Torsion Bar delete for Coils

[middelgriff1]

Ok guys, I might get bashed for this but I have searched and come up with nothing. All I have been able to find is how to remove the bars or people thinking about doing this swap. I want to get rid of these torsion bars and swap a set of springs in for the front. I saw a couple threads here that date back awhile ago but it seemed to lead to dead ends. Is there anything factory out of another truck that would work? I also saw the coilover conversion to lower our tahoes but im not spring and shock savvy so any help as to parts would be appreciated.

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

Just curious why would you want to swap to Coils and keep IFS?

 

[YukonXL04]

I see wondering that myself. Can't be too hard to swap to the coil spring setup from a 1500 truck...

 

[middelgriff1]

just seeing how hard it'd be and to be a little different than everyone else

 

[YukonXL04]

It looks to me like you could just swap lower control arms with a 1500 2wd truck, and get their coil spring as well and be done. Thats what it looks like in pictures anyways.

 

[01Konvict]

There was a thread in here somewhere about replacing the front shock with coil over shock that deletes the torsion bar.

 

[livingez_123]

Atomic sells the kit.

 

[jomulk56]

Here is the thread in the street suspension section

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59830



And other one

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=60498

 

[Z-56 Hoe]

Send Tahoewhat a PM also if you are running a 35" tire or bigger it is not wise to switch set ups just FYI.

 

[Chiggy]

Is there anyone selling a Z-71 kit that adds about 3 inches of lift?
I am about to get a leveling kit installed but this seems much cooler. I just don't have the time for this DIY stuff with my work.

 

[YukonXL04]

My curiosity is wondering if there is any benefit to swap to coils on 33" tires. Would it ride any better?

 

[imi4tth3w]

properly picked coilovers with correct spring rates will ride 1000x better than old worn out torsion bars.

one of these days i'd love to run some kings with atomics coilover conversion. these things are heavy duty and bolted to the frame. if your worried weld them in place too. i was also thinking about doing a shock hoop that bolts into the same area for more support. only running 33's so shouldn't be a problem not like i'm taking this thing off any jumps.

 

[Tahoewhat]

To the op i think, the coil over threads are not for lowered only tahoes, it just happens to be what those 2 of us are setup right now to be lowered. But if you order the proper coil over shock, you can use it for lifted as well, not only lowered. Just use atomics brackets and your good.

Pretty much just what Matt (above me) stated.

And yes it will ride 100x better than tbars. Ask how i know. ha ha

 

[livingez_123]

A lifted application will have a better assortment of coil over shocks available. If you look at what the rock crawler guys use and the off road guys as well. You can go into a remote reservoir shock and still run 2" springs.

 

[FishinCricket]

This sounds 'spensive....


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[Duramax05blk]

Send Tahoewhat a PM also if you are running a 35" tire or bigger it is not wise to switch set ups just FYI.

whats the logic behind that? not trying to be rude just curious i cant see why there would be an issue if you were on 31's or 40's with correct setup.