after waiting about 2 months my rear marlin springs have finally come in. i had them installed today, and it made a huge difference. the rear end no longer sags and i was able to install my new BBC shocks. we tested the flex out on some stairs near the shop. we found one limiting factor, being the front shocks are way to long. i ended up fully compressing the shock before reaching maximum flex.
















we actually took care of the shock problem by building a new lower shock mount. it was to dark to take pictures of it but i will get some tomorrow.

 

Those shock mounts look like rock magnets...why not just use the upper stock mounts and put one some new lower mounts at 2-3 o'clock on either side. I'm sure yours are/were like mine...one went to the back, the other to the front...

I gotta get my rear brake lines up too.

Everything else looks good!

 

hmm ya know what i didnt even think about that. i just wanted my truck back. im going to have to talk to my fab guy, thats the last thing i want to do is busting up those shocks on some rocks

 

I just reused the upper mount, bushings bolts and all, and then put a new lower mount in line and at about 2-3 o'clock to the side of the top shock mount. You gotta look into some rear disc brakes and a t-case mounted parking brake...mucho bettero IMO and mine is sitting parked on a 45 degree incline in my driveway now, hasn't moved an inch all day...

Keep us posted....if you didn't see my earlier edit...

IT LOOKS GOOD! and I know how you feel about wanting your truck back, mine goes to get new d-shafts tomorrow morning and I told him he had one day.

 

we just had a problem getting these shocks on here. they are the bbc 15" travel shocks. thats a whole lotta shock to be fitting in a tiny spot.

 

One of the reasons I got the AP kit, took out a good bit of guess work and the shocks were just right or at least look to be about right, gotta find me an RTI in town...