Too high in the back!

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Hello. I just swapped my stock rear leaf springs and blocks for 4 inch superlifts and now it sits a littlr too high for my taste. What should I do? Remove a few leafs or longer shackles?
 

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Leave it for a bit and see if they settle.


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Also, the cloud above your truck in the second pic looks like a mushroom, and that's cool.


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Did you leave the bolts a little loose until the truck's weight was on the springs?

Also, the cloud above your truck in the second pic looks like a mushroom, and that's cool.


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I think it looks like the Keebler elves' tree...
 

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No, I didn't leave them loose. Just tightened them. The truck rides a lot more stiffer too. (Not fun) . I didn't even notice the cloud, cool...
 

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Loosen the bolts a bit and then tighten them back up with the truck's weight on the springs. Then drive it for a while and they should settle down.

And lift springs will never ride as good as stock rear springs. That's one benefit to running blocks.
 

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