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So i was kinda in a rush to get some kind of rear suspension travel before I head to the desert early nov. So i tried this set-up and it worked amazing considering it only cost my about $200 plus shocks.

First- bought a 64" leaf spring from an 06 1500 silderado:


then i had them arched to 12" at my local spring shop:


I moved the front mount forward a set of holes, about 6"



then i fliped the rear shackle mount and moved it back 3"..used a 7" shackle






on the driver side it was a pain because i had to drop the tank to get to the other side ot the bolts.

siting:



fool droop:




stance:


droop:


ill take more pics with the bed after i get back from the metal yard.


ended up with 18" of wheel travel...not bad for what it cost
 


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how muck was the arking $
 

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sweet idea! they might start to sag pretty quick because of the amount of ach in them but thats what testings for! ;). get some shocks and valve them bad boys so we can see some test vids! haha
 

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Makes me want to get the Durango leaves under my truck. I've got to get the new 8.8 built first then the whole rear will get changed up.
 

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pffffttt., it will never work, it didnt cost enuff money:woot:

cool lower dollar deal.remids me of what you use to see back in the day, people trying the "home built aproach":icon_cheers:
 

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more business has occured


added some new cross members:


started bed cage:





I was shocked when i saw how much travel it ended up having

..ran out of jack:



 

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Looks like all your droop is in your shackle. How much uptravel you got?
it bumps out 9" of up travel before it hits bump stop..i just tried it it out and it cycles really well..the shackle moves back as good as it falls forward...i had to adjust the shackle placement after the first test because the spring de-arched a bit...which i kinda anticipated..now that its settled it works great
 

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what kind of shocks you gunna run on that bad boy?
 

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what kind of shocks you gunna run on that bad boy?
2.5 16" sway aways pretty soon hopefully...but right now im gunna run some 14" ranchos my buddy had laying around

that cage im workin on is probably gunna be temporary
 

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yeah i would say so too, im really curious to see how it works out. have you drivin it at all since you put the springs on?
 

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yeah i would say so too, im really curious to see how it works out. have you drivin it at all since you put the springs on?
ya, it handles waaaaaaaayyyy beter ..the ass end doesnt fling into the air at all on the big stuff like it did before
 

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very nice! damn i wanna get mine done now! this workin only on the weekends on it jsut aint workin too well for me lol
 

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