stock front coils flex really well with 5100s on the third perch, granted no sway bars. sway bars are for soccer moms.
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No non long travel ifs flexes well period.
There are two quantifiable measurements of articulation, wheel travel and angularity of the axles. wheel travel would be most important when the obstacle is on flat ground and one tire has to go on the obstacle. angularity is important when the ground has steep changing slopes.No non long travel ifs flexes well period.
There are two quantifiable measurements of articulation, wheel travel and angularity of the axles. wheel travel would be most important when the obstacle is on flat ground and one tire has to go on the obstacle. angularity is important when the ground has steep changing slopes.
long travel ifs typically is just wider with more wheel travel, however because the track width is wider the angularity is the same or less, usually because there is little to no up travel gained due to clearance issues.
the best flexing ifs setup would be a center mount, instead of just making the arms longer because you gain the wheel travel and angularity.
also ifs has to have properly setup spring rates and preload to fully articulate, like i said im running the stock springs with 5100s and getting 11" of suspension travel.
Damn 11" is impressive. I measured mine to be only 7.75", maybe a little bit more after some bumpstop compression. That's with no swaybar, tundra bilstein 5100's, tundra coils and stock UCA's. I'd be curious to know if your additional 3" is all droop and how you're achieving that. I'd have to modify my bumpstops to get any more up travel and I already get slight tire rubbing at full bump after a lot of cutting and hammering.There are two quantifiable measurements of articulation, wheel travel and angularity of the axles. wheel travel would be most important when the obstacle is on flat ground and one tire has to go on the obstacle. angularity is important when the ground has steep changing slopes.
long travel ifs typically is just wider with more wheel travel, however because the track width is wider the angularity is the same or less, usually because there is little to no up travel gained due to clearance issues.
the best flexing ifs setup would be a center mount, instead of just making the arms longer because you gain the wheel travel and angularity.
also ifs has to have properly setup spring rates and preload to fully articulate, like i said im running the stock springs with 5100s and getting 11" of suspension travel.
Damn 11" is impressive. I measured mine to be only 7.75", maybe a little bit more after some bumpstop compression. That's with no swaybar, tundra bilstein 5100's, tundra coils and stock UCA's. I'd be curious to know if your additional 3" is all droop and how you're achieving that. I'd have to modify my bumpstops to get any more up travel and I already get slight tire rubbing at full bump after a lot of cutting and hammering.
Modifying the bump stops will give you a little more. My issue with OME coils is they will lift the truck before they compress. Pure trash!! LOL.
Another issue is people have problems correctly measuring the full travel.
Damn 11" is impressive. I measured mine to be only 7.75", maybe a little bit more after some bumpstop compression. That's with no swaybar, tundra bilstein 5100's, tundra coils and stock UCA's. I'd be curious to know if your additional 3" is all droop and how you're achieving that. I'd have to modify my bumpstops to get any more up travel and I already get slight tire rubbing at full bump after a lot of cutting and hammering.
I wanna play.
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