2016 Yukon Denali 4x4 4” Fabtech

[Nokturnal]

Well it’s done but not done. Rear is sitting at 41” w the 3” fabtech rear spacer and the front is sitting right at 40” with the 1” lower strut spacer added to the kit. CV angles all look good. The vehicle actually rides better than w the Maxtrac Leveling Kit. Waiting on the 2” spacer to be sent from fabtech. There is a suspension service light on and the tech said the MRC bracket wasn’t long enough or something up front bc the spacer i put in?

 

[Nokturnal]

Another of the fenders

 

[01Konvict]

I like the looks but if the message doesn’t clear then make your own link rods for ride height sensors out of all thread or get fts spacers for them

 

[73impala]

Looking good.

 

[cbraga]

Well it’s done but not done. Rear is sitting at 41” w the 3” fabtech rear spacer and the front is sitting right at 40” with the 1” lower strut spacer added to the kit. CV angles all look good. The vehicle actually rides better than w the Maxtrac Leveling Kit. Waiting on the 2” spacer to be sent from fabtech. There is a suspension service light on and the tech said the MRC bracket wasn’t long enough or something up front bc the spacer i put in?

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It's off now because of the added spacer to the Fabtech kit. You need the suspension maxx mag/ride bracket to fix the issue. When adding a leveling kit to the Fabech kit you need to compensate for the added front lift.

 

[Nokturnal]

Thanks for the info guys. I remember seeing the topic of the new bracket but wasn’t sure if it was the front or back. Was John the contact at suspension max that may be able to sell me just the bracket?

I took a road trip immediately after install and my cruise doesn’t work and I have a max speed of 85. The engine literally shuts off and dies out like a rev limiter. I’m assuming this is all related to the service suspension light?! Or is it something else from the install causing the cruise and speed limiter issues?

 

[Nokturnal]

Update: installed Xineering Half Kit simulators and swapped out factory magnetics for Monroe’s. Ride is significantly improved and I have no idea how but my front jumped up almost an inch.

Front sits @ 42” and rear sits at 42”. I now have an extra set of fabtech 2” rear spacers if anyone needs. It sits level now after the Monroe.

I feel like this kit is a 5” kit now lol. It’s prob a little taller than I wanted but I’m not gonna mess with removing the front lower strut spacer and putting on the 2” rears to drop it to 41” all the way around.

For $2,000 I got new front struts and essentially a 5” lift. I may try and squeeze some 35’s in there next time and trim some

 

[cbraga]

Update: installed Xineering Half Kit simulators and swapped out factory magnetics for Monroe’s. Ride is significantly improved and I have no idea how but my front jumped up almost an inch.

Front sits @ 42” and rear sits at 42”. I now have an extra set of fabtech 2” rear spacers if anyone needs. It sits level now after the Monroe.

I feel like this kit is a 5” kit now lol. It’s prob a little taller than I wanted but I’m not gonna mess with removing the front lower strut spacer and putting on the 2” rears to drop it to 41” all the way around.

For $2,000 I got new front struts and essentially a 5” lift. I may try and squeeze some 35’s in there next time and trim some

Post some new pics

 

[01Konvict]

Have you bypassed the shock connections to avoid the service suspension light?

 

[Nokturnal]

Have you bypassed the shock connections to avoid the service suspension light?

Yeah I contacted Xineering for their half kit. It had the ride height simulators as well as the magnetic top shock simulator. I thought maybe everything would settle after a few hundred miles but the front is still sitting at 42”.

It’s been raining and overcast here in west Texas for over a week but as soon as the weather clears I’ll get new pics of level front and rear. I would’ve replaced the shocks a long time ago had I known we didn’t have to run magnetic replacements.

 

[01Konvict]

Yeah I contacted Xineering for their half kit. It had the ride height simulators as well as the magnetic top shock simulator. I thought maybe everything would settle after a few hundred miles but the front is still sitting at 42”.

It’s been raining and overcast here in west Texas for over a week but as soon as the weather clears I’ll get new pics of level front and rear. I would’ve replaced the shocks a long time ago had I known we didn’t have to run magnetic replacements.

Great info! Others can bypass the stock shocks

 

[InTruckDesign]

What Monroe's did you go with? I am seriously considering swapping my front mrc's for maybe Rancho or Bilstein. Did you keep the rear auto leveling/mrc shocks? I can say the rear rides much better than the front on mine, so only looking at the fronts plus I want to keep auto level due to trailering.

 

[Nokturnal]

What Monroe's did you go with? I am seriously considering swapping my front mrc's for maybe Rancho or Bilstein. Did you keep the rear auto leveling/mrc shocks? I can say the rear rides much better than the front on mine, so only looking at the fronts plus I want to keep auto level due to trailering.

I went with the Monroe front assembly based off the Xineering reps recommendation. He had a 15 LTZ Tahoe that he said he swapped to the Monroe’s and was very happy. I like the ride of the Monroe’s and they were priced right. I kept my rears the same but intend on replacing at some point and still keeping the auto leveling feature.

 

[Nokturnal]

The sun came out today! Updated pics.

 

[Nokturnal]

One more side profile

 

[Robbys3m3]

looks great!

 

[Johnny Danger]

Looks great man! What are the specs on your wheel and tire setup you're running? I was looking at the 6" lift from Rough Country but I really like the height on yours.

 

[Nokturnal]

Looks great man! What are the specs on your wheel and tire setup you're running? I was looking at the 6" lift from Rough Country but I really like the height on yours.

20 x 10 -24 offset wheels
33 x 12.5 Tires

The ride heights are exactly what I wanted to achieve as I feel 6” on the shorter Tahoe/Yukon frames are just too much and 4” looks good....but doesn’t stand out really much more than those whips rolling around leveled. 42” all the way around really seems like a 5” lift.

 

[YuCanada]

Looks super tall. Got a pic of your angles? And your front strut with the spacers?

I feel like mine sits low for 2.5. You just did the Monroe struts and added another spacer to it?


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[Treybizttu]

I’m interested in front angles too. I like that it’s a 4” kit but is it just a stretched leveling kit?