Trying to get low

[05Single]

3/4-1" drop is what I got

Advised to cut top coil or bottom coil ?

 

[iamdub]

What're you waiting for?

I find myself asking that lately. I swear there was something else I needed before I blew it all apart. I'm replacing the control arms (with bushings and ball joints) when I do it, and I have all of that in addition to the drop parts. I have the AutoRide shock resistors... The load bags... Belltech camber eccentrics... What am I missing- Time?

 

[992dr]

I find myself asking that lately. I swear there was something else I needed before I blew it all apart. I'm replacing the control arms (with bushings and ball joints) when I do it, and I have all of that in addition to the drop parts. I have the AutoRide shock resistors... The load bags... Belltech camber eccentrics... What am I missing- Time?

Time

How low are you planning on going?

I tried to have all my ducks in a row also. Time was my biggest battle and doing it by myself in my driveway was the other well along with doing it at the coldest time of the year was the really my biggest issue. I hate the cold weather.

 

[Doug118]

My frame sits on my axle with a full tank of gas. I have literally zero suspension travel. With 1/4 tank, I have about 3/4" clearance. I also have a ton of weight in the rear. I've been trying to find someone to notch my frame so I can get some suspesnion travel back.

At some point the rear sway bar has to be removed because it doesn't fit between the shock bolts. Also the rear 6" drop spring will bottom out on itself. Need a much higher spring rate

 

[Doug118]

these are current pictures of the truck. Front still needs to be tubbed so I go back down to the original height without rubbing

 

[iamdub]

Time

How low are you planning on going?

I tried to have all my ducks in a row also. Time was my biggest battle and doing it by myself in my driveway was the other well along with doing it at the coldest time of the year was the really my biggest issue. I hate the cold weather.

4/4, maybe 4/5. I like some rake for the functional aspects. I have spindles, struts, shock simulator resistors, rear shocks, coils, spacers (if needed), sway bar relocators, lower control arm relocators, shock extenders, Spohn panhard (already installed), free travel mod performed, all four new loaded control arms and short AirLift bags with the intent to connect them to the (new) Auto Level compressor.

Like you, I wanna have all my ducks in a row so I tear it all apart once. I may redo the brakes at that time so I may add pads and rotors to that list. I like cool weather, but not cold. So maybe I'll plan it for the 7-10 days we have "Fall" weather.

After rebuilding the suspension, steering and drivelines on two 4WD GMT800s (torsion bar suspension) over a weekend each, I know I could do all of mine in one long day, but I'll spread it out over a weekend cuz I have no reason to rush.

Extra planned work will be to take a bunch of measurements of everything before I start so I'll have references. I plan to make my own extended rear lower control arms and adjustable uppers, so I'll need pinion angle references. I also want the ride height sensors to be at their original positions after the drop, so some calculating will need to be done there as well. The rear sensor arms will be longer than necessary to allow adjustability after the drop so that the Auto Level system can be fine-tuned to firm up or even lift the rear as needed to compensate for what I'm sure will be slightly too soft of coils.

Hmmm... You've kinda got me inspired now.

 

[NeverSatisfied]

Advised to cut top coil or bottom coil ?

top coil

 

[992dr]

My frame sits on my axle with a full tank of gas. I have literally zero suspension travel. With 1/4 tank, I have about 3/4" clearance. I also have a ton of weight in the rear. I've been trying to find someone to notch my frame so I can get some suspesnion travel back.

At some point the rear sway bar has to be removed because it doesn't fit between the shock bolts. Also the rear 6" drop spring will bottom out on itself. Need a much higher spring rate

Not sure how you drive it with basically no suspension.
Where do you live? I'm a welder/fabricator I'd notch it for yah. Probably going to do mine eventually. I'll look at modifying the sway bar too.
I'm actually thinking about going with coil-overs to see if it will give me desired drop. Which I think would be close to 8 in the end.

these are current pictures of the truck. Front still needs to be tubbed so I go back down to the original height without rubbing
View attachment 230997 View attachment 230998

I LOOOOOOOOVE how it looks though

4/4, maybe 4/5. I like some rake for the functional aspects. I have spindles, struts, shock simulator resistors, rear shocks, coils, spacers (if needed), sway bar relocators, lower control arm relocators, shock extenders, Spohn panhard (already installed), free travel mod performed, all four new loaded control arms and short AirLift bags with the intent to connect them to the (new) Auto Level compressor.

Like you, I wanna have all my ducks in a row so I tear it all apart once. I may redo the brakes at that time so I may add pads and rotors to that list. I like cool weather, but not cold. So maybe I'll plan it for the 7-10 days we have "Fall" weather.

After rebuilding the suspension, steering and drivelines on two 4WD GMT800s (torsion bar suspension) over a weekend each, I know I could do all of mine in one long day, but I'll spread it out over a weekend cuz I have no reason to rush.

Extra planned work will be to take a bunch of measurements of everything before I start so I'll have references. I plan to make my own extended rear lower control arms and adjustable uppers, so I'll need pinion angle references. I also want the ride height sensors to be at their original positions after the drop, so some calculating will need to be done there as well. The rear sensor arms will be longer than necessary to allow adjustability after the drop so that the Auto Level system can be fine-tuned to firm up or even lift the rear as needed to compensate for what I'm sure will be slightly too soft of coils.

Hmmm... You've kinda got me inspired now.

I don't mind a little rake as long as its on someone else's truck The helper bags definitely help out with the rake as well loading up. I had mine slam full when we evacuated last year and had 20 gallons of gas on the hitch, with no saggy bottom.

Might as well do the brakes while you have it apart. It was 59 degrees this morning and my wink was shriveled up, not happy. I like it hot out all the time.

That's something I wish I did. I thought I had taken measurements and written them down somewhere, I was wrong. Yours seems to be a bit more in depth with the auto leveling stuff. I will also be making my one lowers. I bought a stock lower for reference and I got some beefy material to tackle that job, just saving for some heims, they're huge.
I'm just stumped as to try to figure out the coil situation or just go to coil-overs and maybe try some TBSS bags.

I inspire people

 

[kbuskill]

Not sure how you drive it with basically no suspension.
Where do you live? I'm a welder/fabricator I'd notch it for yah. Probably going to do mine eventually. I'll look at modifying the sway bar too.
I'm actually thinking about going with coil-overs to see if it will give me desired drop. Which I think would be close to 8 in the end.



I LOOOOOOOOVE how it looks though



I don't mind a little rake as long as its on someone else's truck The helper bags definitely help out with the rake as well loading up. I had mine slam full when we evacuated last year and had 20 gallons of gas on the hitch, with no saggy bottom.

Might as well do the brakes while you have it apart. It was 59 degrees this morning and my wink was shriveled up, not happy. I like it hot out all the time.

That's something I wish I did. I thought I had taken measurements and written them down somewhere, I was wrong. Yours seems to be a bit more in depth with the auto leveling stuff. I will also be making my one lowers. I bought a stock lower for reference and I got some beefy material to tackle that job, just saving for some heims, they're huge.
I'm just stumped as to try to figure out the coil situation or just go to coil-overs and maybe try some TBSS bags.

I inspire people

I think the problem with notching the SUVs is that crossmember above the axle... not that it can't be done but it does make it more difficult than the pickups.

 

[992dr]

I think the problem with notching the SUVs is that crossmember above the axle... not that it can't be done but it does make it more difficult than the pickups.

I'll have to look at that tomorrow. I'm pretty sure it was the same for my 2dr. That thing had more crossmembers to notch and clearance, it was ridiculous haha

 

[Doug118]

You can notch up to the spring pocket. Someone on Facebook sent me these of how he did his truck. When I get mine done, I’ll just be cutting a 5” pipe in half and doing round notches

 

[Doug118]

Not sure what this equates to drop wise but this is where it sits with half a tank of fuel. front is at 29-3/4” and rear is at 30-7/16”

 

[992dr]

You can notch up to the spring pocket. Someone on Facebook sent me these of how he did his truck. When I get mine done, I’ll just be cutting a 5” pipe in half and doing round notchesView attachment 231105

Very cool. Thanks for finding the pics, they're very helpful. I'll be doing the same thing but with DOM tubing.
Its actually fairly simple to do.

Not sure what this equates to drop wise but this is where it sits with half a tank of fuel. front is at 29-3/4” and rear is at 30-7/16”View attachment 231107View attachment 231108View attachment 231109

Nice. Man I love how yours looks. Long and low.


Annnnnd I forgot to check the rear while I did my hubs. I need to make ramps for the rear the same height as my front ramps, its was too damn tight to squeeze under there. But, I have to climb under there again Tuesday, so, I'll use my higher ramps in the back this time around.

 

[992dr]

Back at it again. Made my way under this afternoon and found that this would be so much easier and fun to have a lift haha. I forgot to put my higher ramps in the back because I needed the height in the front so I squeezed my ass under the back and realized I really don't have enough room to really evaluate the situation, that and I reaaally need glasses.
I did notice I had some contact from the pan-hard bar not much but it was noticeable. I may take a wheel off to get a better idea of what's going on in that general area.
All in all, I didn't accomplish jack but I did notice my first a drop oil on the driveway

 

[Rocket Man]

Back at it again. Made my way under this afternoon and found that this would be so much easier and fun to have a lift haha. I forgot to put my higher ramps in the back because I needed the height in the front so I squeezed my ass under the back and realized I really don't have enough room to really evaluate the situation, that and I reaaally need glasses.
I did notice I had some contact from the pan-hard bar not much but it was noticeable. I may take a wheel off to get a better idea of what's going on in that general area.
All in all, I didn't accomplish jack but I did notice my first a drop oil on the driveway

Uh oh on the oil, hopefully it’s something simple. For me, working under my truck is the worst. I really hate it.

 

[992dr]

Uh oh on the oil, hopefully it’s something simple. For me, working under my truck is the worst. I really hate it.

Yeah, I'm kinda lost on the oil situation. Never had a drop on the ground before but, I have had some residual oil on the back end of the pan and some on the sway bar in the past. It just never dripped before.

I'm with you, not the biggest fan being on my back under there. Unfortunately until I can get my garage built, I'll be on my back. Hoping by spring to start breaking ground on that project.