i did all the work on mine, got the springs for free and fabbed the mounts.

Here is what i got:
$50- Steel all 1/4" plate, enough for shackles and to fab hangers
$50- stock dodge 1 ton shocks, 11" travel and at 45* about same resistance as stock toyota shocks
$4-new bushings for rear shackle hanger
$00-free springs in trade for labor
$00-bolts free from springs still good!
$00-extra leafs out of other packs for extra lift!
$18- extra rear brake line for extension.

so i got $122 dollars into the rear suspension but i doubt you will get that low unless you are as crafty as i am at getting free parts. that dosent include the wheel spacers i needed to fit my 39.5x15-15TSL's on w/ an 8.5" rim!! that was extra!!

 

$73.50 chevy springs
$64.00 Rear U-bolt flip
$40.00 Spring hangers
$25.00 shock mounts
$25.00 grade 8 bolts
$75.00 rear 14" shocks
You may want to add a little more for other Miscellaneous stuff. You can save a bit if you know how to weld. It probably took me about 3-4hrs to do the actual spring swap, but I had to rebuild parts of the frame as well as replace the horse collar among other things. I some how always take on the PITA projects.

 

i picked up a set of springs for 40 bucks....

$40-springs
$15-steel for shakles
$12-steel for u-bolt flip(made my own)
$16- u-bolts
$8-4 grade 8 bolts( some left over)
$40-trail gear spring hangers
$10-pro comp shocks(craigslist/trade)

im on a super tight budget and this is all what i payed for my swap.....you dont have to do the u-bolt flip tho....saves some bucks....for the performance and the price there is no better swap!!!!

 

I just ordered Doetsch tech MV-12's for the Chevy swap. I had originally ordered pro comp 9000's WAY TOOOOO STIFF, and too short (or so I thought) apparently I missed the part about making new lower shock mounts welded to the Axel housing. The MV-12's are the super soft type (the Chevy's only need shocks to control bounce they give you all the ride you need). I got the 25" shocks which have I believe 14" of travel. Trust me you don't want stiff shocks in the back unless you hate your teeth and you like to ride bulls.

 

I put 63" 3/4ton 4x4 springs on my 93 2dr runner and took out the overload. I have 4 leafs in there now and a 3.5" block, 7" shackle. I needed all of that to get me level with the 3" TG sas swap in the front. The rear of the trucks rides awesome but its a bit soft and wallowy. I have Bilstein 5125 but there not mounted at an ideal angle / \ I'm going to try and mount them more vertical and see if the handling improves at all.

The reason I'm worried about it is its not only a single day use truck I use it in extended camping trips. I have a roof rack loaded with gear as well as the back of the truck. I'm in the area of about 500lbs of gear if not more. I want to make this more stable as I am planing a trip up to the far north in the next year and that will involve 7-10,000kms of driving loaded.

The 63" ride oh so nice on the logging roads though and flex like crazy!!

Jeremy

 

im doing this too and this was my main concern.my front is pretty high after the sas w rancho 44044s.i really didnt want to run a block in the back at all.what are my options here?would chevy 4 in lift rear springs be what im looking for?for what im doing it doesnt have to be super flexy but i dont want it to ride like a brick either.

 

man this whole forum has been dead for days!

 

For the cost of 63" lift springs I would just get a TG rear lift kit. I should have done that in the first place, would have only been a bit more $$ by the time I was done. I'm looking at putting on an AAL to try and eliminate the need for the blocks. Problem with the AAL is the loss in ride quality, I may in hopes of retaining that ad another leaf from a spare 63" pack I have.

I do not think that the 63" springs will work and get me the hight I need with out the blocks or some amount of block.

Jeremy

 

go with ford 57" springs. i god some nasty flex and lifted me a few inches higher than i expected!

 

unless you need all that lift to clear the tires, why not look into getting the front lower with the SAS. Like SDORI's motto goes, lift all you need, but not more. If you lift higher than you need, you sacrifice handling, and many other things. Now if you are running 40's or what ever, you may need a foot in the front and back, otherwise sometimes less is more.

 

kinda the whole point of the Chevy springs is to get a couple inches lift with good flex CHEAP.

If you end up buying lift springs for a 63" pack, you kinda defeat the purpose - you may as well all Alcan and get a custom pack that just bolts on