06 1500 Silverado Leaf Springs

[drew28]

Ive had my 06 silverado for about a year now. It has the 4.8 reg cab long bed. When I bought it I was under the impression that it was the work truck model (no power windows, cd player, ect.) and that it was somewhat heavy duty. But whenever i would put a load of fireword or bags of cement the truck would sag an almost embarassing amount.

 

Recently a co-worker of mine swapped his 04 chevy 2500 leaf springs for a heavier duty set and he gave me his old ones (about 20000 miles on them). I measured them and mine and the length seems to be the same. I was wondering if for one they would fit, and second will they throw off the geometry of the truck and cause problems down the road?

[jrrod2004]

Ive had my 06 silverado for about a year now. It has the 4.8 reg cab long bed. When I bought it I was under the impression that it was the work truck model (no power windows, cd player, ect.) and that it was somewhat heavy duty. But whenever i would put a load of fireword or bags of cement the truck would sag an almost embarassing amount.

 

Recently a co-worker of mine swapped his 04 chevy 2500 leaf springs for a heavier duty set and he gave me his old ones (about 20000 miles on them). I measured them and mine and the length seems to be the same. I was wondering if for one they would fit, and second will they throw off the geometry of the truck and cause problems down the road?

 

Might want to add a leaf only (Leaf Helper), that is what I did with my silverado and it does not sag anymore, it was easier to do versus replacing the entire leaf set and relatively inexpensive

[MS3DALE]

Thats what I did on my '99 I had,Worked great for me.

[jrrod2004]

Drew, if you want pictures of this, I will post tomorrow since I am out of town and do not have my digital camera with me...

[drew28]

Drew, if you want pictures of this, I will post tomorrow since I am out of town and do not have my digital camera with me...

 

 

Ya, if you could that would be great.

[Zembonez]

Drew, you can put those 2500 leaf packs on your truck but it will give a whole new meaning to the term "rough ass riding truck".

[j.roffel]

I just bought the Pro-Comp Add-a-Leaf from summit, will probably install it wednesday, If you want I can take pictures of the whole process. It was a nice excuse to buy a new 3 ton jack too, believe it or not the jack I used on my old tercel couldnt cut it.....

[Woodcutter]

Drew, you can put those 2500 leaf packs on your truck but it will give a whole new meaning to the term "rough ass riding truck".

 

 

There's definitely truth to this! But, if you go with an add-a-leaf in the spring packs, the extra stiffness is barely noticable. I hauled lots of firewood in my '99 1/2-ton after deciding on an add-a-leaf. It was a cheap and satisfying fix for me and added about 1-1/2 to 2" of lift.

[Zembonez]

There's definitely truth to this! But, if you go with an add-a-leaf in the spring packs, the extra stiffness is barely noticable. I hauled lots of firewood in my '99 1/2-ton after deciding on an add-a-leaf. It was a cheap and satisfying fix for me and added about 1-1/2 to 2" of lift.

I agree. The added leaf is probably the best solution. You could sell those 2500 springs pretty easily I would imagine and the add a leaf would not cost anything.

 

Not bad!

[MS3DALE]

Drew.We all agree here....Go with the add-a-leaf,Like Woodcutter said also you won't notice any extra ride stiffness,I didn't on my '99 and it added about an 1-1/2" of lift.

[BigJayDogg3]

As long as he keeps those bags of cement he was talking about in the bed, he should be fine shouldn't he?

[jrrod2004]

Here are some pictures as promised:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[drew28]

There's definitely truth to this! But, if you go with an add-a-leaf in the spring packs, the extra stiffness is barely noticable. I hauled lots of firewood in my '99 1/2-ton after deciding on an add-a-leaf. It was a cheap and satisfying fix for me and added about 1-1/2 to 2" of lift.

I agree. The added leaf is probably the best solution. You could sell those 2500 springs pretty easily I would imagine and the add a leaf would not cost anything.

 

Not bad!

 

 

 

 

Know anyone who wants to buy some 2500 leaf springs......

[jrrod2004]

Know anyone who wants to buy some 2500 leaf springs......

 

nope, but you might get something if you post on Ebay, somebody is always buying stuff off there (me include)

[j.roffel]

Hmmm... That looks different than the setup I got... I think mine goes underneath the springs? Or is that the difference between helper springs and add-a-leafs?