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Originally Posted by LONGHAIR
The suspension is not the only issue. No matter what you end-up doing to "hold up" the weight, you still have to stop it. You need to concentrate on brakes as much or more than springs.
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this is very true and i tend to do so but only running 33 inch tires under the truck but for some reason they rub most like front springs ar very worn out.
and as for what USSkoval said swapping rear springs can be done and very easily just doing the front wont be
You can use your stock rears on the front, but...
*You will gain 3 or 4 inches in height. (its actually how much high i would like)
*You will need to move/build/buy front spring hangers. (hmm that might be hard)
*Might have to relocate the shackle mounts in the frame. (got a place in town that can build me a few so no problems there)
*Need longer shocks. (already covered)
*Convert to crossover steering which involves another list of things to do/buy. What is this
05-12-2010 08:51 PM
as for front spring what if i just built springs, such as taking the front spring apart and building from that leaving the stock hangers alone kinda like a helper spring but in all honesty just adding more leafs
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