ok well i finally got some extra cash and i want to get myself a set of traction bars and yes i know there is not a bolt on kit so im asking ya'll were do you buy these kits i cant find any of the make it yourself kits?

 

lazersmith makes a great set.

 

I'd just build your own, its pretty easy, I built mine in shop class at school and it all cost me under $40 for the material and heim rod ends. I can post some pics of them if you want, they work great!

 

I agree with that 100%. I just finished my Dana 80 swap in which I made custom u-bolt plates. I also have the front and rear brackets fabbed (not welded up or mounted yet) for the traction bars. If I can ever get my camera to make friends with my computer again, I'll post some pics for you guys to comment on or flame to death (it is my first time doing traction bars so I expect it).

 

ok well im not the most fabractional friendly person, so personally to me i would rather go and buy a kit just to save me some trouble.

 

lets just say you will spend lots of money on somethin that is not hard to do, I used .120" thick square tubing and some rectangular tubing on the back where it mounts to the axle, It is 10" tall at the back and they are 48" long with a nut welded on the end with a heim rod end in it (bought at a tractor parts place) and where it connects to the axle I got a piece of thicker pipe that was 3.5" i believe, cut it in half, welded some tabs on it and welded the one half to the ladder bar and the other half to the axle. And i built a shackle where it mounts to the frame so they wouldn't bind. see? its simple measuring, cutting and welding, thats it. I pretty much copied the ladder bars at L&L products and they wanted $300 for them and $70 for the mounts, I built mine for under $40 and mine are a lot better. They work really good! you can definately tell a difference. here is some pics of mine



I know the back half isn't welded to the axle in this pic, but this was when first put them on and they are welded to the axle now so the axle wouldn't twist inside the brackets.



sorry the truck is dirty, these are some older pics

 

Can you weld halfway decent, do you have a sawzall and a drillpress or acces to one? If you do you can build a set in about an hour

 

i cant weld worth a edit, but my brother is a welder so i can always get him to weld it up for me.

 

there ya go, get your brother to weld them, You could even pay him to do it and I still think it would be cheaper than buyin some