I noticed that s10 Blazers put the rear axle on top of the leaf springs. Astro/Safaris put the axle under. Flip kits for Astros cost upwards of $400. What if I got some salvage yard parts from the small blazer and used them to move the rear axle from below to above to lower the back of my soccer mom challenger? Any know how similar the rears are on these vehicles?
The important thing would be how far apart the springs are. I Think some blazers had discs in the rear, not positive though. If you don't want to buy an actual flip kit just buy some spring brackets from an off road fabricator website and weld them on.
What about trailer spring mounts from a farm supply store? They look like regular leaf spring mounts to me and cost like 15 bucks.
I need to take into account leaf width (Safari has fiberglass monoleafs on each side), pinion angle and axle position, and rear shackle height. Not to mention shock mount.
Buy mopar performance perches and some u bolts, cut off stock perches, sit axle on new perches on springs. Center it, u bolt it, set pinion angle, weld perches.
I've done it dozens of times, once to an astro before i went the other way and lifted it sky high
The mopar perches are same as all the others and cheaper
patgizz wrote: Buy mopar performance perches and some u bolts, cut off stock perches, sit axle on new perches on springs. Center it, u bolt it, set pinion angle, weld perches. I've done it dozens of times, once to an astro before i went the other way and lifted it sky high The mopar perches are same as all the others and cheaper
that's too easy...
I don't even go as extravagant as that. I buy the perches and resuse everything else.
^^ That's relatively common practice in the old school 4X4 off-roaders world. Technique to lift Jeeps and others with axles above springs was to weld mounts below and reverse to put springs above axle. Don't really see why you can't do it the other way around to lower. Want it even lower? Add a block to raise the axle above the spring.
If you're careful, you can cut the old one off and reuse it up top.
914Driver wrote: If you're careful, you can cut the old one off and reuse it up top.
Yep, done that more than once on various vehicles.
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