My 2011 Escalade Build Thread!!

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ill try to get some. Its a little louder than stock which is perfect for what I wanted.
 

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At this rate there won't be much to do at the BBQ, hehe. Truck's coming along nicely.
 
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Im keeping the brakes and wheels for saturday. I just cant deal with a stock truck.
 
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kinda long day did all the rear kit today ie trailing arm relocators/shock extenders/springs/djm bar/new endlinks and spohn panhard bar and bumpstop bracket. Truck feels perfect now around corners.

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bumpstop bracket cut with new short one installed and belltech 5305 coil
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spohn bar vs stock bar
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Rear djm swaybar along with shorter endlinks
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Nice. Pics of the lower arms/relocators? How bout the whole whip LOL What other projects are goin on in the back of the last pic
 

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Nice. Pics of the lower arms/relocators? How bout the whole whip LOL What other projects are goin on in the back of the last pic

finished up the ls2 swap in a 64 nova on right side

the car grey one is my buddys kevins ran 8.90s on a small tire and pulled motor doing a 434 now on it.

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back of truck is 34.75 and that is with no spacers and set at 2.5 inches. Due to me using the trailing arm relocators I can set the linkage rods to 1.75 inches from center to center to bring it down more. I will let the truck settle and then go from there.
 
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ill try to get some pics up today. I will be going lower for sure but ill let the rear settle so ill give it a few hundred miles. Im going for 1 more inch in front with my $15 dollar mod and rear set the autoride links shorter ie 1.5 inches
 
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the center consoles of these trucks suck cant put anything up top
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so ended up buying the platinum top half much better now you can put your phone in there
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Very nice upgrade!!!
 

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Looks great so far Tony =where are the pics of the truck on the ground?? Will those DJM swaybar links work with other brands of bar? What links are you using on the front bar to correct that angle?

Can't wait to see more pics of the rear susp. - spohn panhard etc.

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24s are on. GOing to adjust rear autoride links more in the back try to get it down 1 inch and front going to have to machine a new groove to bring it down about 3/4 of a inch

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Looks great so far Tony =where are the pics of the truck on the ground?? Will those DJM swaybar links work with other brands of bar? What links are you using on the front bar to correct that angle?

Can't wait to see more pics of the rear susp. - spohn panhard etc.

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yes rear djm hardware kit works with stock or aftermarket bars.

front used spindles so nothing needs to be chnaged with links.
 

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