Flexing Standard Springs

[greg]

First a correction, Greg said:
"look at Peter's SPOA - it has very minimal flex to avoid breaking other things"
The reason it has minimal flex is, it is stock other than SPOA, it is engineered with a 1.6L, 33" tyres and the spring over, and as I am planing to put a 2.0 l engine in, and get it aproved by the engineer I am not playing with the suspension yet.
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mine has just a U bolt thickness below the axle tube, and before it had the spring pack, fish plates, U bolts, and nuts hanging down there, just waiting to snag me on a rock or slow me down trying to push it all through the mud.

sorry pete, i thought it was a "completed" setup...

as for solving the stuff hanging down below your axel tubing - that could be fairly simple - if you save 1" or clearance by going SPOA, just increase your tyre size by 2", that will equal the amount of clearance under the U bolts etc

[greg]

OK .. I am a SPOA fan ..

Greg has already noticed alot of settling with his sporngs after just a few months of mostly weekend only stuff (pretty hardcore but still very limited kilometer wise)

Having owned and gone 4 wheeling as pilot of a Zuk thats been suspended many differnt ways on diffrent brand springs ... I had shitte loads of fun with all the setups ... guess thats what really matters ...

Correct on both accounts Guy (which is scarey ), my springs are getting killed pretty quickly but i too am having a lot of fun - and indeed - that is what matters.