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Old Jan 1, 2008 | 05:56 PM
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New Or just Re-arCH??

the
rear leaf springs on my 94 F-150 are quite shot

so i need some opinions here should i:

A:go to u-pull-it and get some springs off of a fairly new 3/4 ton

or

B:have my springs rearched and stack in some extra ones i have off of another old truck


outta these 2 opinons what do u guys think would be best??
 
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Old Jan 1, 2008 | 06:38 PM
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think 250 springs are wider
rearch is better and the spring shop can add a leaf cheaply
 
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 06:20 AM
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The spring shop here said that if you re-arch your springs and don't add a leaf to the spring pack that over time they will sag back to the original arch .
 
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