coils or leaves

Post by **bazooked** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 10:55 pm

hey guys got a big dilemma should i go spring over or go the coils ,a arm rear, 3link front?...lookin for a street reliable rig with hard core driving in mind for winter etc any ideas appreciated :drinking:

Post by **camskizook** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 11:42 pm

Leaves are a lot simpler to work with IMHO......

Post by **Damo** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 6:46 am

What sort of terrain do you guys have in WA? I think the best setup depends what you're going to do with it.

As Cam said the leaves are simpler.

What are you starting with?

Post by **bazooked** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 9:10 pm

there is alot of good stuff down south from us about couple hours away,including lots of mud steep hill climbs creeks etc...
at the moment i am spring under with extended shackles runnin 31 tyres which hit all over at full stuff.got my 12" coils from the states at bout xmas time.i think it really depends wat the coppers let me do. i am keen on the coil set up but spoa is a hell of a lot easier to do.. :roll:

Post by **N*A*M** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 9:44 pm

you could do a combination of spoa front and coil rear
you could make it quite flexy yet still pretty low and stable that way
you wouldn't need much lift up front as you dont need to make space for links
the rear would be roomy enough for long horizontal links

just a suggestion

Post by **bazooked** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 11:42 am

well nam that sounds like a good idea..that way ive got a spare pair of coils for the rear 8)

Post by **GODZUKI** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 9:52 am

I have done a coil front - coil over rear.

Coils are heaps more comfortable than leaves, and under real hard terrain you wont bend them. If you do a SPOA make sure you run some sort of 'anti-wrap' bar. As with alot of torque you will turn your leaves into an 'S' shape.

At the last winch challenge there was a rough creek bed run - my coiled zook faired quite well, but a similar zook on leaves finished the stage sitting on its bump stops!!

But yes like everyone has siad it is a @%$^ load of work to get it to work right. (not that mine is)

Post by **cbr** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 6:14 pm

bazooked wrote:well nam that sounds like a good idea..that way ive got a spare pair of coils for the rear 8)

Bazooked, You think you will get this passed the cops???

Chris.

Post by **bazooked** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 9:50 pm

well i dont wanna start a long winded debate about shocks i will keep it brief. there is a fella over here who i belive is the only guy in oz that knows what he is talkin bout wen it comes to suspension. ive known him for a bit over 10 years.basically he can rebuild any shock to wat eva rate u requirebump and rebound,slot car or trail blazer ive had many heated debates about this so all i can say is the proof is in the puddin.so basically wat eva i do to my car it will pass any swerve test the coppers try to pass
:fist:

so if any off ya perth boys wanna find out more look me up
cheers graeme.

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