Lowering rear - leaf springs?

[Gary]

Ok was looking at doing a 2/4 lowering on my 72 but the rear has no coil springs, it has leaf so what's the best way to do that?

Thanks

[theo70]

Lowering blocks($),flip kits($$), and lowered leaf springs($$$).
As soon as Uncle Sam gets me my check, I'm going the lowered spring route. Check with Early Classics Enterprises.

[Gary]

Well looking at the setup on this truck the axle is below the leaf spring, so it has to be flipped before the blocks can help so that leaves I guess, a flip kit or lowered springs (or the lowering shackles I think?). The rear, when going over a speed bump I've noticed, basically bounces like a rock already (as in <thud> when it comes off a speed bump). So I don't guess lowering it should hurt the ride much at least not from the rear.

[Slammed67]

Keep in mind that flipping the axle alone is going to give you a 5" to 6" drop, which is more than you are looking for. You could flip it, then relocate the spring hangers to raise it back up to where you want it.

[Gary]

This sounds like the way to go flip and raise it back a bit.

[greatdaen]

The "thud" you refer to is a matter of spring rate - stiffness - and shock absorber valving. Changing how your axle mounts to the spings won't affect those things. What will be affected is your available suspension travel. If you hit a "big one", you are much more likely to contact the jounce bumpers. Then your "thud" turns into an "ouch"....

There are several other threads on here about folks that had their springs re-arched. Re-arching can just as easily "remove" arch as well as put it back in. If you are in a large enough metropolitan area with a spring re-arching bussiness, you might compare that cost to buying a kit to change mounting locations - especially if you are just going for a few inches.

-dch