Kevin: If you have the time or desire for a bigger project, you should by all means take the springs completely apart, blast, prime, and paint them your preferred satin color, black or cast gray. Leafs that are pitted or well worn will not behave accordingly if you get them cold arced at your local truck spring/suspension shop. If you have HD springs you can change the galvanized interliners with 2.5 inch, 20 gauge flat stock, available from light gauge metal framing and drywall suppliers. The replacement rubber insulators can be had from folks like The Paddock or Year One. You can make the correct spring assembly clamps or just go for the typical replacement style from the spring shop. If the springs are too pitted, cracked, broken, etc, or better performance is your objective, you can just get out the wallet and buy all new springs. The mail list web site lists some good sources for this, such as Espo Springs and Things. _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122008 -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.