Rattletrap,
I did have a set of Patricks springs and I returned them because I didn't want to lower my truck. The set that I had were not painted and had just a black metal finish. I went with regular springs from Chevy Duty and in my opinion the ones from Patricks were made a lot better then the ones from CD.
I don't live to far from Patricks and I have made friends with Patrick and Phillip. I know that it may be a little slow on parts at times but I know that they take pride in doing things right.
