[cv70chall]

I recently replace the rear leaf springs and thought I could eliminate the rear end squat but it's still there. I don't want to use air shocks and really don't want the hassle of adding another leaf. I've heard coil-overs would work.
Any suggestions?

[dave-r]

Air shocks or coil overs are a bad idea because the top shock mount is not strong enough to take the high loads it would have to take.

The only option is to take the springs to a truck spring repair place. They will re-temper the spring and add as much camber to it as you wish to lift the back end higher.

Getting this done to the original springs is the best option as the steel quality in them is better than anything made in mexico which is where Mopar Performance gets them made these days.

[fbernard]

Nope. Coil-overs would put permanent weight stress on the cross-member (and lower shock mount), which are only designed for transient, dynamic suspension stress. You might get away with it. Determining the exact spring rate needed just to complement the leafs will be a bitch though, you don't want the coil springs to really take a part in the dynamic damping.
So you'll either end with low-rate coils which must be compressed a lot on install (and may bind when driving), or too high-rate coils which will make the ride really harsh once they start acting on bump & rebound.

The fix is other (arched) leaf springs, adding a leaf, or front spring mounts with a lower eye and longer shackles.
(1 inch lower eye and 1 inch longer shackles). This will induce a little more body roll.

Are your new springs flat with the car on its wheels, or are they arched the wrong way?
What is the distance from the middle of the wheel opening to the ground? I usually have around 24", IIRC.