Got a referral to a local fabricator that is willing to work on my van.
They liked the BD Diesel brackets well enough, so I'm probably doing that as a start. Likely shocks after that. (I'm trying to educate myself further there, it does seem that if you offroad, shocks are a very real wear item, perhaps on the same scale as tires, so rebuildable ones are worth it, as are multi shock setups. Not sure about reservoir or not, though more oil seems more better.)
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I would think you are a perfect candidate for upgrading to "mgmetalworks" new brackets.
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Had to do some searching, but figured out what you were referring to:
(Image stolen from elsewhere, mgmetalworks, please IM me if you want that removed, I put it up in good faith, since it appears to put your work into a positive light.)
So this drops the rear pivot, leveling the bar and putting it back into something close to non-lifted spec. Yeah, that's probably really-right since it minimizes the difference in backward/forward movement of the upper and lower front connections when it swings. (FWIW: Someone who thinks like that should really be working in product design, not just in one-off fabrication.)
That still wouldn't buy me adjustable caster though, which ultimately I think I want no matter what. So I do think I'll start there. (Also, my current brackets are really solid hunks that are attached with huge welds that do appear to penetrate. So cutting those off is low on my list of things I want to pursue as a first step.
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Finally: Thanks to everyone for their input on this, it really does help.