i got broke the other day, and seeing as i hadn't installed my lowering blocks for the rear i returned them and was planning to buy a set of angled iron one online instead. BUT, i've been told that it's possible to flip over the leaf springs and lower the vehicle. which from how i see it, it would work. but how much drop would i get from that if i was to do it? would it ruin my ride quality? i'm sure i'd have to remove the bumpstops to do a thing like that, am i right? just wondering!!!!!
You don't flip the whole pack. I think, you remove the middle leaf and flip the bottom thick one over. Not sure about the amount of drop, I've never been static...lol.
i think what they were talking about was flipping the whole package!!! i'm not 100% though, don't quote me on that. i saw a couple picks of rear leafs that literally looked like they'd been flipped upside down, they were bowed hella backwards. didn't look natural at all lol
Some trucks are designed so the leaves are (nearly) flat unloaded and bow upwards when loaded. The key being they're engineered that way and the springs, shackles, positioning, etc all lines up. Looking at the unloaded arch, I'm pretty sure if you flipped the whole leaf pack upside down you'd just lay the frame on the axle.
Plus the main leaf would carry all the load and the middle and short leaves would just be there for decoration.
Exactly right axle would be sitting on the frame .back in the day this was done a lot except guys would mono leaf it and add air shocks or bags relying on them to add lift for driving ... In short stick to blocks or drop leafs ..flipped leafs are back breakers
