I just wanted to ask a couple questions about the 97's. With the IFS, im pllanning to get a 6 inch lift and all that in order to fit 35" MT claws to be specific. But is the IFS crap in the mud? My friend who apparently knows everything offroad (just a bit of sarcasim lol) says that I will snap my front axle in mud. I just want to check with this topic befor I go ahead and put all these offroad modifcations on.
Thanks in advance

 

your friend is stupid lol, it's a ford, as long as you don't gun it through the mud you'll be fine. especially when you lift and MT claws are pretty good in the mud, a friend of mine has 35" claws on his f250 and he doesn't slip at all

 

youll be alright with 35"s on the front, unless its a chevrolet

unless you turn it real hard and floor it, then you might snap one..

 

As a general rule of thumb a solid front axle is better than IFS for off road except for high speed desert stuff since it can flex and doesn't act as much like a plow in the mud. However, if this is your DD and you are just going to play in the mud some times and aren't going bigger than 35s you should be fine with the IFS.

 

Yeah thats pretty much what im doing. At this point its a DD, I go out once a month even with the lack of offroad capabilities with my truck now....which are severly lacking lol. Sounds good though, tthanks for the help

 

well he drives a ranger with solid axle and 35"s. I still dont count that as a truck though LMAO

 

Well.. My truck is an 03 but as you can see....













Pretty sure you will do solid..

p.s. My truck does better than my buds ranger with 35s.. and other friends chevy with 38s... all mud trucks.. Only been stuck twice so far.. one time because I caked the tires so much with clay that they were straight balled (was trying to pull someone else out).. Also high centered because I was trying to go up a 3-4 rut in 2 wd slowly.

 

haha basically a lifted golfcart

 

DAMN! what you got on your truck? Those arent even teh MT claws i wanna get and you look like you plowed through that ****. I wish jersey had some trails like that lol. Im gonna have to foward some of those pics to my buddy and be like yeah suck on that! hahahaha

 

They are Nitto Mud Grapplers.. IMO AMAZING tires.lol. My truck does work.. A picture for your budy with the ranger





Dont know how get got stuck in that one..


and for chevy lovers



Guess my truck in 2wd can do better than his 4wd...

 

Hahahahahahaha, yeah thats great

 

you should make a trip out to oregon, it can be a fun place

 

your friend is a ****ing retard do us all a favor and sucker punch him in the face for not knowing what he is talking about..take care now

 

I would lmao, that mud be worth it hahahaha. Just need to get all MY mods on now. least the lift and tries lol. oh and MUD DIGGER, I belive if I punch my friend in the face he will not be my friend any more, so i will just tell him he is a ****ing retard HAHAHAHAHA

 

hah for sure. I know what you mean..

if you change your mind on tires though, I definately recommend these...



Hard not to fall in love with..

So far in mud, they are straight phenominal. In soft sand as long as you air down, amazing.. And snow, I will tell you in about 2 months after a few trips to the mountains