About to order a lift kit...

[The Pumpkinator]

do us all a favor get the 3/4 ton spring thing out of your head.

someone sold you on a line of bull its option from factory 3 leaf front and 5 leaf rear all 1/2 ton stuff. just your replacement springs have more arch as new and prob been arched more for lift to level the blazer as thay sit a$$ low.

true 3/4 ton and 1 ton rear springs are 56" long and start around 8 leaf - 10 leaf per pack.

and 4" lift gets you 4" lift like it said in the ad you read.

and if you later want to go to 56" leafs for more flex in the rear all you need to do is swap the left and right brackets for the flip then bolt in the springs. cheeters trick on the flip swap.

and dont forget the flip kit req you to drop the fuel tank on the blazer to get the brackets bolted on.

some pinion angle correction will be required more than likly. but no sure fire set fix. each vehicle requires there own setup. so you have to bolt in the kit and see what you get.

and if you do the front springs get new shackle hanger bushings with hd shackles its worth it. and i love my greasable bolts for much smother ride.

longer brake lines will be required for the 4" kit for best results. ord has quality line kits.

if you plan on street time and good road handling get the sway bar disconect kit so you can keep the bar and then play offroad with it unhooked. but most of us remove the sway bar and never look back

you got any plans for steering correction ? simple easy raised arm or drop pitman arm is best. i prefer the drop pitman arm for the steering box. faster to swap out and resale value is higher than raised arm for axle end.

and plan on few days to do this job and plan on few problems. hope you have backup dd vehicle.

hope this helps you.

Thanks, simply said and to the point. Sad but true with the PO giving me the best line in bull****, but never had buyer's remorse from taking this truck home. I am also aware that this will take a long weekend to get this all together (I had to swap in a new axle to replace the rear 10 bolt that I scattered...then only to find out that one of my rear leafs was cracked in two; hence the new springs I put in there, and I also had the tank dropped numerous times because of the damn fuel pump and rotten O rings on the sender leaking) and I do have a secondary vehicle that I can drive.

So I already see a detailed list of what I need, but what about shocks? Monroes or Gabriels? Are the ones supplied from ORD decent as far as dampening and shock travel?

 

[Wyomingboy]

Pumpkinator,

Steve at ORD can advise you on everything you want to know. Just be sure to ask for him.
I bought a set of custom leafs for the front, from them a couple years ago, gave me a 3" lift in the front, stock length springs.
I got a set of 56's from a junk yard off a 1/2 ton 2wd burb and used the ORD shackle flip kit for the rear, ended up level. Then I took my quad shocks off the front and went with some Bilsteins from ORD all the way around. I like my suspension, and drive it daily. it's soft and flexy, just what I wanted, and not too high.

 

[The Pumpkinator]

Pumpkinator,

Steve at ORD can advise you on everything you want to know. Just be sure to ask for him.

Thanks for the advise, it appears I am having some sort of anxiety attack over nothin'

Riverton huh? Neeto...I have some wheelin' friends attending at CWC up there

 

[dirtygoat]

My stock 56's came out of a Burb and only have 5 leafs... Just throwing that out there for others...

My Blazer has been called a Caddy on Swampers... It's soft... I don't drive it on the road, so I couldn't tell ya what the manners are for you DD guys...

If you want to flip it you can do a really cheap home brew and it'll turn out fine... You just need to do a bit of research to understand what you are getting into...

The bolt on kits are great if you want to spend the money... You'll also have customer support to call if you need it, which doesn't come with a homemade flip...

I used rear spring front hangers and mounted them so the shackle bolt was in the same location as it was stock... I left the "L" bracket on the underside of the frame... I built 6" shackles that I modeled after the DIY4X UDSR shackles... And ran the 56s reversed... It rides great and flexes like crazy... No zero rates...

You can go with a lift sprint in the front and sway disco to keep it more road worthy, but I did the front hanger side to side swap and moved the shackle hanger forward the same as everyone else with 7 1/2" shackles... Threw my stock Blazer 52s in and couldn't be happier... My 52s are 5 leafs as well... Just throwing this in for everyone that is reading and wanting to do the 52s instead of lift springs...

Cheapo 14" travel shocks, inboarded in the rear and Ford towers in the front...

This is about as cheap a lift as you can do... It'll take a bit of work, but it performs...

Just thought this might help some of you...