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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 10:32 PM
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Do a google search for a company called One Up Off-road. They build a traction bar combined with a lift block, to your specs. I have installed a couple of these sets, and they are very nice.

Edit: I have installed Cal-Tracs on a lifted truck that was boosted and made big torque. It did not work. They kept loading & unloading, made the truck bunny hop. The One Up Off-road bars were installed next, and fixed the problem. That was my first experience with them, and have used them since on lifted trucks.
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 10:56 PM
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Nice looking bars but i didnt see anything about 99-07 1500 gm anything and for $1200 they better work... Lol
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Old Jan 8, 2016 | 12:00 AM
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As a quick test (possible fix), clamp the front part of the leaf pack. It'll stiffen the front section which is typically the part that wraps up.

It eliminated wheel hop (which is cause by the axle wrapping up and then unwrapping violently) by clamping my overload leaf to the rest of the pack in front of the rearend and at the time I was hitting it pretty hard..........mid 1.5 60 foots at 4550 lbs.
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Old Jan 8, 2016 | 05:40 AM
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Caltrac design isnt close to ideal on a lifted truck

Clamping front wont help all that much...lifted trucks just have so much leverage and mass fighting

This is why when you see a big badass torque monster thwy are using a ladder style long bar

Ive saw small tubing long bars bow badly
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Old Jan 8, 2016 | 08:08 AM
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On my lifted truck I think I had procomp bars that were beefy as hell,

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Wrong part number but this is what they looked like,
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Old Jan 8, 2016 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Atomic
On my lifted truck I think I had procomp bars that were beefy as hell,



Wrong part number but this is what they looked like,
I want a set of those or the fabtechs..... Considering the rest of my suspension is fabtech.....
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Old Jan 8, 2016 | 06:33 PM
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Like blown06 said clamping the springs is the easiest and quickest fix. I know diesel guys do it front and rear on the helper when pulling
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Old Jan 9, 2016 | 08:30 AM
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Found a company that sells long bars 07-15 1500s called alligator performance

379 shipped
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Old Jan 10, 2016 | 12:31 AM
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subscribing.......i was goign to bild a set of my own. the pro comps are around 700 once you get the bars and mounting hardware. Was goign to use 1.5" tubing and at a mininmum of .120" wall, .250 if someone makes it. Pretty much the hole reason im not going above 7lbs right now
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Old Jan 10, 2016 | 07:47 AM
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I built long bars years ago, they've worked great.
https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...e-wrap-477567/

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