Thread: Which MustangII IFS for a 65 Chevy truck

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Truck is lowered and going to use a fiberglass front end.
What brands are there,and which is best,and not to expensive?I called fat man ,and theres is 2700,and I ask for cheapest kit.

I think a MII might be a little light for a truck of that size. get the disc brake kit and a lowering kit for your original front end

Originally posted by Matt167
I think a MII might be a little light for a truck of that size. get the disc brake kit and a lowering kit for your original front end

Well ,thats the route I was going.Dropped spindles ,coils ,and disc brakes,I would like more ground clearence than the stock crossmember can give me.With the mustang II kit I get plenty of clearence to lay the frame if I wanted.Its light weight compared to a stock crossmember.It just looks cool

I fabricate most of my own stuff from scratch, so I've never used anybody's kit, but have heard some others complaining about the quality of Fat Man's stuff.

I can appreciate that you want to spend the least money you have to in order to do this, but there has to be a break point somewhere with parts and pieces quality and the price of same.

Is it just that you want polished stainless tubular control arms on the truck for visual effect with the front end tilted or do you want an MII arrangement for R&P and disc brakes?

Originally posted by techinspector1
I fabricate most of my own stuff from scratch, so I've never used anybody's kit, but have heard some others complaining about the quality of Fat Man's stuff.

I can appreciate that you want to spend the least money you have to in order to do this, but there has to be a break point somewhere with parts and pieces quality and the price of same.

Is it just that you want polished stainless tubular control arms on the truck for visual effect with the front end tilted or do you want an MII arrangement for R&P and disc brakes?

Not really looking to skimp on quality,Its just that Heidts IFS kits are like a few hundred cheaper.


The IFS is lighter,a lot less cluster mounted on the frame(cleaner look) ,like the steering gear box.Better handling,more ground clearence in the front, and the pudry polished control arms

Heidt's is great quility, work good, look good, ride good.

You might try these guys .
www.rbsauto.com
they deal with trucks

Tubular upper and lower a arms 2.25 drop,drop spindels 2.5 drop and air bags 2 .0 drop ,6.75 drop and u want the cradle to rub otherwise the low point is the a arms!!Much lower than that and u wont be able to get in the gas station without airing it up!!

Check out the Art Morrison web site for some other ideas