Rear Coilover Possible setup

[71kat510]

came across this on summit racing thought might work for a rear coilover setup on a 620 or a goon and wanted to get some thoughts or ideas of how to get this to work

http://www.summitrac...51/media/images

then add a set of these or make your own coilover setup which would probably be the best idea for cost wise and order the above brackets for mounting

http://www.summitrac...25a-7/overview/

[Skib]

rear end would have to be 4 linked before any sort of coil set up.

 

doesnt really work with leaf springs

[71kat510]

well i figured most people would know that

this would elminate the leafs and give you coils instead would need some fab work but looks like it would work pretty good with a 4 link

[Skib]

a 4 link gets rid of the leafs in itself

[Dawa]

im eventually gonna do it, lotsa work/money though

 

here is that 620 drifter's set up

 

couldnt find the photo with the bed installed but he had to cut away at the rear fenders to make room for the coilovers

[Lee R]

im eventually gonna do it, lotsa work/money though

 

here is that 620 drifter's set up

 

couldnt find the photo with the bed installed but he had to cut away at the rear fenders to make room for the coilovers

 

Totally different as he fabbed in an IRS.

[thisismatt]

rear end would have to be 4 linked before any sort of coil set up.

 

doesnt really work with leaf springs

well i figured most people would know that

this would elminate the leafs and give you coils instead would need some fab work but looks like it would work pretty good with a 4 link

Wait what? The two products you linked are already setting you back $300. How is that better than buying a set of actual adjustable coilovers, and then what problem are you trying to solve with your possible setup? Coil springs = linked rear suspension.

[71kat510]

just figured might be less fab work then trying to swap in a irs setup and you could make your own coils for about a $100 for each side you could even make those style mounts if you had the right tools im not to familiar with lowering solid rear ends but figured the bottom mount on this setup would be pretty easy to weld on then make a upper mount to weld the mount from the shock on but if you know how to fab making a set of towers would be better probabaly

[thisismatt]

just figured might be less fab work then trying to swap in a irs setup and you could make your own coils for about a $100 for each side you could even make those style mounts if you had the right tools im not to familiar with lowering solid rear ends but figured the bottom mount on this setup would be pretty easy to weld on then make a upper mount to weld the mount from the shock on but if you know how to fab making a set of towers would be better probabaly

But it's not just removing leafs and inserting coil mounts. Once you remove the leafs you've lost all axle positioning members, so you now either need arms in an independent suspension setup, or some kind of link setup with a solid live axle. Either way is a pretty large amount of fab, as well as proper calculations if you want to do it right. Run through this thread for some ideas:

 

http://community.ratsun.net/topic/30020-jesus-another-521-project/

[71kat510]

id love to have his setup i want it someday hopefully it'll be notched by december but thanks for the link

[Dawa]

i wouldnt say 'totally different' there are similarities and i was just giving an idea of what it would look like. irs or not