Yeah, the 5953's work great. In hind sight I should've taken pics of the spring shackles with the 5954's to do a lil before and after... oh well. I'm certainly not putting a 5954 back in just to show you guys pics! :lol:
With the 5954's I was using 1" blocks, setback plates, and wedges. The shackles were all the way back touching the frame, and the springs had no bow to them at all... I'd even say they were slightly bowing in the opposite direction. I took the 1" blocks out and the springs were pretty much flat. The ride difference was hardly noticeable, and it still felt like a jack hammer on the fwy. Initially I was blaming the shocks, but after talking to Paul and reading the other threads, the springs made the most sense.
A few weeks and $275 later, I got the 5953's in with 1" blocks, setback plates, and wedges. Vast improvement over the 5954's, but still too low and still a little bouncy. I took the 1" blocks out, and left the setbacks and wedges, and the ride is waaaay better. The shackles are now vertical where they belong instead of resting on the frame, and I don't feel like I need to visit the chiropractor just driving it to the store and back.
Unfortunately, I think one too many slams on the bump stops with the old springs ruined my shocks to where going over good sized speed bump the truck still bottoms out.
I'm gonna throw in some Vikings and see how that goes, but I'm sure the ride will get even better.
Here's a pic of my Ty with 18's, 5953's, setback plates, and wedges. IMO that's the perfect height, any lower and you're gambling with cladding.
BTW... I have a killer deal on some 5954's is anyone wants em! :rotf:
