Long stiffening kits Options

[ahdoman]

Does any body make a stiffening kit that can be welded to the outside of the long?

[Grelber]

Here's a pic of my passenger side with the Brad Mayeur long kit welded in, and painted, etc. We put the new jack posts on as well. I also put in the Rich Johnson rear console stiffening kit as well (way overkill, but hope one day to have some serious horsepower).

[Cire]

Here's a pic of my passenger side with the Brad Mayeur long kit welded in, and painted, etc. We put the new jack posts on as well. I also put in the Rich Johnson rear console stiffening kit as well (way overkill, but hope one day to have some serious horsepower).

Looks great. Did you do the work yourself? Do you happen to have more pictures? How much was the Brad Mayeur long kit? How long did it take you to get it welded in? If you had to do over would you stay with the style you selected or would you go to the internal long stiffeners? I had 30 more questions but I will slow down a bit. = )

Thanks again for the great info. = )

Eric

[Justinp71]

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Looks great. Did you do the work yourself? Do you happen to have more pictures? How much was the Brad Mayeur long kit? How long did it take you to get it welded in? If you had to do over would you stay with the style you selected or would you go to the internal long stiffeners? I had 30 more questions but I will slow down a bit. = )

Thanks again for the great info. = )

Eric
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I just installed this kit a few months back. The kit was about $320, I think including shipping. It took a few days to weld it in, the hardest part for me was making sure my door gaps where lined up before welding. They say you can do the whole thing in two weekends.

The brad kit is about 30 pounds and the engman kit was 18 pounds, I think it was definetly worth the extra 12 pounds to install brads kit since it ties the rear trailing arms directly into the chassis.

I think the main thing with the brad meyeur kit is that its more work to install...