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1st Gen Suspension Question

texinxin

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My daily driver is a 1971 Jimmy. I'm having some serious ride quality problems when I go down the highway. At 60-70mph the rig literally leaves the ground when I hit a dip in the highway. What's out there for improving ride quality? What are you doing? I've considered three options: A) trying to find a bolt on kit so I can have dual shocks in the front, B) Switching to better shocks -I have NO idea what those would be, or C) switching to a custom coil over setup. I read that ORD has made one but since this is a daily driver rig I don;t think it would be appropriate. What do you think?

Here's what the set up look slike: New 2" leaf springs in the front from ORD and 4" blocks with stock springs in the rear, rolling on 15" wheels and 33" MT's. I'm using a Rancho RS5000 shocks in the front and Rough Country shocks(from ORD) in the rear. No sway/antiroll bars installed. I have less than 5000 miles on the suspension. I attached a pic of the truck to this posting.

Thx

1971 jimmy.jpg
 
Nice looking 1st gen.
Are the rear suspension bushings new?
When ya say leaves the ground are sure the wheels are catching air or is the body floating around?

If the body bushings are worn you will get tossed around a bit.
 
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