, this time I have to pull the motor. Either a plug detonated, or was faulty to begin with. 3-4000 miles on the plug and the ground electrode is burned back, the porcelain is gone, that cylinder shows 0psi.

Going to repair the engine, probably buy degree adjustable cam gears this time and make sure the timing of cams is proper. Always had a rich issue and 4 years later, I cant convince myself the guy who assembled the long block degree'd it properly.
Replace power steering pump and gearbox.
Hopefully talk myself into the heater core, hate doing work on the interior.




I have one person that wants more pictures and measurements of the brackets, I'll try to accomodate.

cleanedup the thread. Everyone needs to keep it on topic please :o