All IFS Kits are not the same! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

rico_bob · 12-30-2003, 03:48 AM

CHECK OUT THIS THREAD!
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...&threadid=83067

My two cents worth...rico

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68LSS1 · 12-30-2003, 06:11 AM

Link doesn't work.

Slammed67 · 12-30-2003, 11:17 AM

Here ya go.......

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...threadid=83067

68LSS1 · 01-06-2004, 01:02 AM

rico-bob, there's issues with Martz kits also. I don't think anybody would go wrong buying any kit, whether it be Fatman, Martz, Progressive, etc... but there can and is issues with all of them to some extent.
Link

67dragtruck · 01-06-2004, 07:12 PM

I thought I'd give my opinion too. I got my kit from Fat Man's and Rich helped me choose the right setup for mine and I love it. It bolted right in and works great. I have used it in a drag racing application (I chose the coil spring version because of this) and it worked out very well. There kit has absolutely 0 bumpsteer. If you don't like there brake offerings they also let you delete the brakes from the kit. I did this and installed Aerospace components brakes and they fit with the kit just right. I bought my kit a couple of years ago and from what I see they now offer stainless control arms for the same money that I paid for the steel versions, but either way it is a very nice kit.

Tom

rico_bob · 01-07-2004, 03:20 PM

Like I said, there are many IFS kits out there. And they all are fine in thier own right... My two points were that the Martz x-member unit is all 1/4 inch steel construction and MOST IMPORTANT TO ME was that my inner fenders on my 57 Pickup DID NOT have to get cut off to accomidate the units A-arms or other parts of the IFS like happens with many of the others.

I was not here doing any head-knocking to anyone's products. Keep on truckin' rico

12-30-2003, 03:48 AM	#1
rico_bob "Treasure the Ride" Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Mid Michigan, Harrison Michigan, USA Posts: 682	All IFS Kits are not the same! CHECK OUT THIS THREAD! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...&threadid=83067 My two cents worth...rico www.ricos-rods-and-relics.com __________________ If you think you can you're right. If you think you can't you're still right. Trucks: '56 SWB; '57 SWB; '63 C-10 Current projects: 1963 Long Fleetside for the wife! '56 for the daughter. Visit us at: www.ricos-rods-and-relics.com

12-30-2003, 06:11 AM	#2
68LSS1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 1,191	Link doesn't work. __________________ '68 Short Step LS1/T56, Hydratech, Fatman Fabrications Stage III, Baer, Hot Rods to Hell, US Body, S&W, etc

12-30-2003, 11:17 AM	#3
Slammed67 Progress = 0% Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 2,108	Here ya go....... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...threadid=83067 __________________ Jason - '67 GMC swb \| '57 Bel-Air 4dr hardtop \| '56 210 4dr Wagon \| 2000 GMC Sierra

01-06-2004, 01:02 AM	#4
68LSS1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 1,191	rico-bob, there's issues with Martz kits also. I don't think anybody would go wrong buying any kit, whether it be Fatman, Martz, Progressive, etc... but there can and is issues with all of them to some extent. Link __________________ '68 Short Step LS1/T56, Hydratech, Fatman Fabrications Stage III, Baer, Hot Rods to Hell, US Body, S&W, etc

01-06-2004, 07:12 PM	#5
67dragtruck Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bethlehem, GA, USA Posts: 389	fat man fabs I thought I'd give my opinion too. I got my kit from Fat Man's and Rich helped me choose the right setup for mine and I love it. It bolted right in and works great. I have used it in a drag racing application (I chose the coil spring version because of this) and it worked out very well. There kit has absolutely 0 bumpsteer. If you don't like there brake offerings they also let you delete the brakes from the kit. I did this and installed Aerospace components brakes and they fit with the kit just right. I bought my kit a couple of years ago and from what I see they now offer stainless control arms for the same money that I paid for the steel versions, but either way it is a very nice kit. Tom

01-07-2004, 03:20 PM	#6
rico_bob "Treasure the Ride" Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Mid Michigan, Harrison Michigan, USA Posts: 682	No headknocking here Like I said, there are many IFS kits out there. And they all are fine in thier own right... My two points were that the Martz x-member unit is all 1/4 inch steel construction and MOST IMPORTANT TO ME was that my inner fenders on my 57 Pickup DID NOT have to get cut off to accomidate the units A-arms or other parts of the IFS like happens with many of the others. I was not here doing any head-knocking to anyone's products. Keep on truckin' rico __________________ If you think you can you're right. If you think you can't you're still right. Trucks: '56 SWB; '57 SWB; '63 C-10 Current projects: 1963 Long Fleetside for the wife! '56 for the daughter. Visit us at: www.ricos-rods-and-relics.com Last edited by rico_bob; 01-07-2004 at 03:28 PM.



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