4" Narrow Type 1 Beam W/o Shock Towers

[Chris E.]

Looking for some opinions on whether or not this is a good or bad proposition. I read that the torsion leaves are ridgid enough w/o shocks on a 4" narrowed beam. Just gathering info right now. Thanks.

 

[dale-j]

It's not whether they are rigid enough, it's that there's no damping the oscillations and it will bounce.  The shocks are just motion dampers.  A beam w/o towers is designed to hop well on airbags/hydraulics for a show car that won't really be driven, or to have shock mounts fabbed on a roll cage that provides a solid mounting point.

[Chris E.]

Thanks, but I ended up going with a 2" narrowed beam that I picked up from Mr. Constant.