tricking the autoride

[Max]

I seem to be the guinea pig for most of the dropped autoride stuff so I figured I would share some knowledge regarding shock replacement on these trucks. For the front shocks all one must do is wire some 20-30watt 3ohm-4ohm resistors in line with the factory shock harness you remove when replacing the shock. Rears require a 2ohm-3ohm resistor, still haven't found any issues with pulling the rears as I haven't installed my bilsteins but expect a full description once I stop being lazy and finally work on my truck. I calculated these values with my fluke multimeter, varying the amount of compression for each shock throughout it's travel. Might sound goofy as shit now but rest assured I'll have technical info once I get to cutting stuff. I'll be sure to include autoride sensor lengths for each stage of drop as well as sway bar link lengths and any other pertinent information.

[NathanJax]

So...

I'm looking to get a tahoe and it has autoride. What your saying is in order to lower it (DJM 3/5 drop) I'm going to have to replace all 4 shocks and trick the autoride with your directions above?

[denalianyone]

All you have to do is buy four 25 watt 3.9ohm resistors. Wire each resistor inline on the factory connector and wallah!

[NathanJax]

All you have to do is buy four 25 watt 3.9ohm resistors. Wire each resistor inline on the factory connector and wallah!

So just take the plug off the current shock, through a 25 watt 3.9ohm resistor into both sides, tape it in there, hide or ziptie the wire up somewhere, and that's it?

Sorry for asking retarted questions, just wanna know exactly what I could be getting in to...

[denalianyone]

yep, there are two wires from the factory connector. Cut the connectors off and splice in the resistor to each factory wire.

[newdriver]

or just do what i did if you plan on putting back your electronic shocks in the future. just wire the resistors across the blue/grey wire ( if i'm not mistaken) then tape it or waterproof it. and put your brand of shocks.

[warrlac]

For sure let us know what else you find out. My 01 LT has been in Autoride Alarm ever since I unplugged the fronts when I installed the 2/3 Belltech drop kit. Rides really rough as well...

From what I've read, there is no in-between with Autoride. It's either working or disabled - period. That means that the factory autoride shocks I still have in the rear are probably not being activated. Is this correct?

Anyone have any additional insight on this? :worthy:


I seem to be the guinea pig for most of the dropped autoride stuff so I figured I would share some knowledge regarding shock replacement on these trucks. For the front shocks all one must do is wire some 20-30watt 3ohm-4ohm resistors in line with the factory shock harness you remove when replacing the shock. Rears require a 2ohm-3ohm resistor, still haven't found any issues with pulling the rears as I haven't installed my bilsteins but expect a full description once I stop being lazy and finally work on my truck. I calculated these values with my fluke multimeter, varying the amount of compression for each shock throughout it's travel. Might sound goofy as shit now but rest assured I'll have technical info once I get to cutting stuff. I'll be sure to include autoride sensor lengths for each stage of drop as well as sway bar link lengths and any other pertinent information.

[graphicideas1]

i wired in the resistors and still get a light, do i need to do anything with the "level sensors"?

---------- Post added at 04:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:03 PM ----------

it the time i had my compressor out of the truck. Plugged it back in and the light went off. There must be some time of sensor in the compressor. All is good for now, I will try the fronts after a few weeks to make sure nothing goes wrong.