With just the add a leaf and pulling the factory block out, i gained about 3/4 of an inch on the driver side.... When i get the 5" block in it will give me a total of about 1.75" more than what i had, hopefully it will also fix my caster some...

 

Great stuff broseph!!!

 

Thanks, really need to get headers and mounts in so i can retune her...especially idle tables!!!

 

I need to find some 14 or 15" u bolts.... This is about to get expensive!!! Closest i can find is a set of superlifts and theyre just unolts no washers or nuts, $7.00 each plus 5.99 shiping through jegs..... Havent called summit yet!!!

 

do you have any suspension/spring shops around you? i had 4 new ones bent up with hardware for 20 canadian.

 

There are couple off road/performance shops and i know there used to be at least one dedicated spring shop around here, ill get with the guys in oarts tomorrow morning they'll know if theyre still around!! Have a fairly new 4wheelparts in town but i went by there today and they are so into pro comp its ridiculous!! And everything has to be ordered!!

 

X2 Just find you a leaf spring shop, I had my made right in front of me.

 

Got em.... Place called spring menders, made em for me, dude was cool as hell too, hair almost as long as mine!!! Lol!!! $55 not tax and 15-20 minutes later i have 4 brand new 15" ubolts!!!

 

They made their way into the truck.....oh wait guess the bed doesnt count!!!!

 

i happened to notice a few trucks today with factory blocks, my truck the factory blocks were 2", saw 3 others today that had 1.5", 1.75, and one was no more than an inch....guess it depends on spring pack and other options... Just thinking about it, if anyone happens to be looking for the info, there are different size factory blocks!!!

Still trying to wrap my head around which side the bars are supposed to go on, as close as brackets are to the caliper i think my initial thought of the bars flaring outward was backwards...guess now that i think about it, it makes sense the springs are outside of the frame rail and the front of the bars mount to the underside of the frame.... Other thing bugging me is the front brackets, there are supposed to be two differnt front mounts, and lookinb atvthem there isnt enough of a differemce i can see to be obvious as to which side they go on!!!

Ready to get this little project done, and get on to the mounts and headers!! Hell at this point im ready to have all of my projects done for a little while..... Need a bit of a rest!!!