69 Blazer - 2" TC EZRide Lift-Really Rough??

[Savage69K5]

Gents,

I installed a 2" Tuff Country EZRide leaf spring lift (front and back) on my 69 Blazer. I also installed new 5125 Bilstein shocks. I chose Tuff Country due to the rave reviews I have on found on here and elsewhere about how nice the ride is. I've only put perhaps ~70 miles on it, but the ride is awful. I feel every single bump, expansion joints make the truck feel like it will leave the ground, and the front end takes a bit to settle down after a bump.

Where did I go wrong?

I know one rookie mistake I made was not lubing the outside of the leaf spring bushings with grease. I needed to get the blazer back together, and I only lubed the insides (didn't have a press or the right tools to get the bushings out). Would not greasing the bushings on the outside prohibit the leaf from functioning properly?

Do these leaves just take time to settle? Or is there something else amiss here?

Thanks!