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Post by the man who can »

has anyone used coily control arms in the standard spring mounts on a leafy to legenthen/coil convert the rear of their suzi
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Post by sierrajim »

Aren't coily arms quite short and light duty?

The coil hats would make for a tidy job, i think they're a wider chassis on the rear??? allowing the hats to be inboard of the chassis?
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Post by 11_evl »

id love to get my hands on 2 of those, would make my job rite now so much easier
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Post by ofr57 »

sierrajim wrote:Aren't coily arms quite short and light duty?

The coil hats would make for a tidy job, i think they're a wider chassis on the rear??? allowing the hats to be inboard of the chassis?
thats what I've heard too .. standard ones are weak
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Post by Gwagensteve »

No it wouldn't. They're short, weak, and the bushings can only be replaced with urethane that makes the bushing bind inherent in radius arms even worse.

LOTS of people have bent these arms, especially with higher lifts.

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Post by 11_evl »

when i say two of those i ment to say the top coil hats that mt to the chassic
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Post by Gwagensteve »

I think Vitara or Jimny would be better than coil sierra.

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Post by sierrajim »

Or even Lada. Long light duty springs that are reasonably compact in diameter.
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Post by r0ck_m0nkey »

Gwagensteve wrote:the bushings can only be replaced with urethane
That's hardly a problem, the bushes easily outlast the arms. I found it's cheaper to buy second hand arms from the wreckers with decent bushes then it is to buy nolathane replacements anyway.
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Post by Gwagensteve »

Really? I've seen some pretty smashed up bushes, admittedly in the rear, but still, they do go AFAIK.

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Post by r0ck_m0nkey »

Gwagensteve wrote:Really? I've seen some pretty smashed up bushes, admittedly in the rear, but still, they do go AFAIK.
Maybe i just break arms before they get that worn out. :lol:
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Post by joeblow »

Gwagensteve wrote:I think Vitara or Jimny would be better than coil sierra.

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jimny arms and coily are the same. the reason vits don't bend rear arms is beacause they are too short.
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Post by PAZZ »

yeah the coily arms are sh*t, i twisted akk mine an snaped one when i had a coily....
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Post by Gwagensteve »

joeblow wrote:
Gwagensteve wrote:I think Vitara or Jimny would be better than coil sierra.

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I was referring to coil buckets after 11_evl clarified thats what he was asking about.

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Post by the man who can »

what about the snake racing drop forged arms has anyone been able to break those ?
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Post by bazooked »

why dont u just make some???
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Post by bigzook1 »

make them. its really easy and they are really strong. i made mine 1 meter long out of 1 inch shed 160 steam pipe. a rubber bush one end and a rod end on the other end. the pipe measures 33.4 od 20.7 id and 6.36 wall. thew will never twist or bend
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