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Tuff Country 4" HD-EZ Ride Front Springs
We had always heard great things about Tuff Country springs and we liked that their HD EZ ride springs offer the softest advertised spring rates which translate into a nice ride with good articulation. All their springs are teflon padded and have tapered tips and also come with urethane bushings so going with the EZ ride springs was an easy decision.
Features
- Teflon pads used to eliminate noise and squeaking
- Limited lifetime warranty on leaf springs
- Includes poly bushings
- Springs are tapered, snub rolled & pre-set
New Tuff Country 4" HD EZ ride springs
Old springs with bent main leaf
Tuff Country (top) Rancho (bottom)
OffRoad Design greasable bushings
Installing new bushings with a vice
Ready for removal
Remove U-bolts
Tighten spring bolts
Installation was pretty straight forward especially since we were replacing a 4" spring with another 4" spring, if your installing these on a stock truck you would want to take a look at driveshaft and brake line lengths as well. An easy way we found to remove and install the front springs is to use two jack stands, one under the frame just behind the shackle, and the other one securely under the bumper. At this point we used a floor jack under the axle and simply lowered it after the u-bolts were removed.
New frame bushings
Spring installed
Don't forget to grease
Drivers side spring installed
Field testing new springs
Overall we really like our new Tuff Country springs, the ride is much improved over our old heavy duty springs and they flex great. One thing to note here is that the 4" HD Tuff Country springs are a four leaf pack as compared to our old five leaf pack yet the ride height stayed exactly the same, 13 inches as measured from the bottom of the bump stop mount to the top of the axle tube. This allowed us to greatly improve the ride and articulation while keeping the same ride height, not to mention we no longer have bent springs, can't ask for much more.
Tuff Country springs are probably the best value for the money we have seen, there are more expensive custom springs and there are less expensive discount springs, but if you want one of the best quality springs with a great ride for a great price, Tuff Country will be hard to beat.
- Company
- Tuff Country EZ-Ride Suspension
- Address
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4172 West 8370 South
West Jordan, Utah 84088
- Phone Number
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(800) 288-2190
(801) 280-2777
(801) 280-2896 fax
- customerservice@tuffcountry.com
- Website
- http://www.tuffcountry.com