Well I have just completed stage 1 of the swap.
I have had these springs sitting in my garage for over a month. Recently my rear passenger pack decided to crease for no apearent reason. The truck was riding on the pass bumpstop and I was worried about the pack breaking sending my axle flying!
Look at this crap.
So I got to work fabricating the hangers and shackles. Garrett came over several times to help get this whole thing together and I can't thank him enough!!!
Look at those springs.
Chevies are LONG!
I just realized that I have no pics of the finished product sitting flat.
Only flexed.
This loading dock really maxed out my stock junk.
Now I need something bigger.
That is more like it.
Urban wheeling at it's finest.
Jeeze!
As you can see I have stock springs up front and they aren't budging!
Once the front gets some tlc I will be flexin all over the place!
When I bought the truck the bumpstops in the rear where only one inch from touching. Now with the chevies on there the bump stops sit 6.75" away from the frame! I am willing to say that I got 5.5" of lift from the chevies over my saggy stock springs. WOW.
Future work includes:
-shocks
new crossmember
weld on tabs to axle
-ubolt flip
-uhmw polyethylene in between each leaf
-spring clamps
-shims (vibrations)
I am so happy with the springs so far. The flex blows my mind.
Not bad for a
50 dollor set of springs!