Bracing?

[M5forthewife]

Does anyone know of any bracing available to make my truck stiffer or would I have to do it myself through a local metalshop?
If there is any how much do they cost and where can I get it?

 

[FordSVTFan]

What are you trying to stiffen exactly?

 

[M5forthewife]

just want to stiffen up the truck in the corners -

Noticed it was looser than my Lightning I used to have and I miss the body ridgidity...

 

[jonas]

Originally posted by FordSVTFan
What are you trying to stiffen exactly?

try viagra

 

[M5forthewife]

Thanks Jonas -
Saw in my e-mail I got a reply and got excited...
Anybody have any REAL responses?

 

[SID297]

The crew cab is inherintly more flexable. Boxing in sections of the frame rails may help. Just keep in mind that triangles make things stronger. Most of what you need would probably need to be custom fabricated.

 

[M5forthewife]

Yeah that's what I figured....
Just it'd be alot easier if there was already a kit or whatever, you know?
I'm going to start calling up fabricators tomorrow morning, see what happens...

 

[Crockett59]

The HD comes without a rear sway bar. You can add the L rear sway bar and that will help a bit. Add the bilstein shocks and that will help quite a bit too. But it will never corner like an L.

 

[M5forthewife]

yeah of course not - I'm just trying to get it a bit stiffer - It's just loose - i don't like it this loose...

 

[Ayrton]

Full Hotchkis kit with some QA1 shocks will stiffen it right up without killing the ride.

 

[Crockett59]

You dag-gone right it will Aryton.

The problem is trying to get over that $800 dollars for shocks thing.:nonono: Bilsteins are cool for $30 a shock, but if you don't want to replace the shocks every 6-8000 miles don't bother with them. QA1's are on my X mas list, that is for sure.

 

[Ayrton]

Summit has the QA1s for $140 each...

 

[Crockett59]

Well thats $560, do I hear $500?

 

[SID297]

Try Jegs, they may have them a dollar cheaper.