Getting rid of the coil lets Porsche lower the strut tower. That allows different styling, and Porsche says it can even help ...

The debate over spring vs air ride trailer suspensions is far from over, even if air ride has emerged as the decisive winner in the marketplace. Some fleets are taking a fresh look at the virtues of ...

A German automotive supplier has developed an innovation for a critical part in every car. Rheinmetall has invented a suspension spring that's up to 75 percent lighter than a conventional spring — ...

One of the most important components of any car is its suspension. It’s what helps to absorb imperfections in the road—both big and small—and provides a comfortable ride. Today, nearly every vehicle ...

Consider the lowly leaf spring. It’s often the forgotten component, but the leaf spring is critical to vehicle safety and performance, and should definitely be included in any preventive maintenance ...

The next-gen Toyota Tacoma is out testing these days, and it appears to be taking a page out of the new Toyota Tundra’s book for its rear suspension. These spy photos give us both a good look at the ...

An air spring suspension provides a better ride quality than their steel spring counterparts, but isn’t quite as bulletproof when it comes to wear and tear. Air springs, which should be inspected at ...

If you’ve looked at improving your suspension, you have probably run into the argument about whether progressive for linear springs are better. Our Ducati GT1000 project bike suffers from under-sprung ...

First of all, thank you for the great magazine:Four Wheeler. I own a 1974 Dodge Power Wagon (W200) with a 360ci LA engine. This year Dodge switched to parabolic leaf springs, which I am happy with, ...

Horsepower and torque are useless unless you can apply the energy to the ground in order to accelerate your muscle car. Traction becomes quite a challenge for those dealing with leaf-spring rear ...

We have gotten ahold of the man behind the “cantileafer” suspension on this week’s most interesting project, a custom Lexus LS400-Ford F100 mashup also known as the F-1UZ. But despite his machine’s ...

A heads up to anybody aboard their Katoom of choice: It sounds like Kraftfahrzeug Trunkenpolz Mattighofen will soon be playing around with composite leaf spring suspension on her motocross offerings.