full size leafs in a ranger

[Northern]

Ive been reading, and reading and reading, and Ive got one heck of a headache.
Here is the deal....

Im looking to get 5" to 6" of lift out of the rear.
I have a camburg 5.5 setup for the front waiting to be put on, but i want my truck to be level.....

Ive read about the GM 63" and 64" leafs,
and on use some older dodge truck leafs, or ford car leafs, or some s-10 leafs to help aid in the lift and stature along with a possible 10" re-arching.

The nationals, the deavers, these are good ways to go, but at 650 a set plus shipping, then dealing with the relocation of the mount, and the flipping of the shackle, just for 2.5"

Granted once in a while you can pick up a set cheap from DR...

The explorer pack. its debatable on the lift, some say 1" others say 2", non the less, a ad-a-leaf and a block with shackles, thats alot of stuff and with a good chance of wrapping my axle?

but I havent got much info on the durango pack or the f-150 pack.

the most info i got on the f-150 pack was, its around the same length and to use the entire pack along with the main leaf of the ranger.

can some one shine some light on these two?

Marc

 

[ES894x4]

deavers flex in ways that no stock leaf will which is why they have more leafs in the packs. when you flip a shackle you gain large amounts of unsprung travel which keeps your tires in contact with the ground. aal and lift blocks are bad for the desert, lift blocks wrap your shiz, and aal will make your springs to stiff to absorb anything and cycle. an f150 pack with 2 main leafs will be too stiff.

 

[bilzy7]

5.5 inch lift chevy leaves people also use for lift. Can always play adjust and takeout leaves if it's too stiff. The expo leaves lift depends, are the leaves worn? Did you have a block and now not? Obviously you've read... Have you checked out Toyota leaves? I know some use them with a washer on both sides as they are thinner and they say they flex well.

 

[doyouquaxu]

the ranger usually sits a few inches higher in the back than the front. i put a 5.5 kit on the front of my truck, deavers in the rear, and it sat damn close to level.

 

[norcals91]

but I havent got much info on the durango pack or the f-150 pack.

I got a set of 00 durango 2wd leafs and 02 f150 2wd leafs for my ranger from the yard to decide which ones to run. The f150 packs would require hanger relocation and the arch wasn't much greather than the ranger. They are stiffer, which would make the truck sag less yielding a bit of a lift, but would not even come close (IMO) to performing well offroad (maybe crawling, but not for going fast). I've heard from my yota buddies that f150 springs are the new rage for their crawlers because they don't take up as much space after the axle as 63's for a better departure angle (with bobbed bed) but yield decent flex.

I opted to run the durango leaf pack. Because the durango is a spring under axle setup, the springs are softer than a truck specd for spring over (don't have to makup for excessive axlewrap). Just standing on the springs in the junkyard I was able to flex them 2" or so, the 150 springs didn't budge. I did a kartek shackle flip (1.5 inch drop) with the durango springs, 8.8 expo axle (bigger tubes, 1/2 inch lift), and 02 f150 shackles and broke even on the height. I imagine without a shackle flip you would net 2-3 inches of lift no problem. The centering pin on these springs is about 3/4 inch forward, so you will have to drill a hole in your stock pads, or run the ruff stuff pads with three locations as I did.