Chevy Leaf Swap Tweaking Questions.

[ozziemo27]

Alright folks, I did my chevy leaf swap after i finished the front 4" superlift. It looks like i lifted it a bit too much.... These leafs are soupy! I can hop on the back of the truck and it will go up and down like a foot, its awesome. ANYWAYS, i am running belltech extended shackles (ebay equivalent same thing) the stock block and the chevy pack minus the overload so i'm running 3 chevy leafs. Do you guys think the weight of the bed and deleting the stock block will level it out going by this picture? Its raked pretty darn bad as you can see. Also, the overall lift should be around 3-4 inches in the back so a 4inch lift shock like i'm going to run in the front should work nicely right? The old shocks actually limited my downtravel when i had the tires off playing around with the suspension. Here is a pic of what the truck sits like with the bed off sittin on the meats.

 

[ozziemo27]

Well i took the rear lift blocks out today and it sits a little bit lower in the back... I still would like to get it an inch lower if i could and the only way i could see doing that is buy getting stock ranger shackles and that would probably hurt my rear suspension travel so i think i will keep it with this slight 1 inch rake and maybe change something in the future if i dont like it i think.

 

[wahlstrom1]

If the box is still off, wait until you get it back to 'road' weight before messing with it anymore. Dealing with soft springs you need to know what kinda weight's your working with before making adjustments or else your height changes will be out to lunch.

 

[ozziemo27]

If the box is still off, wait until you get it back to 'road' weight before messing with it anymore. Dealing with soft springs you need to know what kinda weight's your working with before making adjustments or else your height changes will be out to lunch.

I put 140 lbs of sandbags on the back and a girlfriend to return it to its "road weight" I'm pretty happy with how its sitting now... I think