Does anyone feel like a woman with IFS???

What are the advantages of crappy IFS?

 

With IFS, you get a better ride, ability to go over more types of terrain at greater speeds.

Remember the H1 has independent suspension. As does the LM002 and just about every all terrain vehicle.

 

yeah it has IFS front and rear.

 

what?

 

I could drive around in a pink volkswagen beetle with rainbows and unicorns on it and I would still not feel like a woman.

Dont let the design of your front suspension determine your sexual security

 

lol i know. i was joking.

 

but ifs can't take a beating like solid axle, tire size is limited before this happens

 

hahaha. Do you?

 

It's all in how you build it. GM has weak tie rods. Always have. Too much truck, too big of a tire, weak OEM tie rods = breakage.

Put 38s on a stock dana 30 and start going over big rocks and you will see breakage.

 

don't they also use solid out back though? I don't understand why, to circumvent the use of cv's?

 

true but there are better axles than a dana 30

 

Correct. Their are better IFS than a stock GM setup.

 

I heard bad stuff about a dana 30. I have heard really good things about stock toyo rear axels

 

In my opinion it's no contest. Solid front axles (SFS) are tough as nails and have tons of articulation. Also, lifting the vehicle to insane heights (over 3-4 inches) is easy and cost effective. Any serious rock crawler chooses solid axles.

However if you are a normal Joe who uses their Tacoma for everything from being a daily driver to some fun weekend off-roading, IFS gives a smoother ride with less unsprung mass over generally smooth terrain. IFS lets you drive really fast with a lot of control, and IFS handles better on the pavement while you can still tackle some rough terrain.

So, unless you want to trailer your rig and cart it around to just do rock crawling IFS will be a far better system overall.

 

Makes perfect sense. Thank you

 

It depends what your doing with them, I have dana 30 on my jeep with upgraded axle shafts and 37's it works fine but if you start bouncing any tire off some rocks it will break somewhere in the drive train.

 

ifs vs solid axle again...

Go get this magazine, and read the ifs vs solid axle article...

 

I have put my toyo through some abuse and nothing has broken in the front end. Its really good.