Rear Leaf Springs

Witch Do You Like Or What Have You Used 3 Leafs Or 4 Leafs
I Would Like To Know What People Have Used Thank You For The Help

 

I've had both, the 4's hold the weight a little better when the trunk is full. I'm keeping the 3's on my 73, I like the ride the way it is.

 

I have a new set of 4 leafs I havn't had the chance to hardley even look at sitting next to the car. I will be working on it next weekend as I have planned and scheduled. :bananaman
To be continued...

 

Oh I Forgot The Most Important Question Where Did You Get Them Thanks Again

 

I got my 3 leafs from Espo Springs n things (www.espo.com). The ride height is perfect and the ride is good. Price is good too.

 

I've got 4 leafs from General Springs at http://www.generalspringkc.com/. Rides very nice and it picked up the back end about an inch...mostly due to the fact the original springs were sagging some.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/70-7...ryZ34200QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Kinda pricy...but I also got answers when I called. Still need to check the fit and all too. Ummmm, I think I already said that

 

Good question. I'd like to hear the pros/cons New 3-leafs vs New 4-Leafs. As I will be replacing mine in the future.

 

Espo 4-leaf. Did raise the back of the car some.

 

I like the stiffer ride 4 leafs get you. I bought a set from Espo and it raised the back of my car at least 3 inches. After having them dearched a couple of times, I never did get it the way I wanted it. So I bought a set from JC Whitney. They were perfect ride height but had to modify the shackle bushings because the eyelet was bigger diameter than stock. A few other people had this problem and some did not. I recently bought another set from JCW and these came with the correct size eyelet. I haven't installed them yet to check the height,

 

4-leaf, JC Whitney, I think they were under $150 and shipped within a week. I did not have the eye problem. Bolted right up, and I did not notice any ride height difference. A little firmer ride, but it HAD to be after swapping out 35 year old springs.

I also bought the 3-1/2" shackles and bushings from AutoKrafters, and entire project went together without a hitch.

EDIT--I did mine in March of 2006, so I don't know if the springs in stock changed since then or if they just had a batch of them with the wrong eye size...

 

Same Here

 

4 leaf springs. both times. on a 4 door they did not raise the rear end more than 1/2". i got my first set from jc whitney and they were perfect. my second set was fron general spring ( because whitney was out of stock) and they shipped the wrong spring the first time but after i got the right ones they too fit perfectly.

 

Old thread I know, why did you go w/ the AutoKrafter shackles instead of the JC Whitney ones?

 

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