Alright, say I wanted to drop the *** end of my truck an inch or so, wanted to cut down spring wrap, and didnt want to degrade ride quality. What if I moved my overload to the top of my springpack? that would certainly limit the amount of springwrap and help weight transfer due to softer rear suspension. Has anyone tried this? I know its not the normal thing to do, but it may be worth a try.

 

That would lower it and make it ride like ****.

 

Do you think it would be much worse than clamping the overload to the rest of the pack in its stock location?

 

 

LOL! I'll bet you said the same thing about the first people to experiment with Ebay parts. It was just an idea, and I havent yet measured the arc of the bottom of the overload spring to see if it is less than the top spring. If it is going to try to "flatten" the rest of the spring pack a whole bunch, I dont really want to try it. I'm 5hrs away from home for work right now, and I cant really measure it right away, as I wont be home for at least a month.

 

Why not use a drop shackle.

As mentioned, it will probably wont ride as good if you do what you suggested.

 

Ya, I guess I should have mentioned spring wrap was the main thing I was trying to address. I guess I'll have to break down and build or buy a set of traction or slapper bars.

 

A place in Anchorage has actually lowered some trucks with the method you described. I know of two personally, that came to me complaining of how their trucks rode after lowering. Needless to say, they ended up spending more money to have it done right.

There are a ton of good options out there to use, and lower your truck properly. Lots of good ways to correct wheel hop too. No need to reinvent the wheel here.