just lowered not happy with stance need to lower front

[johnnyt5646]

i just did a 3/5 with tb 4320 springs 3" control arms. my rear sits a touch lower. i do have the spring seats out. can i get lowering keys and still get close with alignment. i want about an 1.5" lower in front. what are my options.

 

[NathanJax]

You can go 1.5" with keys. what I would do is get the keys, tell the alignment shop to go as low as you can while keeping your camber in spec. If that's not low enough, you can get the Belltech camber kit and then you'll be good.

 

[NORCAL SS]

i just did a 3/5 with tb 4320 springs 3" control arms. my rear sits a touch lower. i do have the spring seats out. can i get lowering keys and still get close with alignment. i want about an 1.5" lower in front. what are my options.

did you decrank the keys in the front?

in front if you want 1.5 you will need spindles and then crank the keys up. djm 3 inch lower a arms and using the keys for another 1.5 inches will ride really ruff in front.

 

[johnnyt5646]

yes i have decranked my keys all the way. does front ride worse cranked all the way up or decranked all the way out.

 

[NathanJax]

yes i have decranked my keys all the way. does front ride worse cranked all the way up or decranked all the way out.

either. All the way up or all the way down wont ride great. However, what Tony is telling you to do is buy spindles that will lower you 2 inches, then use your keys to go back up 1/2". that lit bit of cranking on your keys to get you up 1/2" wont be a bad ride at all.

 

[NORCAL SS]

djm kit with djm kit does not ride well not matter what you do. Change the front shocks and rear shocks to belltech and rear springs ditch for my 6 inch and ride will be aaaa looootttttttttt better

 

[lowAZhoe]

i just did a 3/5 with tb 4320 springs 3" control arms. my rear sits a touch lower. i do have the spring seats out. can i get lowering keys and still get close with alignment. i want about an 1.5" lower in front. what are my options.

post a pic so we can see what it looks like. you may need to adjust your keys to get it sitting right, also get an alignment.

 

[johnnyt5646]

i already got an alignment. my torsion keys are decranked all the way

 

[NathanJax]

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i already got an alignment. my torsion keys are decranked all the way

yeah, I'd say front is an inch or so too high.

 

[M Hankel]

i just did a 3/5 with tb 4320 springs 3" control arms. my rear sits a touch lower. i do have the spring seats out. can i get lowering keys and still get close with alignment. i want about an 1.5" lower in front. what are my options.

So you have DJM 3" drop arms up front with the keys completely de-cranked and the front is still higher? What are the actual measurements from pavement to fender lip front/rear? What size wheel/tire combo also?

Something doesn't add up. How long have you owned the truck? Is it possible that the previous owner installed 2" lift keys to level out the ride? My GF's Tahoe had lift keys installed and it clearly sits higher in the front than all the other Tahoe's I've ever seen but it looks level front to back, It does not have the raked look that a lot of them have.

The pic in my sig is 3" DJM arms, and it's not anywhere close to de-cranked all the way. It's at 32.25 in the front with a 305/40/22 tire.

Mike

 

[johnnyt5646]

I will get the measurements tomorrow. I think they were 32.25 in back and 33.5 in front. The rear sits lower. My tire ad wheel combo are 285/50/20. I don't think I have leveling keys. The truck had a rake when stock. A buddy of mine used leveling keys in his tahoe and my front sat lower when it had stock suspension. I also have belltech street perf. Shocks front and back. Does djm make 2" control arms for the Tahoe.

 

[M Hankel]

I will get the measurements tomorrow. I think they were 32.25 in back and 33.5 in front. The rear sits lower. My tire ad wheel combo are 285/50/20. I don't think I have leveling keys. The truck had a rake when stock. A buddy of mine used leveling keys in his tahoe and my front sat lower when it had stock suspension. I also have belltech street perf. Shocks front and back. Does djm make 2" control arms for the Tahoe.

Sorry, meant to say lower in rear, not front lol..

I don't think DJM ever made a 2" drop arm. Maybe the adjustment bolts for the keys are not lined up inside the recess of the keys? Who installed the arms/kit?

Mike

 

[johnnyt5646]

I will check to see if the bolts are in the dimples on the keys.

 

[johnnyt5646]

bolts are in the dimples. my measurements are 33.25 front and 32.25 rear.

 

[M Hankel]

Wow this is puzzling for sure.

Your 285/50/20 tires measure about 31.20" tall. My 305/40/22 tires measure 31.60 so yours are a little bit shorter overall height (which should help your cause if anything). If your keys are completely de-cranked, that means you are missing a good 1-1.7" of drop somewhere which still kinda points to the possibility of someone installing lift/leveling keys before you owned it.

I would maybe try to round up some stock keys from a salvage yard Tahoe and install those just to be sure you are working with stock keys. They are fairly easy to swap out in less than an hour. The other option is to purchase some drop keys. The only downside to that is, if you unknowingly have lift/leveling keys installed now, you will be severely dropped in the other direction with drop keys, even with them fully cranked up.

Mike

 

[NORCAL SS]

how about lifting up the rear?

 

[NathanJax]

how about lifting up the rear?

blasphemy!!!


Is this really Tony or someone logged in to Tony's account?

 

[NORCAL SS]

lol dude im hammered on the plane coming back from the tbss nationals I had this weekend so don't blame me fully.... plus im not sure of his budget so was seeing if that was a option

 

[johnnyt5646]

i thought about putting the rubber spring seats back in the rear. i know it wont get me up an inch. what are my option with raising the rear up, new springs. the issue i have is i purchased a 3/5 kit and got a 2/5 kit. just frustrating.


I have my old stock keys from my silverado. im going to try them. are the lift/leveling/ lowering keys easy to differentiate. i thought they just reindex the torsion bar hole.