I'll second (or third or fourth, whatever reply this is haha!) the Icon (Donahoe) mini spring pack.

Straightforward to install, using stock shocks, etc.

Here's my .02 on installing them: Get the front of the truck up as high as is safely possible. Use two heavy duty jacks to lower the the axle down with. Before you go to lift the axle back up, check the diameter of the heads of the new centering pins. Mine were slightly too large for the stock holes on each side and required a little grinding to make fit. As you go to lift the axle back into place, it can be a $#%$ to get the pins to line up with the holes. I used about 4 "ratchet-straps", two on each side, to help pull and yank the axle around to get the pins and holes to line up.

rgds,
TX

 

Thanks for the helpful info TX!

 

Glad to help, your mini spring pack shipped out yesterday.





Thanks

 

Hey DC,
Got the mini spring packs today. Thanks for the lightning fast service. I'll probably install this weekend or next. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks again.

 

Cool, thanks for the business.

 

Why do you suggest that we stay away from the ebay kits?

 

I think the advice is to stay away from "no name" brands. There are some fairly inferior kits out there, in terms of quality of the materials. I don't think many people mind spending a few extra dollars on something that literally holds up the front of your truck.

 

I used this kit I purchased off of ebay and have been more than happy with the results. I done a thread on this and the rear lift block conversion, I'll try to find it for this thread.




And yes I need to break out the spray can !!

 

Right now, I have 3" blocks on my front axle. I know this is idiotic, so don't start attacking me about it. That's why I'm getting a mini pack.
The reason I have Blocks is because I took shackles to a shop to be installed, they installed them, then found out they wouldn't work, so they convinced me to do blocks, and since they already charged me for the shackle installation (even though they were coming off) I just decided to get the blocks because I wanted my truck back. So I'm now going back and putting mini packs in. And I need 3" so I think I'm gunna go with a company called "proform fabrication". I found them on eBay, but they have a site and they're the ones who make the shackles I bought, so I know they're made with strong materials.

http://proformfabrication.com/catalo...roducts_id=122

 

So you bought shackles from proform and they wouldnt work? And now your going back? Whos to say the blocks will fit? They couldnt get it right with the shackles.

 

If I'm not mistaken, the shackles don't work because my truck doesn't have the stock springs. I talked to my local lift expert (not the idiot who put the blocks on) and he understood that why the shackles didn't work, said I could live with the blocks as long as they're not aluminum, and said that proform's mini packs are legit. So I'm gunna go with the mini packs. I'll post on here what I think about them.

 

After installing the mini spring pack, an alignment is still needed right? or not?

Thanks

 

I want to lift my truck 3 more inches it is level right now so my plan is to buy a 3 inch mini pack for the front,BUT I would also like to buy another one for the rear it seems safer than a block.Is there any reason not to put one of these in the rear?