Dropped my Z71 'Hoe on a 3/5 with 22's

[DaRosa218]

So, I finally sold my lift and tires to Matt here on the forum! What did I do to it now you ask? Well, here we go.

I removed my keys and spacers and installed a DJM 3/5 lowering kit and put on Matt's old 22" AVE's on 305/45r22. It handles amazingly and love how it looks. Best of all my fuel mileage went from 12mpg to 18.5mpg by ditching the 33's.


Before:

After:

Because I'm getting better fuel mileage, She's no longer going up for-sale and plan to keep her for quite a while.

 

[westcoast]

wow you gained that much in MPG? wow. BTW that OBS blue tahoe does it have a whiplash kit on it?

 

[dwmmatt23]

, man congrats on the mpg increase. Now I know I have a problem with mine cause my fuel meter on the way back showed I was getting the exact same mileage that I was getting with the 22''s, 11mpg in town and 15.5mpg freeway no matter what with the terra grapplers. Thanks again for the swap and key install.

by the way I noticed now I have your truck in my sig avatar, I got to get some updated pics tomorrow, haha

 

[Arctic-Rodz]

Man..... looked better lifted IMO

as long as you like the results is all that matters though!

 

[DaRosa218]

wow you gained that much in MPG? wow. BTW that OBS blue tahoe does it have a whiplash kit on it?

Well, after looking at a few things I noticed that one of my o2 sensors had a torn wire but was hanging in just barely. I replaced it and I think that was what gave me a mpg increase. As for the blue Tahoe, it has a 10" whiplash suspension on 36" Iroc super-Swampers.

 

[07Burb]

Nice man! A gain in MPG and it looks killer being dropped back down!

 

[dirty runner]

trucks looking good. like it lowered better

 

[westcoast]

Well, after looking at a few things I noticed that one of my o2 sensors had a torn wire but was hanging in just barely. I replaced it and I think that was what gave me a mpg increase. As for the blue Tahoe, it has a 10" whiplash suspension on 36" Iroc super-Swampers.

hmmmm did you buy that tahoe like that? I rembember seeing it for sale for the longest time.

 

[1badss]

That's what I am talking about. Just got me a 05 Z-71 that I have the same thing planned for. Nice, very nice!!!!

 

[DaRosa218]

hmmmm did you buy that tahoe like that? I rembember seeing it for sale for the longest time.

We actually just sold it. That was my Dad who had it forsale on craigslist. He actually traded it for a Dodge 3500 Quad Cab 4x4 Dually.

 

[westcoast]

That was a clean tahoe! I had my old 98 just like that but the difference was it was the FTS 9.5 on 36's

 

[NORCAL SS]

if you want that rear end to come down and ride a lot better get the tb springs

 

[gdddup]

looks pretty good

 

[DaRosa218]

hmmmm did you buy that tahoe like that? I rembember seeing it for sale for the longest time.

if you want that rear end to come down and ride a lot better get the tb springs

Sounds like a plan. I'm going to save up and purchase a set for sure. I know I need the hardware kit but do I need to change out my shocks since I'm running Z71 shocks?

 

[NORCAL SS]

Sounds like a plan. I'm going to save up and purchase a set for sure. I know I need the hardware kit but do I need to change out my shocks since I'm running Z71 shocks?

Do you have shock extenders in the rear?

tb springs/djm rear hardware kit is $360 shipped

If your shocks are longer than 22 inches with shock extenders in it wont work the spring will pop out.

 

[DaRosa218]

I dont have shock extenders right now. I'm already having the problem with the springs not staying in when jacking up the truck. I have to jack it up underneath the axel so the spring doesn't pop out. I also haven't measured my shocks l. Would the shock extenders solve the spring pop out situation I'm having right now?

 

[07Burb]

<~~~thinking the spring popping out is a big issue

 

[NORCAL SS]

no you have the blue springs you need short 1800 djm shocks.

if you did
tb springs
rear hardware kit
rear djm shocks
$450 shipped

ride will be a lot better

 

[DaRosa218]

no you have the blue springs you need short 1800 djm shocks.

if you did
tb springs
rear hardware kit
rear djm shocks
$450 shipped

ride will be a lot better

Cool, Thanks!

 

[NORCAL SS]

no prob but the djm tb springs require different shocks so if your going to change to the tb springs no use buying the 1800 shocks.

if you decide you want to just keep what you have now i have the djm shocks 1800s for 90 shipped