Another Drop - Suburban LTZ 4WD Autoride Content

[felixgun]

Whoops... I slipped and hit the "Buy it now" button

Nice! Yep I had your exact side mouldings and upgraded to those and it makes a HUGE difference. Good price too!

 

[WingsAA]

Nice! Yep I had your exact side mouldings and upgraded to those and it makes a HUGE difference. Good price too!

Well... doesn't look like I'm getting those mouldings. The bastard backed out with the following excuse:

Message from merchant: I am sorry but we are refunding your money on these mouldings. When we went to ship them one of the mouldings has a scratch on it. Thanks, Mike Lester Eastside Automotive Co.

At least he refunded my money.

I'm super pumped to get my alignment tomorrow morning.
I was driving out of the airport parking deck tonight and while I was going down around the carousel exit... the damn abs and stabilitrack were engaging BIG time. Hoping this isn't a regular occurring event. Also getting some rubbing up front when turning. Looking forward to the Spohn Panhard bar showing up so I can get the back lined up. Also going to lengethen the rear auto ride links a bit tomorrow as well.

Off to the wash now to get her cleaned up!

 

[bodymccannx]

Great looking truck - pics on level ground please!! Have you adjusted you links yet? (If so, shorter or longer)

Mark

 

[WingsAA]

Great looking truck - pics on level ground please!! Have you adjusted you links yet? (If so, shorter or longer)

Mark

Thanks! I just got the alignment done today and WOW... it was seriously off. I knew it was off but didn't even realize it was possible to be off as much as it was. Everything is great now with the ride and handling.

As for the autoride links... The truck sits level now but I may lengthen the links a small amount just to compensate for any extra weight. They are set at 3" now I may just turn them once and see how much difference it makes.

 

[NORCAL SS]

once someone sits in back will air up fine.

example
4400 pound car plus 1400 pound trailor
My rear aired up to the exact height the truck sits at with no weight in it. Front lifted though lol

 

[WingsAA]

Here are some pics from today after the alignment was completed...

And here are the alignment specs...

Before... LOL...

After... much better...

 

[07Burb]

Very nice man!!! Definitely looking forward to doing this with mine tomorrow. I'll be getting mine aligned next week. That looks incredible

 

[Alex33]

such a gorgeous truck!!

 

[fire730]

Thats looks great.

I dont think it would look good with chrome side moldings. It looks perfect with the body colored ones.

People are getting carried away with the chrome lately. And NO esky roofrack.

 

[bodymccannx]

Wings - very nice truck. Do you happen to know what your ground-to-fenderlip measurements are? I'd like to be able to compare to my 07 Burb with same kit.

Mark

 

[felixgun]

Man that sucks about the side door mouldings.. i'm sure another deal will pop up soon if you keep looking.. anyways the truck looks great man... esky roof rack next maybe?

 

[WingsAA]

Wings - very nice truck. Do you happen to know what your ground-to-fenderlip measurements are? I'd like to be able to compare to my 07 Burb with same kit.

Mark

I'll measure and let you know.

Man that sucks about the side door mouldings.. i'm sure another deal will pop up soon if you keep looking.. anyways the truck looks great man... esky roof rack next maybe?

Probably just going to hold off on the side mouldings and I'm not doing the esky roof rack. I may do the G5 tails and rear appliques but that will most likely be it... possibly the updated rear bumper cover with factory closeout if I ever get around to it.

 

[WingsAA]

Okay... need some help here...

Looks like my rear isn't airing up at all. I can her the compressor click like it's going to pump but nothing happens. Reason I now know this is I just hauled some stuff and the rear was practically sitting on the axle. Everything was extremely straight-forward with the rear install so I'm wondering if the compressor had gone bad before installing the kit and I'm just now noticing it. What fuses, etc do I need to check??? And yes, the auto-level links are fine by the way.

 

[THE YETI]

Sounds like an air line is kinked or disconnected.

 

[WingsAA]

Sounds like an air line is kinked or disconnected.

Wouldn't the compressor itself still run? I can hear the click but that's it... no pump.

---------- Post added at 08:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:50 PM ----------

Just an update... the compressor is dead

 

[WingsAA]

Not trying to jack my own thread however...
since my compressor took a crap I'm left with with a couple options for replacement:

1. Arnott
2. OEM GM

Here is the Arnott compressor for 185.27. Looks like it just comes with a rebuild kit for the separate air dryer that is currently on the truck - Arnott Compressor Link

The OEM GM compressor is 282.92 from GM Parts Direct. Looks like it comes with the compressor AND the new air dryer but not certain.

Any comments, recommendations, suggestions regarding this?

 

[bodymccannx]

I have had good luck with the Arnott rear shocks and would not hesitate to buy the compressor from them if mine went bad. I wasn't aware that the GM one came with the new dryer?

The rear on your truck is likely lower then b/c the autoride is not pumping up the shocks - I imagine you'll have a slightly different stance once you get the compressor replaced.

Let me know what you ground-to-fender measurements are when you get the chance.

Mark

 

[WingsAA]

I have had good luck with the Arnott rear shocks and would not hesitate to buy the compressor from them if mine went bad. I wasn't aware that the GM one came with the new dryer?

The rear on your truck is likely lower then b/c the autoride is not pumping up the shocks - I imagine you'll have a slightly different stance once you get the compressor replaced.

Let me know what you ground-to-fender measurements are when you get the chance.

Mark

Yeah, could just be my ignorance regarding the dryer on the OEM unit. I just ordered the Arnott compressor as it seems solid. I won't be able to work on it until Friday at the earliest however.

I'm guessing the rear will come up some so planning on shortening the links if so... regardless, I'll keep you guys posted.

 

[bodymccannx]

Let me know how the compressor install goes. FYI, on my Burbn with the same kit installed (and spacer in), my rear measured 34 7/8" with the links set at 3". When I shortened the Belltech links as short as possible, the rear ended up settling at 34 1/2". The front measures 33 7/8".

Let me know what yours are once the compressor is working.

Mark

 

[WingsAA]

Let me know how the compressor install goes. FYI, on my Burbn with the same kit installed (and spacer in), my rear measured 34 7/8" with the links set at 3". When I shortened the Belltech links as short as possible, the rear ended up settling at 34 1/2". The front measures 33 7/8".

Let me know what yours are once the compressor is working.

Mark

Will do.

I ordered the compressor from Arnott and went ahead and ordered a new dryer from Suncore so everything will be new. Have to haul some mulch bags this weekend so have to get it done before that... Or wait, that could be my excuse to get out of mulching!