thank you guys for the tips. im pretty new at this stuff and when i was making my front packs i for some reason under the impression the less leaves the more flexy. i didnt really think about taking the spring rates into the equation. I'm going to try putting both packs together minus the overloads. I'll have to measure the length because i dont know if mine are the 48 or 51? they came out of my same 84 extra cab.
How much does the cutting to stagger them help? Would i be wasting my time trying to make the packs without cutting the ends off to make them stagger?