Interesting Article on Beefing Up your 4x4 IFS

Blaze One · Post by **Blaze One** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:58 pm

Interesting read i thought .

http://offroadworld.tenmagazines.com/te ... 187&sid=10

Steve2003 · Post by **Steve2003** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:37 pm

Nice read

Kartek is about a 1/2 hr from me and so are most of their Dealers. I just might cruise by one of their shops and have them take a look at my truck and see what they think! Might not have to go SFA after all.

Steve

Blaze One · Post by **Blaze One** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:58 pm

even more convienent for you . probably cost me a ton of $$$ because i am up here in canada , oh well .
And yes , unless you need lots of articulation , or are running tires bigger than 35's , stregthening your IFS maybe the way to go , BUT i bet that it will cost you the same

Steve2003 · Post by **Steve2003** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:54 pm

Yes it might very well cost the same as a SFA or even more but if I can keep my smooth ride as a daily driver, It might just be worth it.

Steve

SONOMA915 · Post by **SONOMA915** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:59 pm

Steve2003 wrote:Nice read Kartek is about a 1/2 hr from me and so are most of their Dealers. I just might cruise by one of their shops and have them take a look at my truck and see what they think! Might not have to go SFA after all.

Steve

Hey Steve, if you go SFA maybe you could sell me your 6 inch S.L.

Blaze One · Post by **Blaze One** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:44 pm

that makes a good point , i forget about the fact that a sfa is not great as a daily driver plus I think a lifted IFS looks better .
Also , you may not have to use all of the listed parts , maybe just install the ones that are prone to failure on our trucks , ie: ball joints and then get the heavy duty cv boots too .
I believe the MOOG bjoints are the only other known improvement over the stockers , so these maybe another alternative .

I wish we could find out some prices for these products .

GeorgesBlazah · Post by **GeorgesBlazah** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:27 pm

Steve2003 wrote:Nice read Kartek is about a 1/2 hr from me and so are most of their Dealers. I just might cruise by one of their shops and have them take a look at my truck and see what they think! Might not have to go SFA after all.

Steve

yeah man definatly check it out and see what they say....im very intrested in upgrading my parts. it would cool to see what they say they can do for our trucks.

Blaze One · Post by **Blaze One** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:31 pm

Well the article says that they can make parts / or have parts for all makes and models and sizes of 4wd IFS , SUV and Pick up . Being that the S10 is very popular , it must be available .
I will look for a contact number and ask if they have a catalog .

http://www.kartek.com

in the customers pic section there is a pick of some kind of S10 based front end .

Blaze One · Post by **Blaze One** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:45 pm

go to the distributation section and you can find out who else sells there products , but it looks like they love toyota's and Fords the most .

RocK · Post by **RocK** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:10 pm

Looks like they make a kit for the 2WD S-10... hmm

Blaze One · Post by **Blaze One** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:31 pm

it would be nice if they would reply to my emails , but no luck on that so far . I am trying to see how much there systems/upgrades cost , compared to a SAS . In a year i may just go all out and spend the little extra $ and do a mild SAS ( Dana44's and 33" tires , no regear or lockers ) . but i can' findout how much there IFS stuff costs , or even if they make it for S10 Platforms .

GeorgesBlazah · Post by **GeorgesBlazah** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:59 am

websites giving me crap, whats their email ill try emailing them. also do they have a 800 number? ill call and harrass them

purduecrew · Post by **purduecrew** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:15 pm

soooo the ford ranger has a kit and we dont

yall better look at this...makes me kinda overly excited

http://www.fourwheeler.com/projectbuild ... uspension/

the creators of the kit:
http://dixonbrosracing.com