Should I?

[acurasee]

I found on craigslist a used ground force lowering kit. It was installed in an 03 Avalanche since 07. Model number is 9972. My question is should I get it for my 03 HOE. It comes with torsion keys, rear springs, cut bump stops, ground force shocks, blistine shocks(ground force shocks are going bad soon), and a torsion key removal tool. According to the box for the set its a 2 in front and 2.5 in back. Should I pick it up. Its a tempting*price*. I might install it with my stock shocks.

 

[Alex33]

Ground Force has good products. A 2/3 kit is a great start. I think you may want to go lower or switch to spindles down the road but this looks like a great way to get a little lower than stock. I say go for it. You can always swap components down the road if you decide you want to change something.

 

[a4edwin]

alex you are already talking about switching out parts and the shocks will be going bad soon so thats more money. will it really be cheaper than buying a new kit with spindles and shocks? some time cheap comes out more expensive.

 

[Alex33]

He would have 2 sets of shocks, his stocks and the ones that come w/ the kit. Also, I don't know the price of the kit. If he gets a quality kit for $50, installs it and decides to make some changes he can still keep what he wants and just add on at a minimal expense. The only thing I know is that once you start, you keep on going, tweaking here and there till it's just right. If you can get your feet wet w/ a minimal expense then that's better than spending $1200 for a full suspension and then finding it's not what you want and losing your shirt trying to get rid of it.

I agree that if the kit is junk, then don't even consider it, wait until a better one comes along.

 

[acurasee]

Diffrent kit

So I ended up not picking up that set. I go to the local pull and pay for one of my trailing arms. I bent it on a trip to NY (long story). Anyways I come across a 01 Denali. I get the arm and realize it has a Belltech kit on it. I pull the whole kit out spindles, springs, shocks, spacers. Left the bumps cause they were destroyed. I dont know what i picked up. The shocks are street performance shocks. The springs are Pro springs 5305. I dont know bout the spindles. How much drop do I get with this set? I also got the shock extender in the rear. Will this fit with my 20in rims? Is there any thing else I missed in this kit?

 

[Blazed]

That is a 2/3-4 kit like tony sells here. You'll need shortened bump stops but it would look good.

 

[Blazed]

Sounded like you have everything make sure those spindles fit your truck tho
Furthermore 20" will work with that kit.

 

[acurasee]

I say/hope the spindles will work. It came off a 01 Denali. Its going on a 03 tahoe.

 

[acurasee]

So I found out tonight one of the rear shocks I picked up are bad. Oh well stick to the rear stock shocks for now. Can't wait to put them in.

 

[Blazed]

Replace with blistens when you have the coin