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Old 09-11-2012, 12:21 AM
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When I bought my truck, it already had the Fabtech kit on it. I purchased the FTS kit, with all the upgrades, and my local shop, who builds all kinds of trucks, stated it wasn't worth the switch. They thought Fabtech was the better kit. Had something to do with the spindles. They DID feel that the upgrades were nice, but when comparing just the base kits, Fabtech was the better choice.

I then sold my FTS kit to Seth, the UFC fighter who knocked out Kimbo Slice, and he had all kinds of problems with it. Could never get the alignment right and sold the truck. Even though I took a HUGE hit on the kit, I felt so bad for him.

Before selling the kit, I tried to return it, but FTS wouldn't take it back...even after I shipped it back to them. And let me tell you how helpful they were to me and then Seth. Oh wait, I can't...
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Old 09-11-2012, 12:53 AM
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I understand. My truck wants to track right just a hair, it's not bad but enough to bother you at times. It's been aligned numerous times, so that's either as close as it will get, or I need to take it elsewhere. That sucks about FTS's CS, I've read on GMFullsize where someone complained about the same thing. How big was the FTS you ordered?
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Old 09-11-2012, 02:45 AM
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I honestly don't remember. It was five years ago.
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Old 09-11-2012, 04:59 AM
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Ah man, what a dreamcrusher. Just when I thought that someone had the brains to make a decent lift for a decent application, you guys educate me. Oh well, guess I will continue my journey to find a custom place to make it. I imagine I wouldn't need to change too much if I was to have just the parts I need custom made, but then again these things can turn into a nightmare if precision is not used, as you mentioned with your alignment.

Thanks for the info though, I thing I will look up the Cognito setup.
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Old 09-11-2012, 02:56 PM
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You just need to keep in mind that no kits have everything you'll need or want. If they did, you'd be spending thousands more than the typical kit costs. Think about how many posts there have been about tie-rods, UCA's, trailing arms, panhard bars, sway bars, mounts, gussets, etc. Imagine if all that stuff was included in a kit...

And for a reference, my alignment has been great for years now, and it's been lifted for over 50,000 miles. However, I have made improvements over those miles/years.
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Old 09-16-2012, 04:58 AM
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Charles06, would you mind posting a few pics of your rig? I have yet to see your setup and the more I think about it, the more I think my truck is going in the direction of where yours already is. I would like to see how your wheel wells look with the tires and how your front end looks under there- from your description it sounds like you have some custom work and suspension already on there.

If you are pretty happy with your setup, I would like to see what you have gone through already to get there as I think I am in for some changes pretty soon. If I could get a view of your setup that would be great for me to see how far away I really am from a better setup.

Thanks in advance...
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Old 09-16-2012, 02:19 PM
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Let me see what I can dig up. The truck is at the shop right now getting a new steering box, steering pump, ram-assist, and exhaust put on. Are there some specific pictures you'd like to see?
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