DKCAIMS
TYF Newbie
My Father purchased a 2000 Yukon from a member here 4 or more years ago now and it's about time for new tires.
As far as I know, the rear coil springs are still the originals from the zw7 package.
The prior owner installed F150 keys up front, 1.5" spacers in the rear and Bilstein 5100's all around prior to selling it to my Father.
Going back to prior posts of the seller, I could not find any mention of new springs. They were mentioned on a "to do" list, but never done as far as I know. He has not been active on the forum for a few months now and has moved out of state.
It's been driven approx 22k miles since my Dad acquired it and the rear always seemed soft, especially when a few bags of concrete were thrown in the back and the couple times a trailer was towed it really drooped.
As I understand it, the weaker zw7 springs being installed would just accelerate the wear on the shocks.
Since springs are pretty cheap, I'll just install new ones, z71 or Bilstein.
I was going to just keep the 5100's, but since I crawled under and had a look at them, they don't look too good to me and I'd like your opinion as well.
Here are some pics...
Thanks in advance for your comments !
As far as I know, the rear coil springs are still the originals from the zw7 package.
The prior owner installed F150 keys up front, 1.5" spacers in the rear and Bilstein 5100's all around prior to selling it to my Father.
Going back to prior posts of the seller, I could not find any mention of new springs. They were mentioned on a "to do" list, but never done as far as I know. He has not been active on the forum for a few months now and has moved out of state.
It's been driven approx 22k miles since my Dad acquired it and the rear always seemed soft, especially when a few bags of concrete were thrown in the back and the couple times a trailer was towed it really drooped.
As I understand it, the weaker zw7 springs being installed would just accelerate the wear on the shocks.
Since springs are pretty cheap, I'll just install new ones, z71 or Bilstein.
I was going to just keep the 5100's, but since I crawled under and had a look at them, they don't look too good to me and I'd like your opinion as well.
Here are some pics...
Thanks in advance for your comments !
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