Try BDS. I bought the long arm upgrade, but you can buy just the crossmember kit. Also I do not have a picture, but they have a transfer case skid that bolts to the crossmember too.
Have you looked into the TNT belly skid to start off of?
Not only that, but isn't it quite expensive for just the crossmember?TNT is not a true 4-link.Have you looked into the TNT belly skid to start off of?
Sweet ideas here! I like the BDS idea, pending price on the cross member, even still I think it's an excellent starting point to know the arms are in the correct positions!
Just checked BDS's site, $311 and some change, so plus tax etc you were pretty on the nose.Not cheap. I think it is about $350 with hardware. BDS will have you go through a local distributor to buy. You will have to call them to get a hold of pricing.
With a set up like that, what's the geometry on the arms? I mean, how do you figure where to mount the uppers in relation to the lowers? Obviously a 4 link really wouldn't work well if the arms are all on the same plane etc. Is it just a guestimation?
For the BDS one...it's a nice stout piece, but I don't see any advantage in having 4 long arms plus the panhard still (that's best described as an 'almost parallel 4-link with panhard' so it's not really a true 4-link anyway). Many of us on here are running some variation of the 3-link and it works really well. Having any triangulation at all in a 4-link with panhard is creating bind where there shouldn't be any.