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Old 05-27-2011, 05:00 PM
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anybody using coils from a totally different vehicle using a custom mount? bout to go to the junk yards and find some and fab up a mount to use them. or tab which ever seems to put them to use

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lets be honest 98% of us on here drive our yota's as daily drivers....my point is that the zuk mod allows most "average joes" like us a chance at having a decent fix for cheap, we certainly wouldnt be putting coils on a straight axle yota with 40s, its all subjective obviously but to who ever thought of the zuk mod I thank you ten times over, btw my flex is fine thankyou
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Originally Posted by yotarover
anybody using coils from a totally different vehicle using a custom mount? bout to go to the junk yards and find some and fab up a mount to use them. or tab which ever seems to put them to use
im using 98 4runner rear coil springs. no mods to mounts
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im also running 98 springs....easy as pie
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Originally Posted by yotarover
anybody using coils from a totally different vehicle using a custom mount? bout to go to the junk yards and find some and fab up a mount to use them. or tab which ever seems to put them to use
Most of the mods I've seen use random aftermarket or junkyard springs, just get the right diameter. Search the forums, there's tons of threads. As for who thought it up...that would be ZUK

ATX...why not just get heavier duty coil springs? Far be it from me to tell you what to do to your truck...but man, all new leaf packs?? Seems like a waste. You could buy all new shocks and new coils for the same price as 2 leaf packs...with better results imo.
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Originally Posted by red87runnerATX
Are you talking to the OP or me? I'm basically going on a 30,000 mile road trip where parts can be difficult to source...a lot of that will be on washboard roads. I'm starting to get paranoid, thinking my 24 year old springs might not make the entire trip. HIGHONPOTTERY had a good point. It's kind of a gamble for me...I was thinking maybe do the OME light duty rear springs, then add ZUK coils in between to support the extra gear's weight. The more I research, I hear the Heavy kit can be way too stiff, even loaded down
I would get the medium duty. If you find they sag under weight after they've broken in, you can add something like longer shackles or even airbags. Heck, airbags can be added in place of ZUK coil springs, they do the same thing. It takes around 800-1000# for me to notice a drop in the rear of my truck but I have stock shackles and no rake when empty. If I were to haul all the time I'd put airbags on the truck and be done. That's what we always used to do to my dads work trucks loaded down with a canopy, lumber rack, bed box, varying loads of tools and materials.
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