The leaf springs on my Bee are starting to sag, and I wanted to do something about them whenever I rebuilt my front suspension.

Info on the car: I am adding new 1 in. torsion bars on the front end rebuild. The car has a 440 and a 5 spd. It will also be getting a Dana 60 when I put the springs in.

I want a comfortable ride and will never autocross the car. I do like to drag race it, but I haven't lightened the car. I just race on test and tune nights.

My question, should I buy new springs or have my old ones rearched at a suspension shop?

I think it is a question of cost at that point and the ride height you want.

pretty much everyone says it runs around 150 to get springs rearched.

I happened to be looking for springs recently too.
There appear to be 4 places you can get new ones from that are oe replacements.
JR springs
220 for a set
1 year warranty.

mopar performance
which is what firm feel sells.
summit would get them to your door for 224 for a set.
order just the lefts.
no warranty.
Firm feel sells them for 260, but basically will do the qc for you and get you a good set. They run the risk since mp won't take them back even if they are doa.

Springs and things. Site sponsor
220 for standard set or 250 for a plus 1 inch arch.
Also 1 year warranty.

And Dayton springs
seen on ebay for 195 a set. 1 year warranty.
about 245 with shipping.

All in all 100 bucks more for new leafs.
Just depends I guess on if there is anything else wrong with yours. like cracked leafs or rusty or whatever.

you can also step up to "better" springs.

Eaton has them for around 225 each.

hotchkess (sp) sells them for around 600 a set, but are 1 inch lower.

Those are the only makers I have been able to find.

I have the same questions. I priced re-arching here in the Fort Worth area and it was almost the same price as buying new. I was looking at Mancini's. I'd like to go with factory replacements with an added 1 inch of lift on my Dart GTS. I still haven't decided what or where or when.

i have found i my search that all in price is comparable where ever you go.

keep in mind in addition to springs you will also likely need rear shackles and u bolts, maybe rear hangers, and if you really want to go nuts new front hangers as well.

unless your old spring pack is in reasonably good shape, probably not worth messing with. i was going to building my 66 darts springs and when i took them apart the leafs were literally pitted (between springs) to the point where they looked like they could easily fail.

For the cost, it just didn't seem worth the trouble to rearch them. I went to springsnthings and ordered some new ones. After reading some of the responses, I thought that there could be some issues that I couldn't see with the springs (metal fatigue, cracks, rust between the leafs...)

Thanks to everyone for the advice!

I'm a happy springsnthings customer with my 72 Imperial. Height is about an inch higher than I think it might have been new - but top notch material in both springs, and u-bolts.