Why go quarters when coils are the trick
setup??? get a nice 4 link going and coils.
It will be more roadable and better flex than
with half a leaf spring, which is what quarters are.
Not exactly.
A proper 1/4 elip is a very, very trick setup, and without some on the issues that appear in a 4-link coil.
As far as "not suitale for road use". This is a common disclaimer. Most 4x4 vendors recommended their lifts for off-highway use only. The 1/4 elip that RRO sells is made by Spidertrax. They don't recommend they QERS (as they call it) for road use. Liability is the reason.
Now, a QERS is technically a 4link using leafs instead of coils. This has benefits. For one, coils are designed to be compressed or stretched, but not both. All of the Sammy coil kits ridigly mount the coils and both ends, don't run bumpstops and both overcompress the coils and use them as limiting straps for droop. Over time, this will toast a coil.
A leaf spring is designed to flex in both directions, to a point. The Spidertrax QERS incorporates adjustable bumpstops as well as limiting straps. This keeps the springs nice-nice and elimitates bind.
I've seen several of these rigs run, and they do awesome. The flex from a QERS and a coily are equal.
The benefits of coils are they are cheaper than custom-designed and built 1/4 leaf packs.
The best route wouldn't be a 4-link with coils or 1/4s, but Coil-Overs. Period.
