lifting a 2wd

[markdilljr]

I got an 84 C10 long bed 1/2 ton and I want to lift the truck alittle, I had to swap rear ends and when I did the new leafs were longer and lifted the rear about 2 inches, I have a broke coil so I need to get new ones but cant find anyone selling lifted ones for my truck. Any ideas ?

[Captkaos]

You can put 1 Ton springs in there to lift it. 

[markdilljr]

will that make the ride alot rougher

[Captkaos]

Anytime you lift something the ride is going to change.

[markdilljr]

ok thank you I will look for a pair of 1 ton springs

[markdilljr]

I just found a pair of 2 inch lifted springs for the half ton, there was a company making the 2wd lift but stoped making them about 2-3 years ago and I found a guy on craigslist that had the whole 2wd lift kit, I bought the coil springs for $30 thats cheap for the springs right or did I over pay?

[three8six]

Good price, I will say though theres definetely potential for alignment problems when lifting that much with a coil. I woulda looked for a lift spindle maybe?

[markdilljr]

no one makes any lift products for the 2wd anymore, 2 inch on a coil isnt much. A camber- caster adjust should do fine, maybe a shim or two but it wont be that bad

[Da67goatman]

Fabtech used to make lift spindles, there is another thread on 2wd lift if you search for it.

[heavychevy91]

I did as Capt said with the 1T coils and it dosent ride too much rougher

[78 Chevyrado]

Lifted mine with 1T coils too.  worked fine and had no alignment problems.

[velojym]

How much lift does that give you? While I kinda like the rakish stance my '86 has right now, I like a level truck even better.

[heavychevy91]

when the springs were new the lift was almost 3" but it settled to about 1" or 1 1/2" after almost a year. still nat a bad way for a cheap easy lift. i did buy the springs new though.

[markdilljr]

Before the lift, old spring vs new lifted spring

[markdilljr]

After the lift