I have about 4 inches of travel from my tires to the underside of my wheel wells. I hit small dips and my tires seem to rub. Will the gabriel hi-jacker shocks make my ride stiffer but let me keep my same ride height? Any other suggestions? I have already took a hammer to it for clearance and i am out or room for hammering.

 

i have the Hi-jackers on the rear and it doesnt seem to be that stiff(with no air). but its great for loads cause it raies the rear and thats when it seems stiff.

 

look into the KYB monomax shocks...... about as stiff a valving as you can get. either or bilstine HD's.

 

Any suggested length? There is a few options.

 

Sway-A-Way torsions huh? I am not too familiar with the torsions of the truck. Where is a good place to pick them up from?

 

craigslist. you can try ebay and if all else fails, you can try summit too.

when i did my sway away bars on my truck, it also eliminated allot of rubbing up front. a set of bilstine HD's took away all the rub once i tuned in my ride.

 

i got sway away bars and beltech shocks. its ok for my drop on 205/40/17.
are the HD's stiffer than the beltech's? is it drop shock or more for stock height?

 

+1.

They will do more than you know.

 

I am trying to save up for some right now then I will buy some monomax shocks for the back as well

 

A stiffer shock like Bilstein will help a bit, but the problem is really in your currently soft spring rate.

 

I thought about drop leafs as well. Are they stiffer then the stock springs?

 

I think drop leafs are softer from what ive read

 

Damn! I need something stiffer in the back to avoid rubbing. Any other ideas?

 

Add a leaf, like a middle leaf. Build a custom leaf pack. I used piece from a 4WD leaf on my 91, and just built a bigger block to get it back down. I had huge rubbing issues on that truck. Sold it before I got around to fixing the front.

 

4x4 leaf pack minus a few leafs. Or air shocks might stiffen it up but might bring the truck up a bit if u air them up too much