MINE LOOK GREAT IN THE LIVING ROOM..WIll have them on next week!!

 

i heard the lakewoods arnt as strong, and people are bending them....

thats why i went w/ the truck traks.... that $150 more is a one time fee, you might have to replace the lakewoods in time...

 

I have Lakewoods on my supercharged F150. FASTRNU is my brother and he runs 12.6s with Lakewoods with no problem. Can't understand why anyone would pay over $150 more for the same thing. Then again, I can't understand why anyone would pay over a hundred dollars for some thirty dollar drop shackles but they do.

 

Dan

We need to get together and talk

 

I know a guy running 12.3s with ET Streets and Lakewoods...

For about 300 bucks you can get the Ranchos. No preloading. Install is more of a hassle but I know most of the 10 second trucks are running Rancho-style bars....

 

What is the part number for the Lakewoods? Are the easy to bolt on without any modifications? I was going to get the Truk-Traks, but hey, if the Lakewoods are the same at a 150 less, I'm in! Thanks. Also does any one have pics of lakewoods installed?

 

I have Cal-tracs on my Mustang and my Lightning -they're great! A little spendy but they work perfect with my Hotchkis rear leafs. LFP's "anti rattle kit" works really good too.

 

I have them and I Love them
NO NOISE EVER and No effect AT ALL in the Ride and Comfort

But most importantly --> THEY WORK

 

Did somebody say RJ's?

 

They are around 100 bucks for a set. You can buy them at Jegs. Remember that you need the "Truck" version and not just the Universal ones...

 

Done and Done.

 

I had Lakewood's too! They couldn't take the daily pounding of LA's industrial streets. I pulled the threads of the fine thread u-bolts. The bars never failed though.

Then Truck-Traks were born.
Mine have been on the truck for two years (50,000 miles), and I haven't had to readjust or tighten them. The large mounting pad eliminates slippage.

Out of 170 sets that I have built, I have had only one bar rejected due to the fact that it was only tack welded. The customer had it a month, and it never failed. His muffler shop noticed it when they installed his cat back.

I try to do the best I can.

 

I aboslutley love mine! They help me hook up a lot quicker and were a breeze to put on. They are machined great and look awesome, I couldn't have asked for a better product. Thanks Jay!

 

if you ever compared lakewoods and TT, you can tell TTs are a much better unit, way more beefier. i would not go with lakewoods. if you do go with crapwoods, replace the bolts with grade 8 bolts. you dont want them coming loose and pogoing and tearing out your rearend.

 

my L is a stock 2000, one thing I noticed when I got it is wheel hop... if i nail it from a red light on the street, its like the back end wants to just bounce all over the road like freakin mexican hydraulics in reverse or something

do these help with that? or make it worse (as you mention - bouncy)


also going around a corner unless I'm going quite slow, the back wheels want to hop around the corner instead of making a smooth turn, is that just from being a truck or is there something I can do to lessen that ?