CoWillie

I've seen it mentioned on the site several times about swapping f250 front springs onto an f150 in order to level it up and possibly improve ride/handling. At 250k+ miles it's time to freshen up the looks and ride on my '95 4x4. My questions for those that have done it....
*Did you buy new springs or did you go the second hand route at the junk yard?
*Is the swap hard to do?
*What about a link to an instruction vid?

I also plan on upgrading to some aftermarket shocks. Any suggestions?

I appreciate any help.