'89 BII, startin with leafs

[alpinestar]

for sure. like i posted in the SAS price forum i only got a few hundred into the swap. most of the parts my buddies were planning to use and never got around to or just made for me real quick. i think the whole thing ended up costing about $300 or so... it just takes time. as of today i worked out all the major kinks.. it was riding rough due to a part of the shackles hitting the frame and sending the bumps through the truck. kinda sucked for a while and today i finally took care of it. tomorrow will be longer shocks in the rear...

post some pics of your swap man... start a thread of your own maybe...

BTW next time you guys see any updates on this truck i hope to be 3 linking the front... maybe soon, depending on the job situation. damn economy

 

[alpinestar]

So im starting over and doing this build a little cleaner this time, new rear springs, new front spring hangers, all new mounts and it should look alot better, and perform much better. so i have some questions, where should i buy leaf spring mounts and hangers? the cheapest place i have looked is BallisticFabrication.com but they dont really have alot of leaf spring parts. so i was wondering, since im running a 2.5" wide spring could i use these: http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/Heavy-Duty-Frame-Link-Mount_p_1511.html as my spring hangers for the front and rear? putting a shackle on will be my only problem in the rear, i would either need 1/4" spacers on each side of the spring to make up for the extra width of the shackles if they were on the outside of the mount, or maybe go with a wider rear hanger? their option for the shackle side is: http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/Frame-Bushing-Mounts_p_1651.html but where do i get the Sleeve? i have bushings, those would be easy to get but i would like to get the sleeve and everything all in one place so i know they will easily go together...

so any recommendations as to where else to go? or am i in the right place?

oh and... i already have 9" shackles so i wont be replacing those...