Long Travel Suspension? Pre-Runner?
 

i could use some help. i want to set up my supercrew as a pre-runner and dont know where to start. i could use any and all ideas from anybody. My truck is stock and i want to make it unique without blowing my wallet. Any ideas?

Lots of companies out there that make mid to long travel kits for your truck. For example: Camburg, JD fabrication, HnM motorsports, Brenthel Industries. Check out there websites. If your trying to keep costs low you can try to buy a used kit. Check out race-dezert.com in the classified section. They always post new parts up every couple of days that people are selling.

id look into camburg or total chaos. 2 really big companies. im pretty sure long travel kits are only for the front. you will blow your wallet, long travel is like $3500 or 4k last time i had looked (was looking for taco's tho) if your just wanting the style and look then you dont need to really touch the rear if you dont want. fiberglass bed sides and front fenders will give you the look also. glass works unlimited is a popular company. 4wd will also add more cost to the set up.

man thanks for the help.i will check that out and hope to find what i need. thanks ma!

the truck is going to see more street than offroad.i dont want anything outrageous on it at the moment.i want the look of a pre runner but dont wanna take it a full out set up. could lift springs shocks and maybe spindles in the front be a good idea?

you could do a ghetto long travel look. do wheels with minimum backspacing and maybe wheel spacers in the front (most people say do not run wheel spacers, but pleanty do w/ no problems) and then do fiberglass fenders in the front.

what do you mean with minumum backspacing?

fiberwerx is another company to consider for fiberglass fenders/bedsides. Dixon Brothers Racing makes a long travel kit (14 inches) for the 97-03 4WD F-150. Its not cheap, however.

would it be hard to peice together a long travel kit?

long travel and "cheap" don't go together. there's really no skirting around this.

yeah thats what i figured. gotta start looking around for the right stuff then

ive been tossing around the idea of going back to a 2wd 6cyl raner due to the fact that my ins. is just shy of 600 a month for my 150 cuz my lic. was suspended for 24pts in 36 months...so ive been thinking of building a ranger with the camburg long travel full race system which is 3800 for the front then the 3-link system for the rear end 4200...and thats just the main kit ill have 10 k into it easy

basically push those wheels as far out of your wheel well as possible.

o i see. thanks man. what parts would i need to buy in order to do that?

just find a rim you like but that also has a small amount of backspacing. like 3 1/2" or so.you'd probly want the minimal flare for fiberglass fenders. like these:
http://glassworksunlimited.com/19to20fof1fr.html

i do not know much about this stuff its just an idea, if your wanting long travel this definitely wont make you 100% happy. i would just save up your money and get a long travel kit

ask wandell to tell you what wheel will push out the furthest, but the way i have understood is 3 1/2" backspacing will stick out 1" further than 4 1/2" and 2" more than 4 1/2".