63" spring swap

[pennsylvaniaboy]

this may have been listed somewhre but i might have to swap over to 63" spings as i have a cracked eye in my 56" springs. by my calculations it would move my rear axle back by 8" if i dont move the front mount? is this correct please help dont flame me

 

[howdiy]

this may have been listed somewhre but i might have to swap over to 63" spings as i have a cracked eye in my 56" springs. by my calculations it would move my rear axle back by 8" if i dont move the front mount? is this correct please help dont flame me

Is the pin centered on the 63's

I would check but our 96 isn't here right now.

 

[pennsylvaniaboy]

i have a set here that are 32" front and 31 rear so yeh roughly centered...but my rear 56" spring is 26 front and 30 rear

 

[rdn2blazer]

I would not do it with out moving the front bucket forward. it will look terrible. I did mine by moving the fromt and back buckets equal lengths. the front should go in the next set of holes on the frame.

 

[redneckdude]

i moved my front hanger up a couple inches and set the zero rate at 1.5" pushing the axle forward. its about 3" back from stock...the razor back HAS hit the gas tank slightly once or twice (prob from flying over bigass speed bumps in my friends neighborhood), but any further back on a blazer or burb would kill the tank...and like said, will look funny on a pick up. I went ahead and "comp cut" my fenders just below the taillights and trimmed the edge off some and mine looks great imo.

 

[Russell]

I've got a suburban tank as my primary means of fuel delivery, and would love to install a set of modern 2500HD springs to get a reasonable ride with some weight capacity out of my truck.

I have about 4" of lift on the front of my truck, would these springs lift my rear any, or should I still shackle flip it? I'd like to wind up with approx 6" of lift on the rear, always been a big fan of having a bit of a rake to the stance...