My bad i thought you were talking about my crystal clear headlights. haha my turn signals were the 30 dollar clears something along thhose lines. The quality is good, no leaks and they have been on the truck for over a year.

 

I have a question for you guys. I have heard a few different things about pulling the overload spring. Some have told me it will drop the rear 3" others have told me 1-1.5"s which holds more true from what you guys have seen? I might not even need to touch the front if thats the case being my wheel tire setup is a 20/22. I must be sitting 2/4 as of now the truck does have a rake to it.
Is what im saying make sense

 

I've only read and heard terrible things about taking it out.

And anymore than 1 inch is wishful thinking on the overload spring.

 

Im only going to cut 3/4 coil if cut anything now. Might be a 3" drop spring. Im going to wait to do anything untill my new 20/22 wheels and tires are on the truck i put it back on the ground and look at it. Either way the rear needs to go lower for sure. I can always order belltech 3" drop leaf springs to obtain what i really need too do for what im looking for. What bad things have you heard about pulling the overload spring?

 

The main drawback of removing the overload leaf is spring-wrap, which causes wheel hop and traction loss. Also is really hard on parts.

But you have Cal-Tracs, and they correct the spring-wrap problem. You'll be just fine to remove the overload(same setup as myself, and many others).

As to the amount of drop you'll see, it's less than one inch. It's really just the thickness of the overload leaf that lowers the rear. Also remember, when you preload the Cal-Tracs, it will slightly raise the rear of the truck back up(just a bit). I'd say to do the rear first, then decide how far you want/need to drop the front.

If you still want the rear to be lower, you'll need lowering leaf springs, or a flip kit.

 

If you want a low rear just get a flipkit and a notch. With how low you're wanting it's the easiest, cheapest, and best on your suspension parts.

What are your goals? 3/5, 4/6 what?

 

I have done the overload removal, after I did drop shackles. The amount drop you are going to get from removing the overload spring is only the thickness of the spring itself, about 3/4 of an inch. The rest of the spring doesn't really touch the other leaf springs under normal conditions. You will get wheel hop, because the stock overload acts as a slapper bar. I fixed that problem on mine with half leaf helper springs mounted upside down and backwards (on top of the springs and in front of the axle). The truck rode no differently without the overload but got a little stiffer with the helper springs. It did cure wheel hop, however. I'm pleased with the overall arrangement.

 

Ok, just what i was looking for. Direct answer for the questions i had. Thank you. I will prob end up putting in lowering leafs if thats the case.

4/6 or 5/7. Well i already have the c-notch and i would need to pull out my hangers and put the factory back in so im not sitting 10" drop with a flip. Its way easier for me to keep my 4" hanger shackle drop in and just swap the leaf springs out.

Sounds good, if i do pull it i hope my caltracs would do there job. But after hearing what most had to say about how much drop im getting out of it. Prob just going to swap out leaf packs to a belltech drop leaf pack.

Thanks for the good advice and personal experience, guys.

 

Hmm good point, just go with the lowering springs to get you to 7. In the front if you can afford it, go with 5 inch lcas. Someone on here Ribiero or somethin like that with a gold truck is thinkin about selling some for a good price, might want to hit him up, the truck would ride awesome with those up front.

Otherwise 3 inch drop coil and 2 inch lca or spindle would be good stuff.

 

Thats whats going down. Pretty much on point. We will see what develops.
Thanks again.