what’s up guys after my trip to FORDYCE I’ve convinced myself to link my blazer I want to build it myself I’m not in a hurry I want to do this correctly where do I start ? Any tips would be appreciated thanks guys .
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4 link conversion
- Thread starter Chevk587
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What’s it called ?
I think it's called gearhead
I would buy Ord’s kit and be done. Either way get ready to cycle cycle cycle. I did it the difficult way, and it works great, I would have saved a lot of time going with ord. If you do a triangulated 4 link you will most likely have to go full hydro.
I’ve looked at their kit looks awesome 400 is a lot all at once for me .
Spend the money on the shocks, plan it out good, and save yourself some time by buying some weld on brackets once you have your plan and your measurements verified.
There is not a real viable "cheap" way to go with links. I have looked....... a lot......
You are going to be around $400 for the front and same for the back just in link ends.
You can go coil springs and shocks, instead of coil over shocks. Cheaper but you have tons of clearance issues.
You can do bushings instead of rod / johnny joints ends. May be cheaper but your travel suffers a lot. As well as parts last about one trip, the bushings that is.
In the long run it maybe cheaper to build your own, but then it may not.
I get what your saying I don’t necessarily want to go with cheap parts I just kinda want to say I did it myself .
I did 4 link rear in my old k30, using ‘79 bronco superflex front coils (much cheaper than coilovers, but not as nice of course). Lots of measuring and cycling to get it right. You can see stock exhaust all had to go. Truck is since long gone unfortunately.
It’s about the same cost just a lot less headache making brackets etc. finding out what you had planned on the computer or app just won’t work in the real world. Cutting all those brackets then finding out you need to make something else. If you don’t have a plasma cutter, or access to cad to have someone plasma parts for you buying an already designed kit such as the ord kit puts you miles ahead. I already had a plasma cutter so I built my own. Linking the rear is far easier than the front.
I'm in the process of linking my k5 also. If your not in a hurry just start collecting parts. I'm starting with the rear because its easier. I went with ballistic 2.635 joints. I got my link bar material and I decided to try ori struts. I also trussed my 14 bolt. Read read read, there are a lot of threads of people linking there trucks. Last use the online calculators.
H20 Toie
1/2 ton status
Even doing it yourself to do it right its not going to be cheap, if $400 is an issue than stick with leaf springs
If you think it’s 400$ and not typo you should find a new hobby they are 4000$ well more the 36/37 hundred lol
That being said, you are going to be really close to that number if you go with coilovers. The majority of the cost is those. People do them cheaper because they source used parts for a long time.
Also if anyone is interested I’m going to be selling my rear leafs shackles wraptor truss system from Diy4x and inboard kit and Bilstein shocks if interested all brand new stuff only one trip on it .
I know I’ve really been looking at it that way.too. Just curious what shipping is ?
I think my joints with jam nuts were $400-450 back in the day when i did the rear. Plus truss for 14b, tabs, brackets, and dom tube, and like $180 for the superflex bronco coils. All in i think it was about $1200-1500. Going with nice coilovers would have brought it up over $4k.
My intention was to get the geometry right and run the coils, then eventually upgrade to coilovers. Unfortunately never grot around to it, but my wallet thanked me. That would be a cheaper way to do it for the time being and upgrade later. As discussed above, front is more complicated with offset pumpkin, steering, more clearance issues, etc.
My intention was to get the geometry right and run the coils, then eventually upgrade to coilovers. Unfortunately never grot around to it, but my wallet thanked me. That would be a cheaper way to do it for the time being and upgrade later. As discussed above, front is more complicated with offset pumpkin, steering, more clearance issues, etc.
Magikal
1/2 ton status
I just four linked my rear last winter. All said and done I was into it $2k in materials.
