One of the primary topics of conversation within the pages of Four Wheeler, as well out on the Internet and amongst wheeling enthusiasts, is suspension. Suspension is one of the most important aspects ...

If you're even slightly interested in modifying a car, then there's a good chance you've already looked into a set of coilovers, air suspension, lowering springs, or some other form of changing the ...

About 20 some years ago the trend for off-road leaf springs moved above the axle. The consensus was that if you were going to get crazy in the dirt you needed to have a spring-over conversion. There ...

Suspension upgrades can dramatically change how a vehicle looks and feels, but the right choice depends heavily on how the car is actually used. For most drivers, the options typically fall into three ...

A German automotive supplier has developed an innovation for a critical part in every car. Rheinmetall has invented a suspension spring that's up to 75 percent lighter than a conventional spring — ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

Consider the lowly leaf spring. It’s often the forgotten component, but the leaf spring is critical to vehicle safety and performance, and should definitely be included in any preventive maintenance ...

Leaf Spring Suspension is the oldest type of suspension setup used in automobiles. Read onto know more Leaf spring is the oldest form of suspension that can be dated back to horse drawn carriages of ...

It is said that the leaf-spring suspension is the oldest suspension used for automobiles. The leaf-spring system was used more recently in '70s production cars, some of which are still in service ...

We have gotten ahold of the man behind the “cantileafer” suspension on this week’s most interesting project, a custom Lexus LS400-Ford F100 mashup also known as the F-1UZ. But despite his machine’s ...

The leaf spring suspension has practically been around since humanity invented the wheel due to its effectiveness and simplicity. For a variety of reasons, the tried-and-true suspension still exists ...

A heads up to anybody aboard their Katoom of choice: It sounds like Kraftfahrzeug Trunkenpolz Mattighofen will soon be playing around with composite leaf spring suspension on her motocross offerings.