I was just wondering what are the advantage to doing this and how hard of a conversion is this???

 

try pirate4x4.com

this sight is more for budget boost and heater problems... very little info on anything more than that

 

Interesting. You might get flamed on pirate if you dont know what you are talking about. And this SITE has more to offer than that. We just tend to stick to technical problems rather than build and custom fabrication problems.

 

Clayton sells the rear link set up. The advantages tho.... I'm not sure. I'm getting ready to due a front leaf conversion with 1 tons tho. It's just preference. Theres likes and dislikes to both. Most would say more flex with coils on all fours, some would say predictability with leaves all around. I've seen arm LCA mounts break off the axle and I've seen leaves snap in two on the trail.

 

leaf spring has much less moving parts and is way simpler to setup, but on the other hand coil usually has a better ride. But coil needs control arms as well so it really is a preference thing.

 

pros:better ride, and when set up right it will be more stable
cons:expensive

 

And if something bends or breaks, it's gonna be expensive to replace. Leafs.....the junkyard is full of them

 

more rear flex... If you're really trying to set up a serious rig then you'll know why you need it... If you have good travel in the front, the rear doesn't really need to travel excessively .... Check out some of the serious builds on NAXJA; it becomes apparent what the advantages are

 

There no better way. Properly stacked leafs and positioned shackles can outflex coils. It's what the driver wants and how they want thier ride.

 

maybe, but flex isnt everything.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http:...?v=oI5kqtPtBq8

 

Check out some of the full leaves onboth ends of the rigs on Pirate. This can go on forever and ever

 

so shackles and rear leaf springs will net the same amount of flex???

 

that is sick!!! all popping noise does not sound good tho

 

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