I'm new to the forum so I'm still looking around threads to see if someone has had the same problem.
A month ago I dropped my 07' Tahoe on a McGaughys 3/5 kit--
Front: 2in drop spindles, adjustable struts, stock springs
Rear: 5in drop springs, DJM drop shocks, relocator brackets, and shorter end links.
At the same time I put 24in replicas with 295/35/24 size tires.
Everything I bought new so I'm assuming everything is good unless something came defective..
The ride is so bad that I don't even want to drive it anymore sometimes..the rear feels fine but the front feels like the suspension is loose or like a wheel is going to fall off..I have no clue what went wrong..At first I thought maybe the shop where I bought everything at didn't balance the tires right so I went to get them rebalanced elsewhere but it made no difference..
I've had a few people drive it and they tell me that it feels like something is either wrong with the wheels or the struts..that it feels like it's too soft up front and has too much travel...should I have gone with drop springs and left the stock struts instead of having gone with adjustable struts and left the stock springs?
At first I thought maybe the tie rods were bad but the day after I dropped it I went to get it aligned and they told me I had to replace my lower ball joints and upper control arms in order for them to align it because they were bad so I replaced them with MOOG lower ball joints and MOOG upper control arms..I was told those were good for lowered trucks..they also told me that my tie rods seemed fine otherwise they wouldn't have aligned it...
I'm hoping someone maybe had the same problem and knows the solution..I'm frustrated..sucks keep to spending money changing things that "might" be the problem.
A month ago I dropped my 07' Tahoe on a McGaughys 3/5 kit--
Front: 2in drop spindles, adjustable struts, stock springs
Rear: 5in drop springs, DJM drop shocks, relocator brackets, and shorter end links.
At the same time I put 24in replicas with 295/35/24 size tires.
Everything I bought new so I'm assuming everything is good unless something came defective..
The ride is so bad that I don't even want to drive it anymore sometimes..the rear feels fine but the front feels like the suspension is loose or like a wheel is going to fall off..I have no clue what went wrong..At first I thought maybe the shop where I bought everything at didn't balance the tires right so I went to get them rebalanced elsewhere but it made no difference..
I've had a few people drive it and they tell me that it feels like something is either wrong with the wheels or the struts..that it feels like it's too soft up front and has too much travel...should I have gone with drop springs and left the stock struts instead of having gone with adjustable struts and left the stock springs?
At first I thought maybe the tie rods were bad but the day after I dropped it I went to get it aligned and they told me I had to replace my lower ball joints and upper control arms in order for them to align it because they were bad so I replaced them with MOOG lower ball joints and MOOG upper control arms..I was told those were good for lowered trucks..they also told me that my tie rods seemed fine otherwise they wouldn't have aligned it...
I'm hoping someone maybe had the same problem and knows the solution..I'm frustrated..sucks keep to spending money changing things that "might" be the problem.
