Hey everyone! I'm looking into doing a home built rear spring setup on my 86 pickup so i can ditch the crappy 4 inch pro comp lift springs that ride and flex like poo.
What i had in mind is a set of rear 3 leaf 1998 rear taco springs without a overload helper that are 55 inch eye to eye, 24 inch front eye to pin, 31 inch rear eye to pin. I was going to use a jonny joint shackle hanger moved about 3 inches back, A new front hanger moved about 4 inches forward, a 6 inch rear shackle. I'm looking for at least 4 inches of lift from what ever i do with the rear at min. So if needed i was going to pull the very bottom leaf out of the taco pack and use the very top leaf cut down out of my old 4 inch lift spring pack to give the spring more arch and lift. What I'm trying to find out is has anyone done a similar swap with good results? I already have the taco springs, shackles, spring hangers, and jonny joints and only have 125 bucks in all of it. I'm ballin on a budget so I'm trying to keep the cost down as much as poss. I really want a nice soft flexy rear setup to match my front so I'm not always hiking a rear tire everywere lol. Any input would b great!
