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Different Suspension?
« on: Apr 18, 2006, 10:20:11 PM »
would a different type of suspension make my truck have more flex (i have an 82 toytoa pickup longbed) just curious thanks

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Re: Different Suspension?
« Reply #1 on: Apr 18, 2006, 10:31:20 PM »
Well that depends on what suspension you currently have. If your truck still sports the stock suspension, then by all means YES. Just try to avoid the "Catalog" companies, such as Downey, Northwest, Rancho, Trailmaster, Blackdiamond, etc.. I know that in the past those companies' springs were only great for the streets, but were very stiff and could not flex to save their lives.

If you are going to spend some bucks, you might as well do it right the first time. Get some springs from Marlin Crawler or All Pro. :thumbs:

Also, there are plenty of Junkyard Warriors here who have combined readily available junkyard spring backs to yield some pretty incredible results from used cheap springs. Do some searching for Hybrid spring packs and then start asking some questions about if it you are curious.

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Re: Different Suspension?
« Reply #2 on: Apr 19, 2006, 02:37:28 AM »
Hey mike you feeling all right? ???
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Re: Different Suspension?
« Reply #3 on: Apr 19, 2006, 08:46:10 PM »
what kind of question is that?   

Thats like saying is the world round?
Is the sky blue?
Is a Toyota the best manufactured pickup truck around?

Depends on how you set things up, springs, coils..coilovers. They're all good if setup properly.

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Re: Different Suspension?
« Reply #4 on: Apr 19, 2006, 11:01:05 PM »
i got a 4 inch pro comp lift suspension lift pretty stiff what should i do?

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Re: Different Suspension?
« Reply #5 on: Apr 20, 2006, 12:55:12 PM »
All Pro. :thumbs:


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Re: Different Suspension?
« Reply #6 on: Apr 20, 2006, 05:30:27 PM »
i got a 4 inch pro comp lift suspension lift pretty stiff what should i do?

I've got the same lift on my truck  :crazy:

i'm going with 63" chevys in the rear and the stock rears up front.....maybe with some other leafs added in there...i'll see when i get to that point, got the parts just need to get my hands on a mig  :flamer:

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Re: Different Suspension?
« Reply #7 on: Apr 20, 2006, 05:52:56 PM »
Rears up front and F-150's outbac, thats what i got.

The rears up front flex sweet like, and are super soft.

The F-150's are way softer than the chevies I had, + they are only 52" long rather than 63".   :beerchug:

 
 
 
 
 

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