[NisAznMonk]

Basically my old stereo setup made the rear of my truck sag. It sat like this for almost 18 months.

Someone told me that a cheap way of raising the rear of my truck is to just flip my stock leaf springs upaide down. Has anyone ever done this?

 

[Valkyrie]

Basically my old stereo setup made the rear of my truck sag. It sat like this for almost 18 months.

Someone told me that a cheap way of raising the rear of my truck is to just flip my stock leaf springs upaide down. Has anyone ever done this?

Your friend is a fool. Cheapest thing you can do is an AAL to help it back out...

 

[grillmasterp]

Someone told me that a cheap way of raising the rear of my truck is to just flip my stock leaf springs upaide down.

Nam,
I am gonna go out on a limb and say that your friend may not be aware of your Prerunner's rear setup- And he's just passing on info that he picked up off the web.

Usually "Flipping" the springs/axle refers swapping Spring under axle to Spring Over axle-
If you have spring under - then by going spring over - you will gain height - If you do this- You will LOSE height!

THe other interpretation would be flipping the Overload spring -

I've already mentioned the best and/or cost effective options with ya

 

[NisAznMonk]

Yeah you have. Oh, you should see the new stereo setup

Anyways, he mentioned it to me. It involves flipping the overload spring, because he says they don't give. I'm gonna go with the other aftermarket springs like I talked to you about. I just wanted to here what the opinions were, cuz I've never heard of this.

 

[hytenor]

Basically my old stereo setup made the rear of my truck sag. It sat like this for almost 18 months.

Someone told me that a cheap way of raising the rear of my truck is to just flip my stock leaf springs upaide down. Has anyone ever done this?

I suppose since this is a new forum the question was due

flipping the rear overload spring will wind up ruining your leafpks entirely. A few have done this and actually snapped the leafsprings at the 'new' wear points. There have been a few who have done this who don't carry any kind of weight in the bed and took it easy on the road who did fine, however.

just get a set of inexpensive AALs (add a leaf) for around $50 and save yourself some grief.

 

[El Guero]

If we flip the OL spring, will it fix the sagginess for a while? Rougher ride, no?

 

[scottnmos]

It may fix a little of the sagging, but it will ride like crap. I know. I did it without thinking when I put in my aal. It didnt flex for crap offroad either. Just ask Rob (WATRD). As soon as I got back from wheeling I flipped it back over and been happy ever since. It did start to wear on my other leaves though and I can only assume that if I kept it that way and still wheeled and/or carried anything in the bed it would have eventually snapped. It just is a crappy idea all together.
-Scott