1/2 drop for a 2011 autoride burb?

[soulsea]

Hey Tony (or anyone else who may know),

I have a buddy here who wants a mild drop on his 11 LTZ suburban .. 1" in the front 2" in the back. He's on oem 22s if it makes a difference.

He's nor a 'car person' so he wants the easiest setup possible and one that won't throw any stabilitrac codes/error. He'd rather not change shocks but he will to retain oem ride quality if he really has to.

What's the best way to set this up?

Thanks.

 

[NORCAL SS]

Hey Tony (or anyone else who may know),

I have a buddy here who wants a mild drop on his 11 LTZ suburban .. 1" in the front 2" in the back. He's on oem 22s if it makes a difference.

He's nor a 'car person' so he wants the easiest setup possible and one that won't throw any stabilitrac codes/error. He'd rather not change shocks but he will to retain oem ride quality if he really has to.

What's the best way to set this up?

Thanks.

in front for 1 inch he would have to change the springs in rear the kit will do 2.5-3.5 but if he put the rear kit with the 1 inch spacers and set the links to 3.5 (not 3) will be a 2 inch drop.

also in front if he has time I can get his struts here and modify them like I have been for 6 years

 

[soulsea]

I know you mentioned this before but what exactly is the strut modification you do and what does it accomplish?

And would you purchase a set of struts and sell them to him modified?

Thanks Tony.

 

[NORCAL SS]

autoride struts are over 300 each new.

heres the info on strut mod
http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=549281

 

[soulsea]

Erm, I'm not sure I understand all that's explained on that thread.

But what's the down side of just dropping the front 1" with different springs and not doing the strut mod? Does the ride suffer or does it hurt the shocks?

 

[NORCAL SS]

Erm, I'm not sure I understand all that's explained on that thread.

But what's the down side of just dropping the front 1" with different springs and not doing the strut mod? Does the ride suffer or does it hurt the shocks?

dont do springs have a machine shop do what ive been doing. Keep the ride nice. ive been doing the same mod since late 06 on teh 07 up models not one issue. I also did the same to my escalade.

 

[soulsea]

What's the downside of going the spring swap route?

 

[NORCAL SS]

just on springs will be a little rougher in front.

 

[soulsea]

Would also changing shocks solve that and bring it back to oem ride quality?

 

[NORCAL SS]

Theres only one kind of autoride shock. The irde wont be bad just a little stiffer