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Lifting the rear. Options?

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Typical with the Stock mopar Perf leaf springs.
The car sits too low in the ars.

I would like to raise the back end.
Besides air shocks .. what are my options .
Rearch the springs?
Offset front spring hangers maybe ?
Just want / need to raise it maybe 1.5" or 2" max
 
Picture of how it sits now?
 
I would try a +1 from ESPO.
 
I found the ESPO stock height 6 leaf heavy duty ones raise the car plenty. I have plenty of height on these and I have a decent amount of weight in the trunk to break things in.

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pnora said:
Add a leaf.
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The previous owner added a leaf. It sets nice but rides a little stiff. The leaf is pretty thick. I have always wondered if it was out of a pickup. I would like to change it to a 1" over Espo.

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Nobody mentioned the good ol footlong shackles??
:drinks:
 
I found that just rebuilding my tired old Bee (and Darts) leaves with new interleafs and plastic wear plates cured them both. I always had to run air shocks on the Bee back in the day so I put a new set back on during the restoration. I can't put more than 5psi in them or the *** end is toooo high ! A few thousand miles on the Bee now and it's still sitting higher than I like. With the Dart I had to run one main leaf through my press and restore some arch to match the curve of the other sides main leaf.
 
It all depends on what look you are going for. Here's the 70's look!

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davek said:
sorry for the X but those springs did nothing on my challenger. Espo is the way to go.
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Installed SS springs on buddies 72 Demon and they put the butt up 4"!! Took out 2 leaves and it came down 1/2".....

toolmanmike said:
It all depends on what look you are going for. Here's the 70's look!

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Didn't like that look and still don't. If anything, I'll lower the front end 1" and leave the back stock.....
 
Cheapsunglasses said:
That’s what I was going for, my back tires are too narrow because of a dumb eBay seller.
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If I remember correctly, mine were 15x8 reverse with a L60-15 tire. That was a real popular size back then. Gabriel Hijackers to lift the rear and just crank the torsion bars up on the front.

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toolmanmike said:
If I remember correctly, mine were 15x8 reverse with a L60-15 tire. That was a real popular size back then. Gabriel Hijackers to lift the rear and just crank the torsion bars up on the front.

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Perfect. The guy on eBay had them listed as 15x8, but when I opened the box 15x7. $300 for all 4, he refunded $150, so whatever, they roll
 
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