I still cant decide on what to do with my rear lift. I was wondering what everyone would recommend just swap out to leaf springs or keep the coils. I plan to either do long travel ifs or straight axel in the future so keep that in mind.
Thanks

 

how much experience do you have? do you have the skills to pull of an SAS or Long travel IFS? depending on that, i'd say just swap in some 901 OME coils or LC coils...

 

I really like my LC coils they flex awesome. Right now they are allowing to much travel, the drive shaft is hitting the gas tank even with the panhard drop bracket. Im gonna make some limit straps to solve that issue. I would say if you plan on staying in the 3-4 lift range keep the coils. Any higher and you would have to lengthen the links.

 

Leaf spring conversion is a lot of work for not much benefit IMHO. Even if you redo the links (lengthen, go to a more flexible joint, etc), it's MUCH easier work and will show the benefit.

 

X2 as to what Troy said. We got rid of my LC coils hoping that would solve my "unloading problem" when going downhill, to prevent another roll since my LC coils were uber sexy flexy, but the weight of a 2nd gen can make it easy to Roll....

The Leafs didn't really help as much as we had hoped... It was getting rid of the 2nd Gen Body that really helped... *just sayin'*

 

I chose to remove the springs front and rear on my "83" Yota. Went with a 3 link front suspension and a 4 link rear with Fox shocks. For some reason it is not letting me post up any pics. Will try to get some pictures up later

 

Depends on what kind of wheeling you plan on doing. Don't waste your money on an ifs anything unless you plan on doing Baja 500s lol. Ifs is good....SAS is better. If you plan on wheeling your runner a lot. Stick with the coils. I had a 4" pro comp in the rear and they worked great. It's now a triangulated 4 link extended 4.5". Works awesome. Not cheap, but AWESOME. I'll post some pics when I get home.

 

Converting to leafs is a ton of work to remove all the coil brackets on the axle and frame. Shock relocation, welding in new hangers and mounts, and welding on new spring perches are the highlights.

I prefer leaf springs myself, cheap to replace, reliable and proven, and easier to setup to flex well without the unloading of coils.

 

I don't have a runner but if I did I would set it up like this, I was with him at rausch creek where this pic was taken and that thing could flex!

 

Here are a few pictures of my choice

 

I agree, was there too. Scary even, although the truck was "stable" it flexed so much, I swear he was gonna roll. But that driveshaft made one heck of a racket.

 

Here are some images of my runner....it doesn't look like this anymore as I'm finishing up the rear chop

I like coils springs... Leafs are reliable, but ive gone through 2 pairs of springs already and my coil springs are still fine..... anyway





If you compare the rock to the hood, that's how tall that rock is...

 

Hey 4x4runr i kno this is old but what kind of coils did you have in those pictures? Im looking at linking the rear of my 94 pickup but i have no clue what kind of coil springs i could use to get good flex and still match the ride height of tha front which i recently did a 4'' sas on. Thanks if you can help

 

If your goin to long travel in the front id do coils rear.

If your goin to SAS it with leaf springs, then do leaf springs in the rear.
Old school front and back, or high tech front and back. Don't mix it up. If you do you'll always have either the front or the rear flexing (working) harder then the other axle.

 

I plan on doing Leafs front & rear on my 4Runner, but putting sway bars on as well to reduce body roll. should be perfect if i can get the geometry perfect.

 

Thats some awesome flex