Removing leaves from hilux rear

[TOYZX]

They can't void your warranty if the products fitted meet or exceed the factory units. Otherwise why would I be allowed to perform gvm upgrades at work!

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[Jearonn17]

Leaf springs are made up of a set of leaves, usually 4 to 7 of them of varying lengths and curves and thicknesses.

Secondaries are the heavy load carrying springs that mainly activate when the suspension is partially compressed when carrying weight. They do not affect the initial spring rate which dictates the small bump response that you are seeking.

The primaries control the initial suspension travel and thus are the focus in improving the small bump compliance that you are seeking.

Resetting springs can be a cost effective way of changing the ride characteristic of the leaf spring set. Nicebike is suggesting that you could take the leaf pack to a specialist spring works who could re-curve the primary leaves to provide more separation between each leaf as a way to get a more comfortable initial ride for small bumps.

In reality though you need to remember that it is a ute so the rear is designed to carry a significant load variance so will be stiff when lightly loaded. The most effective (not cost effective) outcome would be to install a set of aftermarket 'comfort leaf packs' with nicer shocks (e.g. Bilstein at the lower price range).

I see. Thanks for explaining creaky. But wouldn't taking 1 spring out of the leaf pack more cost saving?

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[creaky]

Taking one from the minimal stock leaf pack is likely to cause some weird kinematics as you will lose the progression between the leaves. It would certainly be cheap though.

[Spitfia]

Im pretty certain you would end up regretting it. If i were you I'd just spend the extra money now and get the correct spring and shock setup rather than spending your money twice

[Dave_o]

Get the pack re set if you must.
If for no other reason that removing a leaf will only increase the stress on the remaining pack and potentially cause a failure down the line.

[DeadlyBeast]

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[Steveyb]

Buy once, cry once. Just get the right aftermarket springs and shocks for your intended application now, sit back have 15 beers and tick it off your list.

[Jearonn17]

Thanks guys. I got the exact answers that i was looking for. I'm getting EFS 2" lift all around with the "light duty"(0-200) springs hopefully it'll make the ride a bit better.

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