Why not just do a spring over ? Seems pretty redundant to me....

 

Because if you had saggy leafs before a spring over, you'll still have saggy leafs after. This will aid in the load-bearing capability department as well, kind of like helper bags but alot less money.

 

I know what the purpose of the springs are . It looks like yall are doing this mod for the wrong reason. This mod is for exactly what you said, load bearing. They are like over loads . But how much load are you really gonna put on a S10 Blazer? Not enough to warrant these. Looks like to me yall are doing this for lift. Ive driven a pickup with these on it and it rode like absolute a$$. If you have saggy leafs, dont band aid them with these , get more leafs. If you want lift , then go about it without comprimising ride quality. My 2 pennys.

 

easy killer. i was only going to consider it if my leafs are still goin strong. i haul my bagged truck sometimes. and i carry a 300lbs of gear (for work) in the back of my truck plus my gear.

 

Im not bashing anybody here. Im just saying that theres a reason a chevy has a 100% better ride quality than a ford, and these springs are going to reduce your ride quality to exactly that, a ford. If yall want to paint your truck pink with polka dots , its no skin off my back, just tring to provide some insight to a better solution.

 

Lol, sorry the "Easy killer" made me chuckle a bit, I realize you're not bashing though 84blazer327.

What I'm curious about is how much would it cost of new leafs or a re-arch? While this may not be the optimal fix for that problem, he did get some lift out of it, and would saggy leafs not ride real soft? That being said would I be crazy to suggest that maybe with the weak leafs and the coils he's running a bit stiffer of a ride than stock factory?

 

depends on your local spring repair shop they can make you custom springs or possibly even fix saggy springs. but the shop out here is dang expensive even iff you just bring the spring to them and not the vehicle

 

Theres 3 ways to obtain lift on these trucks in the rear.
1. Lift springs ( between 2-6" of lift depending)
pros- brand new springs
cons- expensive as hell - stiff as a preachers pecker
2. Spring over ( between 3 and 4 1/2" of lift)
pros- cheap - ride quaility isnt compromised
cons- more lift than you may want - doesnt help with worn out leaves
3. Shackel flip (around 2-2 1/2" lift)
Pros- cheap - ride quality isnt compromised
Cons- doesnt help with worn out leaves.

Also with the latter of the two you get your u-bolts up out of the way , that way the dont get ground down on the trail . should you choose to take it off road.

While its not impossible, I would have a hard time thinking that the leaves in a 2nd gen are that wore out.
Yes saggy leaves do ride sorta soft, but I have no problems with somthing riding on the soft side Vs 'beat the teeth out of your head' stiff.
No I dont think the Coils he installed would return the ride quality back to stock. It would be more like having 2 sets of stock leaves stacked on top of each other.

Ive rebuild my leaf packs in the past to obtain the ride quality and height I wanted. I did it to my 70 Mustang, I just picked up a set out of the junk yard, and took two sets and made one good set. Put them back in and it looks like it rolled off the show room vs having one side sagging where the previous owner hot rodded the hell out of it.
Then on my trail rig, did the same thing, except I was lowering it and tring to get a softer ride ( when you stood on the gas it would try to lift left front tire) . I just took the front and rear leaf packs apart and took one leaf out at the time until I got it where I wanted it. Now my trail rig rides better than most rigs with coils and its leaf sprung on all 4 corners.

 

I know the previous owner of my Blazer personally and he is an electrician for gas and oil fields here in New Mexico. He used the blazer to get to and from his jobsites. For those who are unfamiliar with gas and oil fields, they are typically way out in the boonies and the only way to get to them is on hardcore rugged roads.

He drove this blazer out on these roads from 1997 till 2006 when he bought a new truck. If you think that it is impossible for a 14 year old off road vehicle to have wore out suspension you need to quit driving on road so much.

So,

A) add a leaf makes a vehicle ride stiffer than the Zuk Mod - I know I have had them both. Also they don't provide a 2.5"+ lift on your vehicle. You can also buy coilover springs that have a lower compressing weight which would make your ride much smoother.

B) Longer Shackles (while good and cheap) don't give you a new suspension, so if your leafs are trashed like mine they are pointless.

C) Your coilover setup on a pickup truck is going to be completely different because your bed in usually empty where as in SUV's you always have a large amount of weight on the rear.

D) Buying leafs from a junkyard is a bad idea, who knows what issues they have. If the vehicle has been in an accident (which 99% of all cars in a junk yard have been), I guarantee the majority of those leafs are torqued or bent. On top of that New Leafs are hella expensive and not worth buying in my opinion.(unless you have a real reason for paying that extra $$$)

E) Thousands of people have done this with their 4Runners and Toyota Pickup trucks and swear by it. Go to google and type in Toyota Zuk Mod. You will get more forum talk and documentation than you could read in a lifetime.

If you want to sit here and try to bash something you have no knoledge or experience of, go ahead. Because I have a brand new Zuk Mod on my 97 Blazer and it works perfectly. I got 2.5" of lift and new rear suspension for under $100.

I merely brought a working Toyota innovation to the Blazer community.

 

/discussion IMO.