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Originally Posted by ibismojo  Has anyone considered looking at what the Baja Racers are doing? I'm sure there are somethings that could be used if not at least helpful in finding performance suspension upgrades for the Lightning.
I would bet that if someone was willing to do draw up a suspension design (ie camber gain, caster, kingplin inclination, ackerman, bump steer, tire scrub etc...), most high end offroad race shop would be more than willing to fabricate it for less than 10k. Of course you could ask the offroad guys to design the geometry but they might not be familiar or be bothered with certain suspension geometry properties with the smooth paved surfaces the Lightning would see (not to say that given the time to research, I don't doubt they'll figure it out).
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Performance suspension upgrades for the Lightning are only a phonecall away and available now. We offer the tubular upper control arms for stock ride height vehicles (and belltech drop spindle trucks) and lowered trucks as well. Our uppers give you more available caster by relocating the balljoint 3/4 of an inch and for the lowered vehicles we lengthen the arms 3/4 to gain back the camber lost from the drop. The balljoint angle with our arms for the dropped trucks is also changed to achieve a better, if not perfect angle.
We also offer tubular lower arms and a power steering rack and pinion setup as well. All of our UCA and LCA bushings are nylon for durability and responsiveness.
Our products may not be as technologically advanced as an off road vehicles fabricated suspension but we do use the absolute best parts and the quality is top notch along with being affordable and built for daily driven trucks as well as for all out race trucks that want to shave nearly 100lbs from the front end.
As far as the rear is concerned, we will be working on something here soon and will make an announcement concerning our venture.
JJ@WMS