[drewskiren]

Next it was on to the first of much head scratching over the rear suspension mounting. I have read a lot about guys ditching the "cradle" in favor of solid mounting the rear diff directly to the frame. I still can't for the life of me figure out why guys would ever want to throw away the factory engineered road noise isolation??? After studying the cradle, I am amazed at how brilliant it is - 6 rubber mounts that don't really flex in a way that would create sloppy handling, and yet by being mounted in rubber, all of the road noise and impact harshness won't travel into the frame. The front is the same way, The front crossmember is rubber mounted, but doesn't deflect under severe driving/handling maneuvers. In the front, even the engine mounts are on the rubber mounted crossmember. All in all, we will have rubber mounted engine mounts on rubber mounted crossmember with a body rubber mounted to the frame. Same in the back, double rubber isolation. The ride just may rival a new car!