coilovers mounted on lower links and not axle???

Im looking at a jeep that appears to have the front coilovers mounted on the lower links. I'd say maybe 6" to 8" back from heim joint.

Is there anyone running a set up like this? If so whats some pros/cons or issues that you've noticed?


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Search "trailing arm". You get more wheel travel with a shorter shock. Most ultra4 cars are set up this way(on the rear anyways). Not so much the front.

Hustler buggy is front and rear. Damn Joc.

kmcminn said:

Damn Joc.

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not sure how thats ment but i hope its not....Damn Joc, as in what kinda idiot doesnt know this. lol

3 weeks ago a guy hit me up to trade for my rzr. Sent 1 pic of a jeep in his garage from a distance and very little info.
1 week went by with me waiting on a reply after I asked for more info/pics so I just thought as usual somebody full of chit but he said he working 7-12s so he been too busy.
Over the last week and half seems to be legit but its 8 hrs away and I have limited close ups til he takes more when he gets time. All he has sent is old pics and there just random. Ive stared at the few i do have several times and last night i seen this crazy set up.
Trying to avoid a headache if this is gonna be causing bent links all the time.

Ha ha lol. You been hanging out Smurfy69 to much. There a lot of people on here that can answer questions about trailing arms a million times better than me. But most of the trailing arms are beefed up links. Not just a piece of dom. If I'm not mistaken.

The link or arm also needs a bushing or machined washers or something added to the hiem to stop it from rotating at one end of the link. Most I have noticed are on the chassis side.
The advantage is slow shaft speeds of the shock shaft meaning less heat. Heavier springs a also needed.

If they're on the front, they're referred to as leading arms. The rear is called a trailing arm. All of the above is true. You can get upper 20s of travel with only a 14" shock. You have to do something to keep the link from rolling and stressing the shaft. Some run a wobble stopper on the link, some machine a piece of derlin or similar for the lower shock eye. Since it no longer has misalignment spacers it keeps the shaft from being side loaded as the link can no longer roll. For much more of an explanation, I'd pm zukizzy (wayne israelsen) on pirate or someone with similar tuning knowledge.

Ain't that mostly seen in ultra 4 cars? Or whatever kinda rigs they race out west.. The only way I know about them is b/c of the R/C addiction part of me. That's the new "thing" on the IFS wraiths (go fast) But they are on the rear not front. Weird.. I'd like to know more about this also. Just cause'.

Thanks for the info guys. I dont know if I'll end up with it or not just had never seen it done like that besides on the back of ultra 4 rigs.

I have noticed a lot of the trailing arms are fabbed arms. From the looks of it they try to get the mounting holes below center of the arms. Seams that would take away the need for bushings for rotation. Not all of them are this way but a lot are.