ball joint flip on 15's

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ball joint flip on 15's
pimpz26 avatar
pimpz26
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I have a buddy that wants to know if you can flip the ball joints with 15" Fronteir wheels? Can it be done, or will there be clearence issues?
crazymikey avatar
crazymikey
+1y
It'll work, but flipping ball joints sucks. Throws off your alignment, gives you massive negative camber, puts lots of extra stress on the balljoints and rides like a bag of crap.
oldschool87 avatar
oldschool87
+1y
i am a front end alignment tech and i can tell you that if you do flip your ball joints it will give you so much neg camber you wont be able to fix it def reccomend not doing that dude, rob
crazymikey avatar
crazymikey
+1y
when I flipped my bj's I had so much neg camber I chewed through a set of tires in 200 miles.
pimpz26 avatar
pimpz26
+1y
You get alot of negative camber when you flip both (top and bottom) ball joints? In a nut shell, ball joints can be flipped with 15" wheels?
oldschool87 avatar
oldschool87
+1y
not sure if itll clear with 15"s but you should be able to flip both bj's but you wont really gain anything but negative camber. why is he wanting to flip them for??
pimpz26 avatar
pimpz26
+1y
He ants to flip them because the torsion arm bolts are rusted solid, and he wants the truck to ride level. Front is higher then the rear, which is monoleafed and 3" blocks.
elbine69 avatar
elbine69
+1y
If you want to flip the ball joints, only flip the lower. Flipping the top does nothing. Itll only gain you about an inch and you will need to get an alignment after doing so.