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Leaf spring on a Sidekick!!!

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Offline MaD.72

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Re: Leaf spring on a Sidekick!!!
« Reply #30 on: March 17, 2008, 04:07:05 PM »
OK I guess I just don't get it. To each his own but why do you guys like the leaf springs? Just the ease of set up?  ???

Cheaper...for me, anyway!!

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Re: Leaf spring on a Sidekick!!!
« Reply #31 on: March 17, 2008, 06:20:14 PM »
OK I guess I just don't get it. To each his own but why do you guys like the leaf springs? Just the ease of set up?  ???

Cheaper...for me, anyway!!

Plus with leaf springs, if your not happy with your leaf pack you can always add or take leafs out.  In a way sort of fine tuning them.
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Re: Leaf spring on a Sidekick!!!
« Reply #32 on: June 06, 2020, 03:11:35 PM »
Would it be possible to see a picture of how you mount springs on the front of the frame. I have searched the web, not one good picture on how a professional would mount the front spring pearch.
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Re: Leaf spring on a Sidekick!!!
« Reply #33 on: June 06, 2020, 07:48:21 PM »
Just so you're aware - many, many threads that originally had pictures when they were first posted, have lost those pictures - server crashes, photo brucket changes, etc.
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Re: Leaf spring on a Sidekick!!!
« Reply #34 on: June 07, 2020, 08:40:21 PM »
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Just so you're aware - many, many threads that originally had pictures when they were first posted, have lost those pictures - server crashes, photo brucket changes, etc.
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]Great to see you tracked me down from my other post, if you can't show me a picture of a current sas mod that is safe and not a hack job, not interested. If you can't tell me who makes kit that might fit a Toyota solid axle with leaf springs, not interested. There is a lot of not helpful info that just makes these searches just frustrating.
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Re: Leaf spring on a Sidekick!!!
« Reply #35 on: June 08, 2020, 05:59:20 AM »
https://www2.zukiworld.com/project-plus-one-building-a-4-door-sidekick-with-family-in-mind/

That link is an article here on the site that was a build involving a SAS and leaf springs on the front of a Sidekick.  May not be as in depth as you are looking for, but it is a start!
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Re: Leaf spring on a Sidekick!!!
« Reply #36 on: June 09, 2020, 09:10:34 PM »
Thank you, love the build but I'm trying to get a good picture of how they mount the front hangers, almost every picture on the web doesn't show it and what ever gets posted is just unsafe. All I really need to see is how they mount the hanger to the frame. That's all.
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Re: Leaf spring on a Sidekick!!!
« Reply #37 on: June 10, 2020, 10:56:00 AM »
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/tgi-110010-1-kit?seid=srese1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiYL3BRDVARIsAF9E4GeJfhkOiagWQUa_Fbgn9sLwxUqOOBzTFOpK7sfLKK4Y_wPyZqtt1dkaAs3MEALw_wcB

Have you looked at something like this?  Seems like a popular and easy way to perform the SAS.  What you would do is just weld that cross member to the bottom of the frame rails on your 'Kick.
Is that more in line with what you are hunting?
1995 Sidekick JLX
16v 5 spd, milled head, LROR Stage 2 clutch
2" Spacer lift, XL7 rear springs,  2nd Gen front springs, W-Body GM Struts on front
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