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10-19-2009, 10:51 PM | #1 |
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67 spring upgrades
I have a 67 K10 that eventually I would like to lift. From what I understand 67-68 4x4 springs are different than 69-72, and 67-68 lift kits are non existant. I want to say that early springs are more hour glass shaped. I prefer not to have lift blocks and dont want custom springs. I am wondering if two other options would work....
1. Use 69-72 spring brackets (remove old rivets and bolt on to 67 frame). Get 69-72 all spring lift kit. 2. (not sure if this would work) Use 73-80's spring brackets, A 4" shackle flip kit for the rear for 73-80's, a B-52 kit for the front (uses 52" rear springs in the front and gets about 4" lift). get two sets of rear springs. I am just wondering what other people with 67-68's have done and if the second option would work or not.
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10-20-2009, 07:13 AM | #2 |
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Re: 67 spring upgrades
You can use lift springs from one of the 69-72 kits in the front, they are the same. As for the rear, shackle flip is probably the easiest. I did a DIY4X shackle flip, with new shackles, but you'll need spacers on the shackles to make up the difference between the widths, '67 springs being wider. I called and talked to Kert, he's familiar with this and welded spacers on to the shackles. Here's what it looks like.
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