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Surprised to learn my leaf springs were the cheap part of this build
Been running the same pack for years on my old F-150, and last week I finally looked up the part number to order spares. Found out these specific springs come off a factory military truck and cost about $90 each. Everything else I put on this thing, shocks, mounts, hardware, cost way more than that. Must have read three forum threads before I believed it. Anyone else find out a stock part was secretly the bargain of their whole rig?
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abby_robinson5823d ago
A buddy of mine built up an old Jeep and spent months chasing a weird clunk in the rear. Turned out to be the factory shackle bushings, which he had swapped for poly ones early on because he figured stock was junk. He put the old rubber ones back in as a test and the noise quit. Those bushings were like four bucks each from the dealer. He had spent real money on adjustable arms and all kinds of stuff trying to fix a problem that the cheap factory part never had. He still brings it up whenever someone starts talking about how you have to upgrade everything.
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