Automotive design has come a long way since Karl Benz designed the Patent Motorwagen in the late 1800s, and Henry Ford brought the T-4 powered Model T to the masses in 1908. Those early cars were ...

Fifty years is a long time, especially for a vehicle's suspension components. Although the shocks get replaced regularly, leaf springs are rarely given much thought—unless you want to lower the ...

There's a natural progression of modifications and updates necessitated in order to make one of GM's Advance Design pickups ride, handle, steer, and stop better: IFS, disc brakes, and an open-drive ...

It's like Coke or Pepsi, skiing or snowboarding, Democrat or Republican; the debate rages on. "Dude, you're stupid for buying that $600 lift kit when I can do a spring-over for $4 and some gum" Or, ...

Leaf springs live a hard life under your 4x4. They are constantly blasted by sand, covered in mud, splashed with water, and dragged across rocks. Every time the suspension flexes or hits a bump, each ...

Rassini’s 1+C Hybrid leaf spring features a single steel parabolic main plate and a flat glass fiber composite helper plate to provide suspension on the rear wheels of the Ford F-150 pickup truck.