I got my daily driver ten years ago and had the original leave springs on for 8 years, drooping on the left front.
Cities, freeways, dump sites, dirt roads, 100 year old paved and terribly potted mountain roads - any terrain, we did it.
And boy, did we bottom out even with new shocks countless of times.
I love them days and wouldn't trade them for nothing.
Used helper coil springs the last year on the front axle, which brought it back to just above stock height and was really bouncy and fun for a while.
But I never regret the day I replaced the front springs with monoleaves and used lowering blocks on the rear.
Installed gas shocks on all four with the rear having extra pressure.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE!
I never go back to stock and I think the truck feels the same way, without having to ask.
All I have to do is pushing down and releasing one edge of the front bumper with my boot and watch the gentle swaying back into place - what a treat.
Looks like a happy truck to me, but I could just be in love too deep.
The truck is lowered about 3-4 inches, but still, people in parking lots think it's original height. Definitely looks more right to my eyes as well.
The monoleaves have more play now than the worn originals ever had and never bottom out - what kind of metal is that? Roswell technology?
Beautiful handling in curves without leaning heavily like the original worn springs.
Also much smoother softer ride - more like a boat on water compared to the original worn ones.
Of course modern car drivers would feel more like in a wooden rollercoaster in my passenger seat.
But I wouldn't want it any other way and this is the only vehicle I ever owned ... for that reason maybe.
Monoleaves on the front - new cab mounts - who could ask for anything more...?
I frequently load up the bed to capacity and go on country roads and hundreds of miles on the freeway.
Sits really solid like that and drives beautifully.
The lower point of gravity makes a huge difference in handling, especially when going into faster harder turns.
Why lowering a truck?
Speaking as somebody originally from far outside of Los Angeles county who drove those roads and streets the past 7 years every day, before I moved back out into the country.
Moving straight from Austin, I first thought lowering trucks is just wrong, for years.
Wider stance and smaller wheels looked ridiculous to me, especially on pickups ... and still do.
But hey, have it your way! Where else in the world but here?
Today I have more respect for the super lowered trucks and whatever wheel-flavor of the month.
It's a unique cultural and artistic expression - better than joining a gang any day and you need to have a real job to be able to afford it.
I loved the guy around the corner where I used to live, who had a white modern Chevy truck with heavily black tinted windows and no other accents on the outside but an off-angle number plate on the tail gate.
This thing sat completely flat on the road when parked!
Every time I came down the hill and saw it on a different spot, I got a kick out of it.
Now that's pure art - thank you.
However I would sell that thing in a heart beat myself and trade it in for another one or more old Chevys any day.
I guess, it all depends first on what is the main use of your truck?
How much you sit in the drivers seat and how you want the ride to be.
Some like it high, some like it low.
Is there anything wrong with either?
Easy questions...
I just go with what feels right and works and allows me the freedom to do with the truck what I want.
The right way is what feels right to you.
Blessings to the land of the free.
