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quarter elliptic -or- z-box and revolver shackles?

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quarter elliptic -or- z-box and revolver shackles?

hey guys ive been looking at rear suspension setups that put less strain on the leafs and i wanted your guys input on if i should do them or not

the first is 034x4s version of a quarter elliptic
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and the other one is the "front leaf mount"
z-box (mounts on frame and shackle mounts to bottom)
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revolver (rear shackle)
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let me know what you think, i know im over thinking flex and what not i just want less stress and binding in my suspension

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my buddy is gonna run revolvers on his rig. i'll let you know what he thinks of them
 
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Thanks With just revolvers will there still be stress on the leafs
 
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The Z-box just looks like a terrible idea..



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The Z-box just looks like a terrible idea..



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My vote is for Jey's idea. I'm pretty sure he had it pinned for street use and removed the pin for offroad.
 
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My vote is for Jey's idea. I'm pretty sure he had it pinned for street use and removed the pin for offroad.
yeah i plan on doing that and also beefing it up and putting my own mods to it
 
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I've actually run the Z-boxes and revolver's on two different Jeeps, I didn't run into any problems with either but each one handled differently, but if I had to do it again, it would be the revolvers ... If I didn't go coils...
 
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so is the vote for 1/4 elliptic or z-box revolvers?
 
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If I was gonna run any of those, it'd be the Teraflex shackles.



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