I had my springs re arched on my 78 Fury 2 door HT about 8 years ago, figuring "Hell this car is low mile, almost rust free, that should do it" This was the 1st time I had anything done to a set of leafs that did not include adding another leaf. And the last. The rearch didn't last the summer, I ended up putting air shocks on over that winter, as a bandaid. Since then I have built a few sets of what they call "bastard packs" for a few ofr my trucks. mostly Dakotas. (took them apart and added my own leaf to the existing original spring pack, a leaf that was pirated from another set of leaf springs). this worked out MUCH better for me, each time.
Prior to that I'd removed the springs and taken them to the local spring shop, had them add a leaf and reassemble them. I stopped doing that when the local spring shop got bought up and the new owners took prices crazy high.
Last year I replaced the leaf springs with whole new ones from a place in PA (I forget who) I just (as in 10 minutes ago) got off the phone with General KC Spring, I just ordered a new pair of 5 leaf springs (originals are 4 leaf) for the Fury. Beat everyone else's prices by a mile. I've bought from them before, a few times/ I forget why I went elsewhere for my Durango springs when I bought those. Looked on Ebay and found some used takeoffs from some junkyard that they wanted exactly the same price as what I just paid for new ones, which was cheaper than what the local spring shop wants to rebuild the existing ones and add a leaf.. even if I take them off and reinstall them myself
Once my new springs get here I will probably be taking the air shocks off.
