Chevy springs

[yoshaleng]

I'm thinking about replacing my rear springs w/ chevy springs. I know they come in 63" but do they come shorter? Reason being, I bobbed my bed and the access frame so I can't relocate rear spring hangers. Any suggestions?

[81_yota]

try f150 rear spring 57" eye to eye

[86bobbedtoy]

try f150 rear spring 57" eye to eye

x2 i like them alot  better

[79coyotefrg]

try f150 rear spring 57" eye to eye

 

I had to add one leaf to mine to make them match the 5 inch front springs

[88Rokyoat]

i ran 58" chevys in the past that worked well.

[yoshaleng]

79coyotefrg: what year f150's? does it matter if it's off a 2wd?
I like your setup because you're not using blocks.

the thing I dislike about the chevy springs is that you have use blocks...

[greg_k113]

2wd F150 springs late 80's to mid 90's. 2wd are 2.5" and 4wd are 3".

[88Rokyoat]

70coyot: frg year f150's? does it matter if it's off a 2wd?
I like your setup because you're not using blocks.

the thing I dislike about the chevy springs is that you have use blocks...

I guess it depends on how your front end is on whether or not you have to use blocks. On my last Tacoma I ran 63s with frenched hangers and no blocks and it worked good and sat level.

[yoshaleng]

I'm using stock rear hangers.

[79coyotefrg]

I think mine were from a 89 F150 2wd.  the 4wd springs are too wide.  i use a double shackle setup with a stock toy shackle attached to a f150 shackle with a 22R motor mount with the top stud plate (that goes on the engine side) cut off and welded upside down under the frame so the ford shackle rests on that instead of the frame.

I also run 12 inch shocks / \

[THK Matt]

Springs from a tahoe are 54" I have 2 sets of those.

[93NightCrawler]

This sounds stupid but, would blocks allow the springs flex better than straight spring?

[79coyotefrg]

This sounds stupid but, would blocks allow the springs flex better than straight spring?

NO  and if in a bind the blocks can spit out leaving you stuck on the trail

[greg_k113]

I'm done with blocks

[IronClad]

weld them in then and dont worry about it

[Montana300]

No just drop the blocks and get bigger springs! I did and I don't miss the blocks at all.

[Redbeard1]

X1000 on the F150 springs just as much flex IMHO with out the  dragin over hang... With my flat bed and no wheel wells to worry about I was able to push my rear axle back quite abit by using the factory rear spring front hanger location. 

[81_yota]

blocks is like a body lift ugly and pointless only reason for them is to be cheap

[dntsdad]

I think mine were from a 89 F150 2wd.  the 4wd springs are too wide.  i use a double shackle setup with a stock toy shackle attached to a f150 shackle with a 22R motor mount with the top stud plate (that goes on the engine side) cut off and welded upside down under the frame so the ford shackle rests on that instead of the frame.

I also run 12 inch shocks / \

Have any pics of this?

[79coyotefrg]

Have any pics of this?

these are 14 inchers in the pic but they are long gone

[yoshaleng]

blocks is like a body lift ugly and pointless only reason for them is to be cheap

I agree. From the looks of it, 79coyotefrg gets decent flex from f150. I'm leaning towards that way so far.

[81_yota]

im goin with f150s reason iam is chevys would give around 3in lift f140 4+ lift and less area to get hung up on chevys are place to far forward due to there length