My 2011 Escalade Build Thread!!

[NORCAL SS]

Those brakes look amazing...are those the 16in?

Got any full front side shots showing the brakes?

yes 16 inch and 14.5 rear

ill get some full fronts tomm.

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Well looks like the tb spring will fit in the rear. Right now my problem is if i let out of the rear airbags the ride suffers. Im hoping that with the lower sitting trailblazer spring and cutting the rear autoride links will get the bags to have as much air as it does now in turn giving a good ride when lowerd more.

 

[THE YETI]

14.25"

 

[NORCAL SS]

14.25"

Actually no they changed the rear disks end of last year. 14.5 now the older versions were 14.25

 

[04lade]

So weres these new pics at mane

 

[Yuko04]

OOOOOweeeee. That truck is going to be sick! Ill need a whole bottle of Nyquil to get to sleep after seeing that.....

 

[NORCAL SS]

sorry guys been swamped with stuff. I ended up pulling the rear end to change fluid and it was horrible and all black and like many trucks gm has done 1 quart low on fluid. Changed it all up and put new fluid and then swapped in the trailblazer rear coils and came down 1/2 inch which im happy with. Ill have pics tomm when i get home from work.

 

[bodymccannx]

Tony, can you please explain the "strut modification" (possibly with pics).
Interested in maybe going that route rather than changing the springs.

Thanks.

 

[Vinniety]

Tony outstanding work and beautiful truck. I tried to scan all the posts to see if i understand this right....you have rear djm springs but you want to lower it more so your looking into trailblazer springs? Also you have airlift bags installed am i correct on that??

 

[NORCAL SS]

i tried the trailblazer springs but put the belltechs in back last night liked the ride better. I will now get resistors to bypass the autoride and I will be doing the rear belltech sp shock. it should get the back down another 1.5 inches from where im at now.

 

[Yuko04]

So like the kit I ordered(3/5 drop). I dont have to cut dead coils to get lower,because the 4305's are right where I need to be. The TB springs must of been in the older kits you offered which required you to cut the dead coils if you had a lot of bounce or wanted to g lower?

 

[NORCAL SS]

So like the kit I ordered(3/5 drop). I dont have to cut dead coils to get lower,because the 4305's are right where I need to be. The TB springs must of been in the older kits you offered which required you to cut the dead coils if you had a lot of bounce or wanted to g lower?

no the tb springs are in my 5 inch rear kit. If people want to go liek 6 inches then i have them cut the dead coils but on the 5305 springs. Totally different.


Here is a picture of the 5305 tall one vs the tb coils

 

[Yuko04]

AHHHHH I see. Oh some I'm good. When I pulled them out the box I was like um, I wont be cutting any coils off of these. Cant wait to see the esky!!

 

[ihaveamustang]

2wd im guessing also makes the swap of the front spindles very easy...im assuming 4wd you would have to press the half shafts out?

Have yet to look at the front suspension on this truck, and yet this is my first 4wd vehicle

No press out - the hub bolt holds everything together. One pain in the ass I ran into was having to cut the upper ball joint stud off right at the nut to keep it from rubbing on the boot. There is absolutely no stud left beyond the nut.

Not overly difficult, but I was surprised I had to chop that much.

 

[Preludepearl417]

Nice Thread! You have the same idea i do for the Esky. Now i know what i need. Thanks.

 

[THE YETI]

Actually no they changed the rear disks end of last year. 14.5 now the older versions were 14.25

Hey Tony.. just curious, where does Wilwood state this, or maybe you have a newer part number? There website still shows 14.25"? Not like .25" is gonna matter to me, but at the same time, I would have liked to have had bigger for the same price I paid for the smaller ones. Did they also reconfigure the bracket as well to move the caliper off the rotor to get full pad contact?

This is going to cause a huge problem for me when I go to swap out my rear rotors when the 14.25" need to be changed. I'd rather address it with Wilwood now before it gets too long. I've only had them for about 9 months now. Thanks!

 

[NORCAL SS]

i had them custom made and fits fine with stock set up actaully found out a friend of my buddy at djm worked there and so i had a favor called in. One off yeah baby!!

also getting longer arp bolts for rear 2 piece hats so goes thru completly. one thing i didnt like from the kit ist hat the rear bolts are only 3/4 inch long leaving threads exposed. like the front I want full contact on the threads that hold the hat to the disk.

Im hoping to get the parts soon and then i can take full pics. im going to try to get the lower del sphere arms in this week.

 

[THE YETI]

i had them custom made and fits fine with stock set up actaully found out a friend of my buddy at djm worked there and so i had a favor called in. One off yeah baby!!

also getting longer arp bolts for rear 2 piece hats so goes thru completly. one thing i didnt like from the kit ist hat the rear bolts are only 3/4 inch long leaving threads exposed. like the front I want full contact on the threads that hold the hat to the disk.

Im hoping to get the parts soon and then i can take full pics. im going to try to get the lower del sphere arms in this week.

ah, ok, i must have misunderstood. Your first post indicated that Wilwood had switched to a 14.5" rotor at the end of last year and I thought that meant they all came like that now, didn't realize it was for custom orders only.

Thanks for clearing that up..

 

[NORCAL SS]

ah, ok, i must have misunderstood. Your first post indicated that Wilwood had switched to a 14.5" rotor at the end of last year and I thought that meant they all came like that now, didn't realize it was for custom orders only.

Thanks for clearing that up..

im just pulling your guys chain its 14.25 but i liked rubbing 14.5 to black bear lol.

 

[THE YETI]

im just pulling your guys chain its 14.25 but i liked rubbing 14.5 to black bear lol.

damn u

 

[07Burb]

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