Vehicle: 2006 Tahoe LS 2WD
Shop that installed the lowering kit in Fort Lauderdale:
California Custom Sport Trucks
http://www.calcustoms.com/
Kit purchased:
NORCAL SS CUSTOM 3/5-6 Tahoe Yukon lowering kit.
http://tbssowners.com/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=88
This kit fits all 2wd/4x4 00-06 Tahoes, Yukons, etc... without Autoride. Here is the complement of parts contained within the kit.
- Front DJM 3 Inch A Arms
- Front Belltech Street Performance Shocks
- Rear NORCAL SS Custom 6" Springs.
- Rear Belltech 1 inch spacers (makes it adjustable to 5")
- Rear DJM hardware kit with trailing arms, end links and shock extenders
- Rear Belltech Street Performance Shocks
- Spohn Adjustable Pan Hard Bar
(purchased separately from kit)
- Helper Bags Part Number 60742
(purchased separately from kit)
Advertised drop
- 3" front
- 5-6" rear
Fender lip to ground measurements before the drop:
The tape shows over 36"
Fender lip to ground measurements after the first 500 miles (Sept 2014):
Right front 33 3/4"
Left front 33 1/2"
Right rear 34"
Left rear 33 7/8" (with full tank of gas)
Fender lip to ground measurements after 8 months (April 2015):
- Right Front:33"
- Left Front: 33"
- Left Rear: 33 7/8"
- Right Rear, 33 9/16"
Wheels & Tires:
- Wheels: 20" matte black LTZ reps with +31mm offset.
- Tires : Bridgestone Dueler Alenza HL 275/55/20.
Brief impressions of setup:
The truck rides pretty sweet. I do have the spacers still in there and the helper bags with less than 5 psi. The shop did not do the free travel mod and only cut the OEM bump stops down a bit. I was a little pissed initially as I had asked them to do this
(perhaps there was a miscommunication about the bump stop bracket and the bump stops themselves) and the red bump stops that Tony includes with the kit went missing.
I spoke to Tony about the free travel mod, sent him pictures and he suggested to me that if I was happy with the ride to just leave it. Let the air out of the bags and bring the rear down a touch and call it a day. Another inch would be great for looks, but honestly the ride is really nice. And the fenderwell gap is gone from stock. I really do not have any complaints about this set up, the kit or the ride. The shop sorted me out with a second alignment one week later for free after something got knocked out of whack. That was really nice.
It drives and handles so much better than stock. The Tahoe holds the road, corners better, doesn't dip and dive or bounce around so much over bumps.
Happy that I decided to go with the 3/5-6 kit rather than the 2/3 kit. I scoured the TYF before I chose the kit, emailed back and forth with Tony for ideas, found this thread and then wanted to contribute for the next guys wanting to make the same decisions that I made. I was nervous about changing the OEM setup, but it might be my favorite modification as the entire look of the truck is changed. From there, everything else just complements the stance.
Here are some progression pictures. There are more pictures in my build thread. Thanks for reading and if you are on the fence, just do it. Ask another TYF member or email Tony. You will love it!!
