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Leaf Spring height?

Old Mar 21, 2007 | 09:23 PM
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Hey, I need a way to make the rear of my truck sit higher. Iwas wondering if anybody new an easy cheap way to do this. I heard of "add a leaf" but don't really know much about this. Any help would be awesome.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2007 | 09:41 PM
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ya, I would go withtheadd a leaf. from what I hear they work pretty good.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 01:09 AM
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K, awesome, about how mcuh are these kits and about how higher can they get me?
 
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 01:28 AM
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The cheap way would be air shocks. I have them on my 95 model. I only use them for towing. You can get Monroe air shocks for under $100 a pair shipped to you. Don’t know how high you want to go. But this just a simple answer.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 03:20 AM
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Try www.jcwhitney.com for the add a leaf kits.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 09:34 AM
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they are cheap and easy, you can get different ones from 1 1/2-2 inches, or you can try blocks
 
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 09:00 PM
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I would not get air shocks. all they do is put stress on your shock mounts.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2007 | 01:38 AM
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K, I'll start lookin around for add-a-leaf's sounds fairly straightforward.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2007 | 08:00 AM
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try 4wheelparts.com
 
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