2010 Denali on Belltech 2/4 and 24in Esky reps

[ihaveamustang]

Installed the Belltech 2/4 (no spacer) drop kit on the Denali yesterday. Alignment is done as well. Only bugged Tony once on the phone, but did a lot of reading/asking questions in threads.

Quick recap:
2010 Denali
2in drop spindles up front
4 in drop spring in the rear (no spacer installed)
Links set to 3in - getting a good bit of air up.
Bump stop brackets still in place - just used shorter ones included in the kit.

Ride is actually really good. I'm rubbing a little and I've been pretty cautious so far, but bumps are not overly harsh and a lot of the body roll is gone.

Only strange thing is the fact that the psgr side rear is higher than the driver's side rear. Links are same on both sides. Seems like I've read about this, but I'm going to look into it further.

On to the pics and measurements:

Pre Drop (Tonka Truck):

Pre Drop Measurements:

Front:

Rear:

Post Drop:

Exploded a rear tire and it put a hole in my rear bumper a couple of weeks ago. Had the body shop paint match the upper appliques while they installed/painted a new rear bumper. I handled the debadge:

Post Drop Measurements:

Front:

Rear (Psgr):

Rear (Driver):

Rubbin'

The front driver's side is the worst for sure. Not sure what's up w/ this b/c I haven't heard of anyone rubbing here. No trimming will fix this, so I guess I just have to let it wear.

 

[nytahoe]

looks goo man . i rubed stock hight on my tahoe with 24's. i pulled the bottom clip out and after a week it was fine

 

[Modded]

Looks perfect!

 

[JennaBear]

Looks great!! Makes me anxious to get mine one!

 

[ihaveamustang]

looks goo man . i rubed stock hight on my tahoe with 24's. i pulled the bottom clip out and after a week it was fine

Good info. Just popped my lower clip out and I'll see how it goes.

Thanks folks. Hopefully this is helpful for the NNBS folks looking for a mild drop.
After the springs settle in the rear, I may tinker w/ link length to see if I can bring it down a touch more.

As for the rear riding a different heights - anyone know what's up w/ that?

 

[yates ™]

Looks good

 

[felixgun]

Man that looks so good!!! I like the de-badged rear.

 

[OHSIXX]

With it dropped-it looks perfect !!

 

[BillBlatt18]

Beautiful!

 

[pmexpert]

Looks great!

 

[RickyFriery97]

Looks good! Can't wait to get my 24" esky reps

 

[Pain@thepump]

Looks good

ya mon!

 

[NathanJax]

looks great!!!

 

[Leonidas]

2 thumbs up....keep us posted on the rubbing in the front. thinking about getting some esky reps on 305/35s.

 

[edgaranah1]

Damn looks good man.

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[nrcpharmd]

Sick!

 

[KMeloney]

As for the rear riding a different heights - anyone know what's up w/ that?

They're all (or most of them, anyway) like that from the factory. You just brought it down equally, and so you still have the side-to-side difference.

I cut the right rear spacer in half. I'm not sure that it changed anything, but it's been sitting for a week now, so I'll have to re-check it.

Truck looks GREAT! What a difference, huh?1

 

[NathanJax]

They're all (or most of them, anyway) like that from the factory. You just brought it down equally, and so you still have the side-to-side difference.

I cut the right rear spacer in half. I'm not sure that it changed anything, but it's been sitting for a week now, so I'll have to re-check it.

Yup. It's called the "Chevy lean". Basically because your gas tank is only on the drivers side, it leans because of the weight.

I left the rubber spacers on my drivers side rear spring on and took them off the passenger side. They're just about even. I did the same kinda thing to my front drops struts as well.

 

[crazycrew]

Looks bad ass man!

 

[ihaveamustang]

Thanks folks - read about the "Chevy lean" last night - kinda funny. Makes me think of NathanJax's avatar when I read/hear that.

I'll be interested to see if it comes down more in a few weeks. It's airing up a lot though - not sure if it'll keep pumping to this height or not. I'll bug Tony about it in a few weeks. I wouldn't mind going 1/2 in lower in the rear.