I am just wondering if all that rust had anything to do with the stock brackets bending. I am with Erik on this one, I ran a Pro-Crap II for a couple of years and never bent the stock brackets. I was not easy on it and I only had to repair one of the kit brackets and replace the kicker tubes once. I sold it to Erik and he ran it for a few years then when he did his SAS he sold it to another guy for more then I sold it to him for.

David Fritzsche
1990 Ex-Cab V-6,5-speed, with a few mods
04.5 CTD Dodge 2500 Ram--Tow Rig
Roseville, CA

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