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<blockquote data-quote="drtdevil93" data-source="post: 31719" data-attributes="member: 95">this is something i hear constantly. hear is the simple truth:&nbsp; FLAT SPRINGS SUCK. THEY ARE BAD IN EVERY WAY.&nbsp; we do everything we can to get arch into a spring without too much ride height. thats where reversed eyes came from.&nbsp; a high arch spring moves much better than a flat spring. movement is good, very good.&nbsp; proof from detroit: look at a stock dodge rear, or a stock ranger rear. they put a ton of arch, and flattened out the middle of the spring. you get the arch, with out too much ride height. now in a off road application, that will break, thats why our spring dont use that method, but their thinking is right. look at how successful quarter-elliptic springs are built. lots of arch. on the front of a k5 done how we like it the front eye is triple wrapped and reversed, giving it more arch, and decreasing front end dive.&nbsp; we make the rear of the spring about 6&quot; longer and we move the rear shackle back equally. this will give you almost 13&quot; in the front. its hard to get anymore than that due to the short driveshaft.in the rear the front eye is usually standard, but triple wrapped. the rear of the spring is about 6&quot; longer, and the shackle mount is moved back equally, with the shackle in the original upward position. this gives as much as 17-18&quot; of travel.put some nice big shiny shocks on it, the thing will handle better than you can imagine.erikps ARCH GOOD!!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drtdevil93, post: 31719, member: 95"] this is something i hear constantly. hear is the simple truth: FLAT SPRINGS SUCK. THEY ARE BAD IN EVERY WAY. we do everything we can to get arch into a spring without too much ride height. thats where reversed eyes came from. a high arch spring moves much better than a flat spring. movement is good, very good. proof from detroit: look at a stock dodge rear, or a stock ranger rear. they put a ton of arch, and flattened out the middle of the spring. you get the arch, with out too much ride height. now in a off road application, that will break, thats why our spring dont use that method, but their thinking is right. look at how successful quarter-elliptic springs are built. lots of arch. on the front of a k5 done how we like it the front eye is triple wrapped and reversed, giving it more arch, and decreasing front end dive. we make the rear of the spring about 6" longer and we move the rear shackle back equally. this will give you almost 13" in the front. its hard to get anymore than that due to the short driveshaft. in the rear the front eye is usually standard, but triple wrapped. the rear of the spring is about 6" longer, and the shackle mount is moved back equally, with the shackle in the original upward position. this gives as much as 17-18" of travel. put some nice big shiny shocks on it, the thing will handle better than you can imagine. erik ps ARCH GOOD!!! [/QUOTE]

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