SICK BURN

 

looking at your av and mine, seems I'm at about the same angle as your's (honestly, maybe a bit less)... and I'm in 2wd at the moment, playing with a pile of 1" aggregate, loose and just dumped an hour earlier. You're climbing a ... what is that packed pile with grass growing on top of it from?
So, I stopped to take the pic. Then I put it in 4wd and went over the top.
..but you have 6" of lift (I only have 4") and I'm on 31's. You're point is?

 

eighty5yota...

umm, okay.

 

Replacing the springs was an option and it probably would have come out about the same in cost and time but this was something I wanted to try. Right now I'm up above stock ride height in the rear by 1 1/2 inches so I can lift the front to match. I don't know what leaf springs that would get me almost 3 inches of lift (take care of the 1 1/2" of sag and go up another 1 1/2") would cost but I bet they'd be expensive and stiff. So the coils got me some lift, better load carrying (I'll find out how much when I haul wood from the mountains) and a really nice ride compared to what it was.

That and I thought it'd be wise to try something easy for my first "fab" job on the truck.

 

not bad. i agree that just replacing the leafs might have been a better option, though a more expensive one, but im putting 1.5in blocks on mine to deal with the sag so what do i know

 

Blocks are just going to eff the springs up even more, this is a viable fix that gives it a little more eye appeal also.

Cwaters search for the thread "anybody want a good idea not to run lift blocks"

 

springs are already gone. 1in block wont change much in the way of making them worse. if they were bigger blocks or newer springs i could understand your point, but its a cheap way of making my truck a little less staggered.

 

Downey sells 3" leaf springs that are moderately priced. Seems like a good deal to me anyway. =]] here's the link: just scroll down a bit http://downeyoff-road.com/Suspension...s/1986-95.html

 

And so is this, only...it wont make the springs look like a roller coaster track towards the end

 

Now that i see that, screw the zuk

Edit, cause i have been looking for 2" springs, couldnt find 2" ones, and didnt wanna pay out the A$$

 

I took a look at them and am even more happy with my coils. Although the leaf springs look nice and all they are much more expensive than the coils were and you still don't gain any load capacity. That and I like to tell folks I have an 86 pickup that's coiled in the rear.

Thanks for the link though.