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I level the truck with stands using shims to get it perfect & measure pinion angle with an angle finder before I flip or move spring hangers. I use the same measurement when I reset my angle. On drag vehicles I set the pinion 2-3 degrees lower to deter spring wrap up. Shims can be bought from various places who sell custom suspension parts Comp Engineering etc

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And make sure the shims actually bolt to the spring pack instead of the "slip in" kind that are crap.
Also from someone who has van lca's and has had the "custom" lca's, THEY ARE THE SAME, meaning the aftermarket custom lca's are designed after the van lac's with the exception that the custom lca's use the standard pickup pivot bushings.

By the way, nice write up by the original poster!




Also, if the "search" function is used the write up and picture progress of the Dakota spindle swap shows that it is not that difficult but you do need to change more parts. IIRC he also used the van lca's along with the dakota spindles, but i might be wrong, the memory aint what it used to be.