bassgas
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The yukon seems to be bouncing a little harder not sure if shocks are bad or going bad they are not leaking. what should i do to check and what mild lift would make it look good or do i need to raise 6+ any suggestions
my 2004 yukon xl is needing a new stance
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TXBowtieGuy
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Daily driver?
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bassgas
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Not at this time use it to haul boat so don't really want to much lift just want about 3" so maybe add larger tires and wheels later
Adding fender wheel flares this week
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BigDaddy13440
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2004 Yukon XL, 3" keys, Z71 springs with 2" spacers, 285/75/16's on 16x8 MB Blitz wheels (+6 offset, vs "stock" -25). 39 3/4" front fender height, 40 1/4" rear. KYB MonoMax shocks front and rear, 3" extended Jeep JK sway bar links in the rear. E-Bay fender flares (not perfect, probably going with the rivet-style with 2" coverage), 30" curved light bar recessed into the grille, 7" LED's in the stock fog locations. Six crossbars on the roof rack. Debating on removing the moldings, may be adding a 3" body lift and stepping up to 35 x 12.50 x 20 tires on GMC Sierra 20x8.5 wheels..
TXBowtieGuy
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Are you 4x4? Or do you have torsion Springs in the front? Mine is an 04 hoe z71. I just installed a 3 inch spacers in the rear and 3 inch keys in the front. Rancho 4 inch shocks in the rear and soon on the front. Still need to get an alignment done. I'll post pics after I get it back from the alignment. Still running stock size Nitro Tera Graphers for now. I like the stance it had where the rear was a little higher then the front so I went with the 3 inch rear. If you tow I'd stay away from body lifts. Well I'd stay away from them period. You have to relocate the bumpers with brackets and that takes away the integrity. Just sayin. I had an 02 Malibu Wakesetter 21 foot direct drive boat and found a lot of slick launches around Houston and Texas. Not gonna bore you with details but I started out towing it with a heavily modified 92 GMC pickup 2wd and found it had to get help quite a bit to get the boat out other the water. I bought a 95 Z71 pickup and never had another issue pulling the boat out of the water.
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Looks Great BigDaddy where did you get the LEDs to replace fog lights just had a lens popped out of my stock fog lights they didn't do much anyway
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BigDaddy13440
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Got them on E-bay. Just stripped the factory wires, and wire-nutted them together. Others have used factory plugs and adapted them. I did space them back into the recess about 1 1/2", used some flat steel stock and made a bracket - bolt goes through one hole and through a hole in the bumper, leave that just snug. Bolt the light through the other one, then leave just snug too. Wait till night, crawl underneath and focus the lights output down, away from oncoming traffic. Tighten the nuts down, and done. Haven't had a cop so much as flash me yet, even while driving straight at them.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-7INCH-36...ash=item488e86de1a:g:eHIAAOSwqBJXVaOz&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-7INCH-36...ash=item488e86de1a:g:eHIAAOSwqBJXVaOz&vxp=mtr
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eBay keys, 1.5" rear spacer, 275/60/20 on OEM NNBS wheels
TXBowtieGuy
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That is a clean ride. Love those rims. Where did they come from?
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If your talking about mine, thank you! They are off 2007 + GMC Sierra/Yukon
BigDaddy13440
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Yer killin' me Smalls.....
I like the way yours doesn't have the body side moldings, or the running boards. Just a leveling kit? No rear springs/spacers? Debating on my above wheels with 275/65/20's... that way I don't need the body lift (I think they'll clear).... but I also have 2 1/2" wheel spacers for the rear, and 1 1/2" for the front....
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Thanks man! I'm running stock springs and 1.5" coil spacers in the rear, and just eBay leveling keys. I'm also running 1.5" wheel spacers on all 4 corners.
BigDaddy13440
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I've got Z71 coils and 2" spacers, and 97-02 Ford Expedition lift keys (about 3"). Sitting at 39 3/4" fender height front/ 40 1/4" rear. Not-so-patiently waiting to hear if I won a BDS 6" suspension lift from Custom Offsets (on YouTube).... if I do, I'll be adding the 3" body lift too, and running some 37's!!!! (Maybe 38's, or 40's......????) And then re-gearing....
If I'm going to be able to add a 6" lift for just the cost of labor, I might as well pay for what the lift would have cost me, and go bigger!
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Boards are gone putting riveted flares on next
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TXBowtieGuy
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I was. It's super clean.
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3 inches front and back. Did not go too high in the front until I get upper control arms and shocks. But I like the way it looks. Always in progress...
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Got Flares on today. Also removed all the stick on chrome looking door edge stripping what a pain that was. Put them on when I bought it new with 6 kids I needed it. But not now[emoji3]
Cleaned it up a little still need to do glass and inside
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Cleaned it up a little still need to do glass and inside
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BigDaddy13440
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Flares off E-Bay? I'm probably going to swap out my "factory" type for those with the bolts.
