=========philofab wrote:Any truck that runs and drives will go through the whoops better than one that you have to push...
I'm not sure why everyone hates leaves so much... they can work 80% as well as a link setup.
I don't hate them. I just think they are like carb engines, stick shifts, &
emulsion shocks. They had their time and are now just old stuff to be replaced by up to date stuff.
My experience with all the extra travel results is fast fatigue. Every year when I had leafs they had to be either re arched or replaced due to broken leafs. This all comes about from using the Bronco like it was designed in the whoops and washboard roads of Baja. With long travel leafs if you don't use them for the use you designed for they will last a long time.
With coils you will have adjustment for ride height and significantly less breakage or none at all. The improvement is spectaular, so I do not agree that that leafs are 80% as good as coils.
Got long travel leafs just jack the thing up from the frame and see if the thing will droop allthe way or do you have to stand on it to get full droop? Lots of friction on the leaf packs. That is the reason with leafs no sway bar is needed.
These comments apply equally to the trail/rock rigs. When was the last time youi saw a competitive rock rig with leafs? Same comment about racers with no restictions. Coils rule. The price to play with good stuff is substantal and lots of fun. All 3 of my off road rigs are now coils.
Paul