What the ???? would cause this?
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Kris one other thought on this situation is going to a coil over system. Im not sure what you had in a budget for injectors and the turbo parts to use them but you could go with a coil over kit and be done for good with leaf springs all together. DC probably could point you to a good kit.
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Coilover conversion would be PIMP........I may eventually do it to my 01 (although I've been trying to stop changing stuff on it). Full Traction is the only kit I would run short of One Up Offroad.
FT has a 4", 6" and 8" kit (figure $2400 for the front kit and $1300 for 2.5" diameter coilovers though).
Those are guesstimates on the pricing......I'm no longer in the game so I don't know if they have changed.
FT has a 4", 6" and 8" kit (figure $2400 for the front kit and $1300 for 2.5" diameter coilovers though).
Those are guesstimates on the pricing......I'm no longer in the game so I don't know if they have changed.
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Originally Posted by Izzy351
FWIW, I looked at my driver-side rear spring and my bottom leaf is starting to shift as well.
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I contacted my buddy who has a dealer's license, they can get me a Donahoe Racing 4" all-spring, which means replacing the rear with springs as well, plus the box kit for $1380 which is just $50 more than i can get at retail with just front springs and rear blocks. I always wanted rear springs on a 4" kit but i did not know that was possible. Plus the LR spring is basically shot too, it is phagged. Hmm, decisions decisions, decisions. 
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Seems like a good deal...figure jobber on the front and rear springs is $590 per pair, $80 or so for the rear u-bolts , and the box kit jobbers for $375
Jobber is the lowest any DR can sell DR w/o risking losing the ability to sell DR (they can pull the product if you violate it).
If he is quoting you all spring it would be the 4" fronts and the 5" rears. You would run the rears with NO block and the truck will be slightly azz high.
Jobber is the lowest any DR can sell DR w/o risking losing the ability to sell DR (they can pull the product if you violate it).
If he is quoting you all spring it would be the 4" fronts and the 5" rears. You would run the rears with NO block and the truck will be slightly azz high.
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Originally Posted by DCSpecial
If he is quoting you all spring it would be the 4" fronts and the 5" rears. You would run the rears with NO block and the truck will be slightly azz high.
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Kris,
What is it that is causing your truck to lean to one side? Is it the cracked spring? Sway bar bushings?
What is it that is causing your truck to lean to one side? Is it the cracked spring? Sway bar bushings?
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Tried to answer your PM but it timed out on me and i wasnt sure if it went through. Apparently not 
The broken spring is causing it to lean to one side. If anything, the sway bar will try its hardest to keep level. But, when i disconnected the links nothing changed. Im betting you have a phagged spring, in other words, one that's "sprung".
Ive decided on the lift and i just gotta wait for another paycheck to pad the bank a little.
The broken spring is causing it to lean to one side. If anything, the sway bar will try its hardest to keep level. But, when i disconnected the links nothing changed. Im betting you have a phagged spring, in other words, one that's "sprung".
Ive decided on the lift and i just gotta wait for another paycheck to pad the bank a little.
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