mikemc422
TYF Newbie
It's been a while since I was active on here at all, between work and my other projects my Tahoe hasn't gotten much attention, but now its time for her to get some love! When I bought the truck, the steering and suspension were in good shape especially for 180k miles, autoride worked good, steering was nice and tight, no noises and no complaints! Now, over 3 years later at almost 240k, with a year and a half on dirt roads, she needs a little love. We plan on keeping this truck forever, even with her issues she runs and drives better than our 16 Silverado 2500, but the steering has gotten loose and developed a power steering leak, and the suspension has gone soft and spongy.
We want to do a 2/3 or 3/4 drop. The truck is in need of control arms, tie rods, sway bar links, pitman arm, idler arm steering gear box (leaking and possibly loose), power steering pump (loud and leaking), shocks, etc... being that the front end needs so much work, we're thinking about just taking the truck off the road for a week or so and replacing all the steering and suspension components all the way around in one shot. I've looked at a lot of kits, but I'm not sure what one to get. We don't want the super stiff ride, but a little bit more stiff than OE suspension where it's still a very comfortable smooth ride even on rough roads, just a little more confident through turns and curves.
Any advice on what parts/kits to get would be greatly appreciated! It's a bone stock, all original 02 Tahoe LT with autoride with the 5.3, and we're planning on buying everything over the next 2 months and doing the work in February. My goal is to have all the parts together and get everything installed all at once, I don't want to forget or miss anything and have to wait on parts or go back in and work on the steering or suspension again for a long time.
We want to do a 2/3 or 3/4 drop. The truck is in need of control arms, tie rods, sway bar links, pitman arm, idler arm steering gear box (leaking and possibly loose), power steering pump (loud and leaking), shocks, etc... being that the front end needs so much work, we're thinking about just taking the truck off the road for a week or so and replacing all the steering and suspension components all the way around in one shot. I've looked at a lot of kits, but I'm not sure what one to get. We don't want the super stiff ride, but a little bit more stiff than OE suspension where it's still a very comfortable smooth ride even on rough roads, just a little more confident through turns and curves.
Any advice on what parts/kits to get would be greatly appreciated! It's a bone stock, all original 02 Tahoe LT with autoride with the 5.3, and we're planning on buying everything over the next 2 months and doing the work in February. My goal is to have all the parts together and get everything installed all at once, I don't want to forget or miss anything and have to wait on parts or go back in and work on the steering or suspension again for a long time.
