How much lift do I have?

[tahoe4life]

I purchased this 2010 LT Tahoe for my wife and it has 305/60R18 on it. I'm guessing it has about 2.5 inches of lift on front and by the look of the rear strut, about an inch on the rear.

Does anyone recognize what exactly is on here and how much lift it's providing?

 

[AppocAlexx]

Looks like a basic leveling kit, close enough to what you said in your first post. Why are you asking tho?

 

[jdpber]

Looks like level or shit wash on rear strut and you are light load and full extended.

 

[tahoe4life]

I'm trying to figure out what is on it so I can remove it. She doesn't like the lift and now that she's pregnant it makes it hard to get in and out. I'm about to buy new tires and want to remove the lift or level when I do - I just don't know what I need to remove. If it's just a front level, then I'm curious why the rear shock looks like it's extended. I gave the current size tire to help determine if there is extra lift on rear as well. Didn't know if a 305/60 would fit on stock rear stance.

 

[AppocAlexx]

get a pic of it from away.


Also in the rear it looks like you may either have no lift or possibly a 1 inch spacer or smaller. The front will be a spacer between the strut and mount with the 3 bolts and nuts. The rear should be a spacer on the bottom of the spring. Both are easy to install and should be easier to remove. Either way you will need to do an alignment for the front to get it back to specs after you remove the lift. Also just bc its a different color on the shock doesn't necessarily mean you have a lift. That could be caused by anything. Good luck and congrats on the baby. I just had my second about 4 months ago so I feel ya pain with making the ol ladie happy. Good luck with that as well lol.

 

[01Konvict]

Rear looks stock as I don't see any spacers in between axle and spring or top side on frame. Not sure why shock color looks funny, maybe picture angle. Front is probably a level kit so 1.5" to match stock rear height. Weak if you wife complains about a kid going in a Tahoe with a front level kit, order a 7-9" kit then tell her to complain.

 

[tahoe4life]

get a pic of it from away.


Also in the rear it looks like you may either have no lift or possibly a 1 inch spacer or smaller. The front will be a spacer between the strut and mount with the 3 bolts and nuts. The rear should be a spacer on the bottom of the spring. Both are easy to install and should be easier to remove. Either way you will need to do an alignment for the front to get it back to specs after you remove the lift. Also just bc its a different color on the shock doesn't necessarily mean you have a lift. That could be caused by anything. Good luck and congrats on the baby. I just had my second about 4 months ago so I feel ya pain with making the ol ladie happy. Good luck with that as well lol.

Thanks! I was hoping that it was just a spacer and not new springs/ Struts, etc. I'm def going to get alignment after adjusting stance. Another thing that threw me off on what's on it was the quality of feel in steering, it's crazy squirrelly. Maybe it was just the tires? Now to find the right tire for stock stance... Appreciate the help!

 

[01Konvict]

Yeah tires make it feel weird and wander but also the new rack pinion setup moves a lot faster then old body. What brand tires? Also you want a smaller size now?

 

[tahoe4life]

Yeah tires make it feel weird and wander but also the new rack pinion setup moves a lot faster then old body. What brand tires? Also you want a smaller size now?

The tires are Mickey baja. What forced me to get tires now (other than wife) was one of the tires failed. A crack appeared from one of the tread down the inside wall to rim, just split wide open. Wasn't off-road or curbing it or anything, cracked overnight... I was surprised that happened with Mickey's.

Well, I was going to get back to stock but I like the current look. I'm starting to wonder if it's the tires that made the ride feel squirrelly, they are only pressurized to 34 psi and I think max is 65. I may just get a different tire and keep level and see how ride is then go from there?

 

[01Konvict]

Weird cracking but probably older tires. PSI varies depending on vehicle load and tire specs. Check this out to see what PSI to run. My 305/55R20 need 45 psi to be at max load for vehicle carrying weight not max tire carrying weight.
http://www.4wheelparts.com/tire-wheel-package-guide/tire-pressure-checker.aspx

Yeah the tires make the ride steering feel weird, buy some Toyo AT 2 for best look comfort level. Got a pic of entire car so we see what your working with here?