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 ...

The debate over spring vs air ride trailer suspensions is far from over, even if air ride has emerged as the decisive winner in the marketplace. Some fleets are taking a fresh look at the virtues of ...

If you’ve looked at improving your suspension, you have probably run into the argument about whether progressive for linear springs are better. Our Ducati GT1000 project bike suffers from under-sprung ...

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 — ...

One of the most important components of any car is its suspension. It’s what helps to absorb imperfections in the road—both big and small—and provides a comfortable ride. Today, nearly every vehicle ...

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 ...

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 ...

We don't care what the Brand Xers say, we know the vintage Mopar suspension system (torsion bars and leaf springs) works quite well when set up properly. When adding big doses of power (like our '65 ...

There is the matter of power, and then there is the matter of putting that power to work most efficiently. Without a well-designed chassis and suspension, all the power in the world doesn't mean ...

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 ...

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.

The 2022 Toyota Tundra is taking the giant leap to a coil spring rear suspension, eschewing the traditional leaf spring setup used by Ford and General Motors. The design was revealed in the latest ...