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Aug 13, 2018 | 05:19 PM

zuke

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D1 spring seats

So a guy at lucky 8 said I could get about an inch lift by flipping over a set of D1 spring seats. At 5 bucks apiece I thought I would try it out. Anybody try this?

Aug 13, 2018 | 05:32 PM

Jeff Blake

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I don't know about flipping it over, but I put D1 seats in the rear for approx 0.4" lift. Good idea to use retainers if you do this, as the D1 seats are shallower

Aug 13, 2018 | 09:29 PM

mollusc

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I have D1 rear spring seats because I have HD springs in the front but no extra weight to compress them. Gained about 1/2" in the rear which helped level my truck.
I don't think there is a retaining lip if you flip them over, so the spring wouldn't stay in place.

Aug 14, 2018 | 01:03 AM

JUKE179r

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Yeah flip is an odd word for installing the D1 spring seats.
I’ve got a galvanized set that I’m waiting to install to level out my rear.

Thanks Jeff for the info about the retainers. I’m going to get these retainers from Gwen Lewis 4x4...
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F171121160714

Last edited by JUKE179r; Aug 14, 2018 at 12:31 PM.