Hi Duster340- If you want a real inexpensive way to hook up better you may try this. Get 4 pieces of 1/4 steel stock approximately 2" x 4", drill 3/8" holes in each end of each piece and clamp them with bolts on your leaf springs about 4" ahead of your axle. Make sure to clamp all the leaves. Also use the longest shock you can get(about 24" fully extended). You should hook up better with this small modification. Kudos to you guys in Europe ,we`re bitchin about gas over $2.00 a gallon.Good luck,John.