C10 IFS system?

[Aitch]

Good points Fat 454, Won't be hauling much beside myself and my dog.Leaning toward QA1.

 

[TotalyHucked]

What’s your goals for the truck? All out Autocrosser/race truck or more of a weekender/pro touring all around truck?

 

[Aitch]

TotalyH, the latter, I'm not into racing, just an old truck that runs and handles well. Probably a gen 3 or 4 5.3 or 5.7. Disc on 4 corners.

 

[TotalyHucked]

TotalyH, the latter, I'm not into racing, just an old truck that runs and handles well. Probably a gen 3 or 4 5.3 or 5.7. Disc on 4 corners.

Ok, so the next question is how low are you looking for? A normal-ish 4/6 kind look? Or super slammed? That plays a factor in my suggestions lol

 

[Aitch]

I'm somewhere between a 3/5 and a 4/6. There's ticks in the weeds.

 

[TotalyHucked]

Ok. So the main reason I asked that is because QA1 offers their bolt on kits and also offers a whole front crossmember that gets you even lower and better geometry. If you're not looking to be down in the weeds, there's no reason for the cross member.

From personal experience and being around friends that have used them, you can't go wrong with RideTech or QA1 either way. They have the best overall quality, customer support and most complete kits. Personally, I'd go QA1 just because it's more modular, there's more adjustment and you have that option to add the crossmember in the future if you do wanna slam it. Ridetech is very limited in their options/how low you can go.

That's pretty much it for a bolt on all you can do kit. No Limit Engineering is another great one that has front and rear kits that replace the whole front crossmember but his stuff is definitely geared at AutoX/open track and getting as low as possible. Stay away from POL (Performance OnLine or whatever it is), I've heard and seen nothing but horror stories from them from customer service issues to broken parts.

Another you could look at would be Aldan American. They don't do full boogie stuff for squares yet but I've seen a couple guys on social media that were happy with their setups for a basic street truck.

 

[spankbank850]

Hey Aitch, I asked a similar queation a while back.
I have just fitted the complete QA1 front crossmember kit complete with their control arms and double adjustable coil overs and includes a rack and pinion conversion as well. And their sway bar kit it’s not cheap but the quality is there. They say to do it with the front clip off and engine out . I did it with everything still on and in the car except for the inner fenders. The kit is good quality instructions are average and their support is mediocre . If you are really handy it shouldn’t be too hard for you. I struggled a bit cause I’m old and dumb. Have only just started dialing in the shocks but so far the steering is good and everything works well. You can feel the difference off the nose of the truck with all that heavy factory suspension and cross member removed . I think it saves about 150 pounds which is significant .
I did have to take off my Doug’s headers and fit Hookers and the steering knuckles they say to use Borgeson and I found out the hard way that they are well worth the extra cost.
so far I’m really happy with how it turned out couple of photos attached.
Good Luck

Hey boss, recently put this exact kit on a truck and have been fighting for months with the headers/steering shaft. Could you post a few more pics of the steering shaft setup please?