I bought a 4th gen rearend this past weekend. I'm gonna change all the bushings and fluid before I put it in. I was wondering about the springs, how hard would it be to install a new set as I've never done it before, need any special tools to install springs? Also my car is a v6, it will always be a v6, does it matter what I get for rear springs? V8 or V6 wise?

 

All of the rear sprinfg are interchangable. However, there are different rates for the V8 and V6 springs. You have to take them out when you take the rear out. Well you don't have to but they will fall out anyways. The rear springs are one of the easiest things to change on our cars. No special tools are required at all and you could feasably have them out in a matter of minutes.

 

Well if you all ready have the spirings than changing them out is real easy.
Putting in after market springs is easyer because most of them are shorter then the stock springs. it all goes back to them falling out when you drop the rear end.

 

I want to change the springs mainly because with the new rear end the tires will stick out, I'm looking to change them to something that will ride a little bit higher hopefully. Or should I change the shocks so that it's stiffer in the rear end.

 

Just get a set of stock replacement Moog springs then. It'll probably sit higher than your car now because your springs have probably sagged. My rear springs are incredibly worn out, same with my fronts probably. I'm trying to decide what setup to go with, I'm trying to hold out for Spohn's front coilover kit and then just buy a set of IROC replacement Moog springs for the rear or something.

 

Springs won't keep your wheels from sticking out.

 

springs will keep them from being close to the fender. Or from them rubbing on the outside of the fender when I hit bumps...well at least help prevent it. if it's that cheap and easy I might as well just change them while I got the whole rear out anyways.