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Old 08-08-2007, 08:01 PM
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Top Gun Customz?

Has anyone herd of Top Gun Customz? If so has anyone tried there 8 inch long arm suspension system? If so is it a good system? Pavement pounder system or what? They sell it for just $1869.00 that is pretty cheap for that type of system.
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i bought i couple little things from them and everything went fine. seems like a pretty good company to deal with. just check restocking fees before you order anything expensive
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I have gotten a lift for my jeep and a couple of sets of tires from them without any problems at all. everything was perfect.
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Its pieced together using some rockkrawler parts. I have no idea whose front springs they use, which could determine the ride quality. The long arms alone will make the ride much better than any lift out there using stock mounting locations or 1 stock location and 1 long arm per side. The back uses an add a leaf for 2" lift, a 4" block, and will ride very poor. And for me using just a 4" block created lots of axle wrap< which with more money, traction bars will fix However, the added stiffness of the addaleaf might reduce that some as it reduces the ride quality. For a better ride, you would want to use a 4" spring and 2" block(IMO)< but that adds to the cost< of course, you could get Deaver to make you some awesome springs . Next problem is driveline vibration which at 8", you'll probably get some. Either some kind of aftermarket driveshaft, index the transfer case, or free spinning hubs< all adding to the price of your kit. Then if you want some good fox, king, or bilstein shocks< adds to the price of the kit. And if you have a long bed or mega, add some more bucks for a carrier bearing drop kit.

The good new is, this kit should work well off road. The blocks aren't as big a problem because they use dual center pins(I think)< maybe I should go look at mine so I know what the heck I got . The front arms have swivel links and will flex wonderfully(after you permanently cut the lower stock control arm mounts off). The back won't flex as well, but the front control arms should make up for it.

I'm probably gonna be putting the exact same control arms and track bar used in their kit on my truck in the near future when my Toyo's & 20X10's go on and I go up to about 9"s. I will be getting those parts from TopGun, but have not purchased from them before.

Hope this helps. Let me know if I didn't confuse you enough.

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I have bought things from them about five times and everything ahs gone fine I suggest them. Im not sure about that lift though but they are a reliable company in my opinion.
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good guys to deal with if you talk to the owner. Had a big screw up and the guy on the phone told me to bad then the owner called me back like 5 mins later and made it good and expained it to me and I took his deal
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I have heard really good things about them and i have personally purchased 3 leveling kits from them. One for a 2001 diesel, black 07 diesel and the one that i had on my truck now before i bought lift springs. Great service and really fast service.
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Rock Krawler Kit

I purchased a 8" rock krawler long arm kit from Top Gun. They were a good company to deal with. I would suggest spending the extra money and getting rk's kit which comes with coil overs in place of top gunz coils. The kit rides great. I have not had any front driveline vibration and made a custom carrier bearing drop. I also made some custom front shock mounts to run fox remotes and fox steering stabilizer, a wise choice. I know that TG's kit is the rock krawler kit minus the coilovers. This kit does require some fabrication and welding skills. (not something a weekend warrior would be able to tackle)


2007 Mega 3500 8" Rock Krawler long arm/ fox remotes/ 38" Mickey MTZ's on 20x10 Helo Maxx 8, Diablo Sport/ RBP exaust/ etc, etc,
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Has anyone ever tried their dual shock kits for 3 generation trucks?
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Originally Posted by Truck6jason
I purchased a 8" rock krawler long arm kit from Top Gun. They were a good company to deal with. I would suggest spending the extra money and getting rk's kit which comes with coil overs in place of top gunz coils. The kit rides great. I have not had any front driveline vibration and made a custom carrier bearing drop. I also made some custom front shock mounts to run fox remotes and fox steering stabilizer, a wise choice. I know that TG's kit is the rock krawler kit minus the coilovers. This kit does require some fabrication and welding skills. (not something a weekend warrior would be able to tackle)


2007 Mega 3500 8" Rock Krawler long arm/ fox remotes/ 38" Mickey MTZ's on 20x10 Helo Maxx 8, Diablo Sport/ RBP exaust/ etc, etc,
Any pics of your set up?
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Hey Truck6Jason, how do you like that kit? does it ride pretty decently?
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I was looking at their site and found this leveling kit:

http://www.marketworks.com/storefron...103&i=90226576

According to that, its a leveling kit that only costs $87 !!

Does this really works? Anyone using this kit?

I am thinking about a leveling kit since I am running 305 tires and don't plan to go higher, and I don't want to spend $500 for a kit like kore or lorenz.

Will I have problems using a kit like that?
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I have them on mine and they work quite well, just a little bit of rubbing on the trailing arms when turned more than 90% with 37's. I did have to use spring compressors to get the coils back in though.
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i have dealed with some of there products and wasnt too impressed with the craftmanship. personially
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