question for you front leaf guys

[bobbywalter]

thank you very much for the pics man. it doesnt make sense to me about the spring problems..... how much different in weight could the toyota be? our wrangler springs came from a inline 6 jeep, and i would think the front end of a 4.0 ranger couldnt be much more than the jeep could it? we could always put add a leafs in there. i know they stiffened the heck out of the back on my ranger

well. it all depends on wt distribution...


b2/sploder reg cabs do real real well.

the ext cabs are a different deal altogether.

in my case i keep stacking up weight...like my cage assembly and bed will add another 450-500 pounds...it will put my truck at 6 k trail ready..the diesel added 250 pounds over my 302 but thats fine by me as the trade in fuel consumption more then makes up for it.


cheap thrill b2 did a leaf swap from coil shortly after i did my personal rig. i had went thru sploder leafs and various combos already some that i used on jeeps in a few cases and s10's with no issues so i was surprised i was having problems...but some of it was the d60 itself over the d44s and the positioning chosen to optimize caster with out cut and turn.

all in all waggy springs tuned to your taste work great in wranger soa and ranger/s10...

you would think 2wd f150 springs would hold me up great too...but they sqaush flat too...


you ust need to play around with a pile of stuff and get what you want....its a pia but its great for experience...

 

[slammer67]

I had forgot about this thread - TRS doesn't automatically subscribe you to threads you post in.

The 4cyl toyota is alot lighter than my ranger super. I had added a mid-sized leaf, but the springs still went negative with weight on, but for now the lift is perfect for my 33's. When I get some 35's, I'm going to add a full sized leaf from a toyota rear pack (more arch) and that should put me where I want to be.

I was originally going to go with wrangler leafs at first, but from reading all the leaf SAS threads, I knew that the wrangler leafs stock weren't gonna be enough and I was planning on adding at least one leaf to the wrangler spring pack.

The only real reason I went with the toy springs, is cause I had them in the garage already.

 

[sluginxlt]

well change of plans..... my brother traded his ranger for a f150. so now the d30 is goin under my truck. no crumple zone on the 90 so thats not an issue, but do you think the stock wrangler springs will do fine on my single cab 4cyl?

 

[bobbywalter]

probably pretty good.