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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 10:40 PM
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Well I had to crank up my tbars up today 2 turns to make the torsion bars under more of a load, They were too low causeing my tires to be toed in and also were very saggy. Now the front end sits up a tad higher than the rear but cant lower them down and my rear leafs are sagging. Another option i was talking about was going to the junkyard and getting rear leafs off a blazer with low milage that arent sitting flat and still have their strength and bend to them. My question my brothers boss is giong to find out tomorrow how much an add a leaf or a helper srping will cost but about how much lift would they give me?
 

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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 08:41 PM
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If your rear leafs are sagging that bad, Just replace them dont mess around....
 
Old Apr 28, 2010 | 08:59 PM
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Add-a-leaf kits from superlift or rough country usually give about an inch. This could vary a little bit depending on the current condition of the leafs. And being that yours are worn, I'm not sure how that would play out in the end. But something new or with low miles is probably your best bet.

What year is the blazer, and how many miles are on it?
 
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Its a 2000 with 143,000 Miles on it. I had lowered the torsion bars to make it try to sit level and it totally messed things up, I needed to highten it back up because the bars had to spring to them and was just letting the wheels tuck in and the front end was floating, and by me lowering them i was trying to compensate for the sag in the rear. So now im trying to get new leafs or add a leaf's not sure which yet and get the rear end sitting higher and just about right again. Im waiting for my brothers boss to find out the price for leafs for the rear of my truck, add a leaf and new leafs in general.

Im wondering also, Does anyone have the height that their truck is sitting at in the rear end? From the ground to midway through the arch of the rear quarter panel the truck sits 33 inches high with 235/75/15's. Im just wondering what the height of a truck with good leafs would be to try to figure out what i need to do
 

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This should help:
Stock Trim Height Measurements
 
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Thank you kyle, Sorry about the double post, Just realized that
 
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Originally Posted by swartlkk
No problem!
I just measure im sagging in the rear 1" to an 1 1/8th, I might just go with new leafs in the rear, Cant complain with 143,000 miles on them, so then the truck should sit good and strong again! Thanks again
 
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