What is the best way to raise my rear end up, but not spend barely any money? And I'm not going to get air shocks. I just want to raise it up about 2 ar 3 inches.

 

Go look through a Moog spring catalog and find a taller spring similar to a third gen spring. You'll have to put longer shocks on also or maybe shock extensions on the top.

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Here's something I've been kicking around (I use air shocks, and love the look, so don't try to dissuade me! )

I remember seeing adjustable springs by a company called Ground Control a few years ago... don't know if they're around anymore. At the basic level, it was a threaded pipe, with a ring around it. You spun the ring up & down the pipe. The spring they included went over the center of the pipe. So, if you spin the ring up, the spring is pushed up.. spin the ring down, the spring's pushed down.

I don't see why something like that couldn't be permanently welded together! I guess the pipe would have to be strong enough, or maybe two pipes should be used. My idea is similar- weld a disc around a pipe, and re-use the stock spring. Remove the lower shock bolts, lower the axle down so the springs are "free", and insert the contraption between the stock spring and axle.

The axle almost has a pipe to it already.. the spring centers around it. So, what if another, thicker pipe was used to rest over the axle's pipe. Then, a flat piece of metal would be welded over the top of the thicker pipe. Then, a pipe the same diameter as the stock piece would be welded on top of the flat piece of metal. Something like:

(stock spring on top)
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(axle's spring mount on bottom)

So.. any opinions? This is probably more cost-effective if you can weld... which I've started to do, what a coincidence!


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