Topic: 1/4 eliptcial

[camo89]

ok so im finaly building a play toy and im playing with the idea of 1/4 eliptical thoughts

[FIREBALL]

It seems like most people have gone away from the 1/4 setup. Not really sure why. I've never really wheeled with anyone that's had it. It seem like most people have either gone to linked suspension with either coils, or coil overs, or good quality leaf springs.
The biggest differance I see is that back when lots of guys were expiermenting with 1/4 etc, there were really no good aftermarket leaf spring options. Now there are many companies, like Malrin, that build a leaf spring that is designed for rock crawlers, instead of pavement pounders and Baja jumpers. Others started looking at the off road racers and found giant coil overs. They work awesome and can be tuned any way you want, but are very spendy.
But i'm rambling now, you probably already know all of this.

[camo89 [OP]]

rambling is good some times

here is want im after i want little to no over hang behinf the rear tires and it has to be inexpensive so coial overs are out im not a fan of coials but i may half to go that way i was just wondering if aney one here has had or run with some one who has had this set up

[freds40]

Search for posts by dirtyskivies here or Boogerwledz on Pirate (same guy, identity problem    ) he's running 1/4 on the back of his x-cab and did a sweet job.

[TOYJOETA]

Check this thread out on PBB.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=297626

Hope it helps

[FIREBALL]

Yep, know what your talkin about. Coilovers were more than I wanted to spend. If you don't want spring hangin out you could always go with CJ springs and 49's. (ya right)
I've seen some coil setups work pretty awsome, and there are a few people running air bags too.
I think it's definetly important to find someone whos done it, and has a similar set up as your own. This will save you a lot of time in tuning. You could go through a ton of spring combos before you found something that worked right.

[ntsqd]

You can use coil-over springs w/o the coil-over damper. The bonus of doing that is a huge selection of spring rates and most of the vendors will exchange springs as long as they are not blemished.

[camo89 [OP]]

thanks for the help guys did i mention all this will be doe to a toyota powerd and diffed extra cab samuri

[Hyena]

Aerostar coils are cheep and flex good.  They are a good alturnative to coil-overs.