Leif springs with coil overs

[mick53]

Originally Posted by Ziegelsteinfaust

I have done this on a few different vehicles.

VW bugs especially in the front for a progressive spring rate. The springs were for lack of a better term loose. So normal suspension movements I did not get to much into the spring. It really helped since it was slammed, and a full tank of gas made it bottom out easily.

I have also done this twice on old mono leaf Novas. I kept the spring tighter for a lack of a better term to give me the firmness I wanted.

So my preference from when I experimented with it is to set height with the normal spring. Then use the coil over to dial in spring weight in a progressive manner.

You will need to buy a few different pairs to dial in your desires.

When I talked to QA-1 they were lets say a little less than enthusiastic about the idea. Probably because they think leif springs are dumb. They were however not able to explain to me why not. I'm a Physics guy. What information I was able to get from them suggested exactly what you said. Use the leif spring for ride height and the coil over for tuning the spring rate. Thank you.