anyone used Trail Tough Bonz-Eye springs?

[brendan_h]

first off is there any Aus distributors of these springs?

i am SPOA and have a front bar with a winch on it. so the front springs are now inverted (bending the wrong way) i just added an extra leaf from a stock spring pack (bottom leaf) and it still hasnt fixed it. so i need some heavy duty front springs. i was looking at the bonz eye springs because there made from a SPOA and look a bit more heavy duty.

i know i need to extend my bump stops to stop the springs inverting but if i extend them with the springs i got now i will be riding on bump stops. will you lose any flex extending them?

also i was thinking of doing RUF with the bonz eyes springs if there any good, to get soome more flex but i will be redrilling the springs mounts. i was lookin on lowrangeoffroad and see a missing link kit. says its basicly a bolt on RUF?

Front Missing Link Kits / RUF Swap Parts
This anti-kickback missing links allow for the use of longer springs. Most common is the Rears Up Front or RUF were you take your rear spring and move them to the front of your Samurai. The rear spring is longer and this dramatically increasing articulation and ride quality. All parts are simple bolt on and requires the use of an aftermarket shackle set. Comes with mounting hardware. Made by Trail-Tough


so anyone with a SPOA and have similar problems how did you fix it?


thanks

[joeblow]

add an aftermarket extra leaf, not a standard one.

[brendan_h]

any more details on that? what about doing a RUF with added springs??

[zook4fun]

do a ruf with out taking the load spring out or i would just be getting some ome springs.

[brendan_h]

stock rear zook springs are half as soft a the ffronts. so i need a heavy duty standard type springs the bonz eyes are probably going to be what i need but i want other peoples opintion.

OME springs ae lifted

[joeblow]

and bonz-eyes aren't lifted?

[brendan_h]

think the bonz eyes are lifted.

i just need some recomendatons

i was thinking about doing a RUF with the heavy duty OME rear springs and may even add an extra leaf in?

[Gwagensteve]

Stock OME Rears will provide about 4" of lift when used in the front. If you pull springs to flatten them you'll be back where you started.

Joe's recommendation of stock Suzuki with an added leaf will be the only real solution unless you have a "lifted" pack de arched, or try the Bonz-eye.

Steve.

[brendan_h]

will adding a heay duty leaf into a set of stock rear springs to use as a RUF work?

[NIK]

Do you have a set of stock rear springs to try ruf?
Do that and see how you like it, I did mine with stock rears with over load leaves removed and added the bottom leaf from a front pack. This set up works great for me I have an extra leaf in driver side to support my weight .
You may need an extra leaf to support the winch.
The benifit of the bonz springs is they have a reverse eye so you would still have an arched spring to keep handeling etc but it would sit lower than a ome one.
Nik

[brendan_h]

no i havent tryed a set of rear springs yet. anyone got some rear springs they want to get ride of?

so what your saying is use the standard rear spring sup front. add a leaf from the front pack and put in say an OME heavy duty leaf?
or would it be easyer to get rear bonz eyes springs and add leafs to them if need be?

quick question if i do ruf by redrilling the spring mount will i need extended shackles to take up the extra lengh?

[just cruizin']

no i havent tryed a set of rear springs yet. anyone got some rear springs they want to get ride of?

so what your saying is use the standard rear spring sup front. add a leaf from the front pack and put in say an OME heavy duty leaf?
Just get the lighter duty, heavy duty are too hard and won't flex as well
or would it be easyer to get rear bonz eyes springs and add leafs to them if need be?

quick question if i do ruf by redrilling the spring mount will i need extended shackles to take up the extra lengh?
Yes, you will still need longer shackles

[brendan_h]

no i havent tryed a set of rear springs yet. anyone got some rear springs they want to get ride of?

so what your saying is use the standard rear spring sup front. add a leaf from the front pack and put in say an OME heavy duty leaf?
Just get the lighter duty, heavy duty are too hard and won't flex as well
or would it be easyer to get rear bonz eyes springs and add leafs to them if need be?

quick question if i do ruf by redrilling the spring mount will i need extended shackles to take up the extra lengh?
Yes, you will still need longer shackles

wil shackles 1inch longer do?


Just get the lighter duty, heavy duty are too hard and won't flex as well


i was thinking because of the extra weight over the front it would equal it out?

[mud4b]

also i was thinking of doing RUF

as said, if your doing this (above quoted) use sierra std or lifted (minus a few leafs) rear springs... or (sorry some of you) hilux springs, your modding it anyway so why not, usd is almost equal to aus dollars but why buy springs from there when you don't have to wait or mess around.. outers or wreckers or your mates back yard.. quicker, doable , cheaper and better...

cheers mark

[alien]

See link to "The UFO" below for SPOA on lux leaves... being wider and a little thicker than zuk leaves they are holding their arch so far in mine, even though i run them nearly dead flat (only 3 leaves in the pack) - plus the flex theyre providing is insane!