before i had my alter-k i would read and follow all the threads i could find on tube front ends. the entire time i never heard one bad thing about the alter-k. everyone had nothing but good things to say about the installation, the function and the customer service.
at the time i did see quite a few bad posts about the magnumforce set up. guys complained about it not fitting properly, the geometry being off and it not driving right and early on bad welds. haven't really heard about bad welds in a while now. i have a friend that went through three magnumforce k-frames before he got one to fit properly. again that was a while ago so i don't know if that part has gotten any better over the years. the other thing is the magnum force uses the stock shock towers to suppoer the entire weight of the car. thats no good. they were never meant to do so. the frame rails tend to twist with use. i know a guy with a cuda that has had that problem. the fender to hood gaps have opened up over use because of using the shock towers to support all the weight. they do now sell a brace that runs from the fire wall to the frame rails to stifen things up but thats pretty much a band aid for it in my opinion. i see that magnum force is now using a modified mustang spindle now so i'm sure that helps in the geometry dept over the earlier ones.
after reading all those posts i decided that i wanted the alter-k. i ended up meeting bill at RMS for the first time at the mopar nats in 2001 i think it was?. i asked him a few questions and he explained how everything worked, showed me on his lap top right there why it works so well. we talked for quite a while. he didn't know me, didn't know if i would ever buy a system and he still spent all that time explaining it all to me. took me a few years but i finally got mine. put it in the car just before carlisle in 2006. its been awesome. practically fell into the car it was so easy to install. i couldn't be happier with it. when he says its a true in he means a true bolt in.
there are a lot of street driven alter-k equipped cars out there. and a tone of track cars with the alter-k in them and i still haven't seen anyone have a bad thing to say about the system. i like real world feedback from people that actually use a product. when i see something i want i will follow any posts i can find on the product, it hasn't failed me yet.. :)
give them a call Phone - 570-443-7440 . bill will answer any questions you may have.
