another bitch about toughcountry springs!

[toy4xfun]

so i have my front axle stripped, rebuilding the knuckles and installing marlin crossover high steer kit. and as i am welding the reinforcment plates on i take a little smoke brake and look at my springs, the drivers side has just a little more arc than stock it is almost flat, the passenger side has arc but it looks like it is bent up at the axle, i will try to get some pics but it might be hard to see, any how i am very unhappy with these springs.

 

[Hilux]

2MK, the springs on the front are NOT the same... One spring pad is higher than the other. Is the arc in the springs the problem you're having with them?

also... how much lift are they? And how much angle is your shackle at?

I had a friend with some type of lift you buy out of a catalog and his shackle rested against the frame... Not what I'd call effective...



With WalMart suspensions, you get WalMart results...

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

I think the pass side perch is higher on the axle due to the diff bump... So the flatter spring should go on the pass side...?

 

[liljlandon]

Some companys use the same spring arch and supply a little (1/4 or 3/8") plate that goes on the DRIVERS side, otherwise the taller spring should belong on the DRIVERS side.

 

[toy4xfun]

the springs are flattening out. is the problem i am having.

 

[WarDamnEagle]

As someone else already suggested, they are cheap springs.

 

[wasted]

do rears up front

 

[corax]

the springs are flattening out. is the problem i am having.

yeah they are - after the rears went south, it shouldn't be a surprise the fronts followed. Sorry you dropped coin on them - isn't there a "rear springs on the front swap" you could do? Maybe grab a pair of junkyard rears

 

[toy4xfun]

i just hope work opens up , then i will get alican springs.
if i was on mud i would have known better than to spend coin on that junk.
i started this thread so that others out there do not get tempted, to spend hard earned money on junk.