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Post Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:42 am 
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Hi

Just wondering which model Suzuki has coils front and rear? I am looking at buying one to build as a budget crawler...
Any help will be great..
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:51 am 
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Coil Sierra 1996-1997
All Vitaras
All Jimnys

None would really be budget
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:52 am 
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coily sierra and jimny with solid axles front and back
vitara and Grand vitara both have IFS
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:55 am 
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Coily sierra (95/96 on)

Jimny

Vitara (IFS though)

Just get a leafy sierra and fit Hilux diffs, much cheaper/better.
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:03 am 
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Would be cheaper/easier/more practical to buy a leafsprung sierra and convert it to coils/airshocks.
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:05 am 
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Swift, Alto

All going to be the same amount of work :lol:
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:20 am 
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Thanks for the info.. I have a very capable GU wagon 5"lift (Superior Engineering) reduction gears and 35's but it is too big and expensive to fix. So I am looking a Suzuki for a play rig and trailer it to places... So thanks for the info...
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:23 am 
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5ierra wrote:
Would be cheaper/easier/more practical to buy a leafsprung sierra and convert it to coils/airshocks.



you serious?

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Post Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:46 am 
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Buy a NT LWB sierra and spend 5K on mods and it will make your potrol look like a comodore.

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Post Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:07 am 
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By the time you engineer all the flaws out of either the coil sierra or jimny suspension when biulding for crawling, you won't be left with any of it, so you might as well start with leaves

Suzuki designed the coil suspension of the Jimny/coil sierra for road use. It has no more travel than leaf suspension standard and is harder to reengineer for more travel.

They are radius arm design which is a poor candidate for a crawler as it doesn't articulate well on a light car.

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Post Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:41 am 
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I'd sas a vit before I would think about coiling a Sierra
They already have ps
Bigger diff
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:09 am 
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Yeah I am just looking at something capable to play with no comps...
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:44 am 
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Shanej wrote:
Yeah I am just looking at something capable to play with no comps...


Get a leaf sprung Sierra then, IMO the only advantage coil sprung ones have over leafys is a better ride. You can pick up a shitter Sierra for a few hundered too, coilies are still worth something.

If you wanted coils for "more flex" then you don't need them, here's a zook on leafs. :wink:

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Post Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:10 am 
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sideways wrote:
Shanej wrote:
Yeah I am just looking at something capable to play with no comps...


Get a leaf sprung Sierra then, IMO the only advantage coil sprung ones have over leafys is a better ride. You can pick up a shitter Sierra for a few hundered too, coilies are still worth something.

If you wanted coils for "more flex" then you don't need them, here's a zook on leafs. :wink:

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love team bodge tech haha :) is that zook even running shocks up front ?
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Post Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:56 am 
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Well going down soon to pick up my new purchase:
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Post Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:22 pm 
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I am hoping to build this toy and save my GU:

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Post Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:45 pm 
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that calmini gear is to stiff and to high to flex, but i will by your shackle reversal for my high speed project

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Post Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:53 pm 
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TryHard wrote:
sideways wrote:
Shanej wrote:
Yeah I am just looking at something capable to play with no comps...


Get a leaf sprung Sierra then, IMO the only advantage coil sprung ones have over leafys is a better ride. You can pick up a shitter Sierra for a few hundered too, coilies are still worth something.

If you wanted coils for "more flex" then you don't need them, here's a zook on leafs. :wink:

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love team bodge tech haha :) is that zook even running shocks up front ?


lol 3/4 elliptical rear on longer leaves and drop shackles up front on longer leaves, all SPOA? =) spose you're right though - still all leaf sprung haha

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Post Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 1:05 pm 
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alien wrote:
TryHard wrote:
sideways wrote:
Shanej wrote:
Yeah I am just looking at something capable to play with no comps...


Get a leaf sprung Sierra then, IMO the only advantage coil sprung ones have over leafys is a better ride. You can pick up a shitter Sierra for a few hundered too, coilies are still worth something.

If you wanted coils for "more flex" then you don't need them, here's a zook on leafs. :wink:

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love team bodge tech haha :) is that zook even running shocks up front ?


lol 3/4 elliptical rear on longer leaves and drop shackles up front on longer leaves, all SPOA? =) spose you're right though - still all leaf sprung haha


+ the fact of trol diffs and springs.
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Post Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 1:25 pm 
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Great travel and flex...
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