X leans to the left and I want to lower it.....

[snowburns]

So my X leans to the left in the rear, like many I've seen on the road...its a 96 and I've had it since 98 and it's been that way as long as I've had it. We had it checked out when we got it by several places and they all said there was nothing wrong, so my dad just replaced shocks.

I took it to the local alignment and spring shop a few weeks ago and they gave me a $160 esitmate.....

Now I still want to lower this in the end but theres a 1 inch different in the space between the left rear wheel and the fender and the space between the right rear wheel and the fender. If I just get different sized lowering blocks and put them in the leafs would that even things out, instead of having the leaf spring re-arched and then put the blocks in??

Also what about since the left rear sags an inch the right front sits higher than the left front an inch?

Does anybody have any suggestions on what to do? Thanks for the input.

Also how does lowering effect 4wd and winter driving on ice (I live in Alaska so I don't want to totally mess up my handling and make it a risky car to drive in the winter)?

 

[wilson_nick]

switch your leaf springs, take the left off and put it on the right and right off and put it on the left, that should help.

 

[section525]

All you gotta do is adjust the torsion bars. If your rear left sags, lower the front right to even it out. Lowering your truck will probably make it perform better on icey/snowy roads (unless the snow is deeper than you are ). Rule of thumb is dont lower more than 2". And make sure you get that $160 alignment afterwards!