I've been speaking with a fellow Bolter that removed 2 leafs from his springs before re-installation. He claims a better ride. Dropped the front about 1 1/2" but left the back at stock height. Would like to add sway bar to front though.
Patrick's out of Arizona has a spring replacement kit for about a grand that has also removed a couple of leafs. Shakles, shocks, etc. come in the kit along with lowering blocks. Patrick was selling a mono-leaf up until last year but customers complained about harsh return. So they went to this reduced leaf spring assembly.
Has anyone else experimented with removal of one, two, three....leafs? What is a lowering block? Spend the bucks with Patrick or disassemble, sandblast, repaint/powder coat originals?
One thing that bothered my about Patrick was that when I asked about finish on the new springs (painted) he wasn't sure but thought so. It would seem since this is his catalogued product, that he felt was a marked improvement, that he would know it backwards anf forwards.
