Rear Suspension Choice ,,, Coil or Leaf
 

Wich one do you prefer

wow, i actually participated in a poll for once, we all know that coils rule; both in better ride, less traction hop problems, and more load hauling capabilities, those who say leaves haul more in stock 1/2 ton form have never hauled weight in a coil rear truck to its maximum capabilities, why GM discontinued using trailing arm rear is anyones guess,... may have something to do with nascar, maybe they bought the design or something,

I'd say GM quit using the coil spring set up because its cheaper and easier to use leafs than coils. With the a leaf set up, your spring is also your locating devices and its more compact. Also, you don't have to have 2 different rear bracket systems for 4x4 and 2x4 trucks.

coils

Im with Shaggy on this one

Coils
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I like my coils

well for me it depends on a 2wd I prefer coils but on a 4WD i would prefer leafs.

COILS, COILS, COILS
thank-you I feel much better now.
that is one of the best things about these trucks! nice ride.:cool: :cool: :bowtie: :flag:

Coils all the way!!!

JHickson6:bowtie:

Leafs or coils
 

Which did your truck come with?

1st truck coils 2nd truck coils 3rd truck leafs...

IMO,,,,coils for cruisin',,,,leafs for totin'.

I've had leaf, then coil, then leaf.
For the hot rodder in me, coils all the way, but for the tow rig/parts hauler...I prefer the HD set up in the Longhorn.

Coils are like heaven..............:confused:

This should be an interesting poll if enough people vote.

coils all the way, but i know the leaf lovers will say otherwise. leaf setups are better for hauling in my opinion,....but thats it. i've seen a many coil set-ups with broken shock mounts and bent beds from hauling heavy loads. :) :flag:

Ive got heavy 3/4 ton coil springs in the 68 C20 and my last truck was a 69 c10 with 3/4 ton coil springs. Both have hauled huge loads without any problem and had excellent ride characteristics. I'm sold on them.

I have one of each and like the ride of the coils much better. I also thought the leafs were able to haul more weight but noticed some 1972 GMC 2500 3/4 tons with coils and a 1971 GMC 2500 3/4 ton camper special with coils and was suprised they did not have leafs as these tucks are meant to haul heavy loads, so what is gong on here?? ROB:confused:

Rear coils was a reason for my choice of 67-72 Chevy truck. If I can't have rear coils, I might as well have a Dodge! (J/K, please don't shoot me) :) ;)

if anyone noticed i merged these two threads, they were very similar...... but the polls didnt merge, so some votes were lost, sorry i was experimenting

Thanks SHAG good lookin out ...From what I read somewhere ,,, Chevys came coil sprung ... The Generals trucks came leaf sprung ... But !!! Could be ordered with others suspension...

I've run both and definately prefer coils.

Both have their place. Coils for ride, leafs for towing.

Can't say I've ever ridden much in a coil truck...so I voted leaves because I can. ;)

FWIW, I believe some of the SUVs have returned to the coilspring suspension. Trucks haven't yet...

Who needs a 4 link...
 

COILS!