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Old 12-04-2006, 02:01 PM
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Figured I would post asking here. Just was at an autozone and seen they had universal coil springs. Has anyone tried these on our blazers? If so like or dislike? I'm thinking about picking up a set. they only cost $25 for a set. Seeing how my leafs are worn pretty good and I have a helper leaf on each side already I figured this might help better than the cheap helper spring setup I purchased. Til i can get my hands on some new leafs or atleast used leafs that are in better shape than mine. Also figuring on them because of the amount of towing I will be doing now. With the 2 quads I have. Thoughts and opinions welcomed.
 
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Old 12-04-2006, 10:03 PM
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you would have to fab up some custom spring buckets to hold the springs. They're more meant for trucks that have coil springs for their stock suspension, like TTB Ford trucks, not the leafs we have. You also would want to know what the spring rate is on those springs before switching to coils, it would affect your ride a lot. The helper spring you have now is meant to work with your leaf springs, the coils are not going to work the same way.
 
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Old 12-04-2006, 10:28 PM
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thats cool thanks for the heads up
 
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Old 12-05-2006, 02:15 AM
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no problem, wouldn't want you to waste the money
 
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