dezrik

How long are allpros 4" leafs? SAS kits are around 1099$ anyone know of a cheaper one? Im a young mechanic working under miminum wage !! lol Thanks

Jay351

Don't try to pinch pennies on these things.
Just wait an extra month and save up.

Hayes

How, exactly, are you working for under minimum wage?

dezrik

I only get paid for the work i do, if we only have one truck for the whole day and it takes 3hrs to fix i only get paid 30 bucks that day :o

strykersd

leave your job and get a real one!

jcfb

You could piece the entire kit together yourself for probably a whole 'lot cheaper. I am thinking of doing a SAS soon, so here is the parts list I have come up with so far... Maybe this will help you.

WABFAB spring hanger kit: $150 click.

SkyJacker front lift spring: $125 a piece you need two of these!

WABFAB high steer arms: $129 click

Now, other than that. I figured I would either buy some shock hoops, or make my own. Buy some shocks. Fab up my own steering linkage with some tubing, heim joints, and ball joints (I think Pirate4x4 probably has some threads on this. I used to hang out over there and remember seeing some). I wasn't sure if I would need a steering stabilizer, as I wouldn't be running giant tires and my truck rarely sees above 40mph. Depending on how hardcore you are at wheeling, you may just use the stock u-bolt mount and not flip them just yet. Save your money, wheel without the u-bolt flip, and install it later. Other than that, I already have long braided lines laying around, but you can get fairly long sections (5' +) at some of the online shops and then cut them and add line fittings as you see fit (pun intended).

Well, there you go, all your going to need to do is buy an axle and repair it as it needs (seals, stuff like that) and of course you'll need gussets and diff armor, but come on... Look at the kits online, buy your own steel, and make it yourself! Nothing is more fun that building stuff for your rig!

I'm probably leaving a lot of stuff out, so when you figure costs, leave yourself a good $300 of extra play in the budget. I figured up my costs to right around $700, leaving up to $1000 for extra stuff I forgot. I also did not include the cost of the axle in the $700 - $1000. You can plan and plan and plan, but ultimately you'll just have to do it. I also have a lot of this stuff already, so I probably left a lot of stuff out in this post.
Hope this was helpful

AxleIke

there arent any cheaper kits.

because of the emphasis on cheap, i'm assuming this is for looks only.

Since that is the case, you can easily piece together a kit for much less. It will be far weaker than your IFS, but you should be able to run big tires on the street without much trouble. Mild dirt roads would also probably be fine.

The kit described above will be comperable to your IFS in strength, though the steering will be beefier. It will also flex a bit more. though not as much as a better spring would.

In order to get significantly stronger than IFS and more flex than IFS, you can't really get away with less than 2k.

XtraSlow_XtraCab

You don't have to buy everything new. I'm sure there are many junkyard parts you can use. Steering, springs, the axle itself (if you're lucky).

You really would just need to buy new leaf spring shackle mounts to weld to the frame rails... unless you don't mind hacking away at ones in a junkyard with a hack saw

Not everything has to be purchased new, that's all I'm saying. I'm 18 years old, making 8 bucks an hour at a grocery store. I know all about being frugal. You make friends with the "Pick N Pull" employees real quick and Craigslist is in my Favorites.