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Poll: What leaf spring?

Ironman 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
EFS 26%  26%  [ 8 ]
OME 68%  68%  [ 21 ]
Lovells 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:20 pm 
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As per title... Which is best and why?

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Post Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:33 pm 
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i have OME and i love them. Soft and flexy.

i have also heard good things about EFS but never used them in a zook.

i have also heard that iron man are very stiff, but again never used them in a zook.

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Post Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:41 pm 
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king springs!!

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Post Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:47 pm 
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I have lovells and i think they are fantastic...

Perfectly soft and flexy straight off the shelf - no need to pul leaves or anything like that...

I'd certainly buy them again!

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Post Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:07 pm 
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king springs!!


These are also pretty good in a go-kart!

The examples Ive found have been stiff as!! Defiantly need leaf removal.

I'm running an OME light duty pack in the soft top although I still removed a few rear leafs because of a crazy shackle angle. Same springs in my old hardtop never had to touch a thing, traveled to the stops and handled well.

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Post Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:22 pm 
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As of yesterday my 2' efs lift kit is on, Definately no comlplaints tiny bit stiff but there brand new and rides alot better then my old coily on the road.... cant comment on any of the others. :):)

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Post Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:36 pm 
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LOL funny this thread came up, I'm just in the front yard fitting front 2" lifted EFS leaves now..

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:23 am 
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People say kings are to stiff but don't realise there are 3 variations to choose from off the shelf and if they are not exactly what you want they will vary sets to suit your requirements, make sure you get the right ones and they will be fine.

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:41 pm 
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My Kings were rock hard. Even with leaves removed, then they warped from axle wrap...

My vote is ruf and custom rears!

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:17 pm 
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If you still have them I would be interested to know the part number on the main leaf.

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I will look at the tags tomorrow.

I saw this
http://www.kingsprings.com/catalogue/ki ... alogue.pdf

What does EHD Raised stand for? Extra Heavy Duty? :?

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:51 pm 
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I will look at the tags tomorrow.

I saw this
http://www.kingsprings.com/catalogue/ki ... alogue.pdf

What does EHD Raised stand for? Extra Heavy Duty? :?


Some thing like that, I had EHD's in the front of one of my old one's with a 4age on em, thay handled it fine, even jumping it.....

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:39 pm 
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OME no question. Got the heavy duty rears in my LWB. Left 6 leaves in drivers side and took one out on passenger side to try counter sierra lean. For heavy duty springs they ride very nicely 8) They are also relatively cheap at what, about $120 a spring?

My preference would be to put another pair up front to have them on all four corners.

Judging by the poll results its looking pretty obvious I'd say :wink:

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Post Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:18 am 
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I know a few vit boys use calmini springs but i want to know how they go in a sierra

Somebody told me there shit, they reckon its to stiff and not flexy, is this true ??

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Post Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:24 am 
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I know a few vit boys use calmini springs but i want to know how they go in a sierra

Somebody told me there shit, they reckon its to stiff and not flexy, is this true ??


i threw the shit OME springs away that were on my LWB when i bought it and
put calmini springs in as they ride heaps better and they flex like a very flexy
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I know a few vit boys use calmini springs but i want to know how they go in a sierra

Somebody told me there shit, they reckon its to stiff and not flexy, is this true ??


i threw the shit OME springs away that were on my LWB when i bought it and
put calmini springs in as they ride heaps better and they flex like a very flexy
thing.
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This is the flex from my 2 yr old Calmini 3 inch, they work shitloads better rear up front.


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Post Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:46 am 
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this is calmini 3" on my old SWB hardtop
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Post Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:50 am 
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Guess I'm the only one who likes Lovell's then :roll:

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Post Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:14 am 
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standard suzuki springs all the way pompoms pompoms

i was told to go ome but if lovellsr any good and cheaper might look at them

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:03 pm 
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Ok... OME it is then...

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The problem with some after market springs is that they are curved up for lift but they don't make em any longer so you end up with shit shackle angle.
The spring on my ute when I got it had a sticker "SUZ-020 GRP ULTRA HIGH" Rock hard You could jump up and down on one corner of the bar and it would only move 10 mm shackle angle straight up and down or slightly back not forward.. Looking at getting longer main leaves made up for the back to fix the shackle angle

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:07 pm 
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EFS will do custom length main leaves for a little extra

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:55 pm 
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I'm not voting cause you don't have King up there!! :roll: :thefinger:

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Post Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:10 am 
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Has any body got a price comparison for rear 2 inches? Need to get some soon and still cant decide between 40 or 65mm efs or OME.

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EFS will do custom length main leaves for a little extra

Have you had this done? How much and who off?

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Post Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:16 pm 
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I'm not voting cause you don't have King up there!! :roll: :thefinger:

Well tell me how to put it in there then!! :roll: :thefinger:

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Has any body got a price comparison for rear 2 inches? Need to get some soon and still cant decide between 40 or 65mm efs or OME.

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EFS will do custom length main leaves for a little extra

Have you had this done? How much and who off?



My father got custom leaves done for the front of his Hilux from Carrolls at Wacol in western Brisbane (an EFS dealer) (they weren't really much longer, but customised axle position, spring rate etc). Think it came to just over $200 a spring. Not a bad price really when you consider they are making a custom spring (one or 2 of) for you, and not a mass production run.


I just swapped out some 2" lifted OME rears for some EFS 2" lifted EFS rears (I put the OME's in my LJ, as it needs stupidly light springs). I did take one leaf from the EFS packs to make them only slightly stiffer than the OME's. Beside the fact that the back of my car is now like 3km high, the EFS are fine, ride just as well, but take a load (rear passengers) allot better. The EFS are also a notably longer main than the OME's. Price difference between all the brands these days seems negligable, and even though they are slightly cheaper, I would never buy OME again, they are just too weak for a Sierra that is putting out lots of extra torque at the axle, and getting used offroad.

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Post Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:20 pm 
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I'm not voting cause you don't have King up there!! :roll: :thefinger:

Well tell me how to put it in there then!! :roll: :thefinger:


Go & edit you 1st post of this thread, should let you change it, :roll: :finger:

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I'm not voting cause you don't have King up there!! :roll: :thefinger:

Well tell me how to put it in there then!! :roll: :thefinger:


Go & edit you 1st post of this thread, should let you change it, :roll: :finger:


Can't! The poll part has disappeared! :roll: :finger:

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I'm not voting cause you don't have King up there!! :roll: :thefinger:

Well tell me how to put it in there then!! :roll: :thefinger:


Go & edit you 1st post of this thread, should let you change it, :roll: :finger:


Can't! The poll part has disappeared! :roll: :finger:


I'll do an absentee vote for KING'S then.. :P :P




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hwy-star, you got a side pic of your car level.
give us a spec of what you run.

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