Lowered the RST Suburban

[Danyi2170]

Before and after. Removed old deflector and installed the PPV deflector. Front is McGaughys drop spindles with upper A arms. DID NOT GET A FULL 2 IN. I was kinda expecting this. Seems like newer the car the less of a drop. And yes they do stick out just a tad. Rear is Belltech 3/4 kit. Did the spacer for the 3in drop. Because I didn’t get the full 2 in drop in front I’m going to slightly raise the rear by adjusting the auto ride sensors. Oh fun note...my bump stock brackets are more sandwiched in and pretty much flat against the frame. Not like the older ones where it sticks out a bit to cut underneath it. I don’t see how cutting it would be possible without damaging the frame. So I didn’t do the free travel mod.

 

[Fsuhammond]

Looks great

 

[joe_joe]

Perfect stance now.

Side question, where did you get the American flag sticker for your side windows?

 

[Danyi2170]

Perfect stance now.

Side question, where did you get the American flag sticker for your side windows?

Etsy.com. Seller is thepaddockfactory. Here is his Instagram. He makes all kinds of awesome decals for all cars.
https://www.instagram.com/thepaddockfactory/?hl=en

 

[olyelr]

Looks great. But if the bump stops are sandwiched at ride height, you are in for real ****** ride quality.

 

[Danyi2170]

Looks great. But if the bump stops are sandwiched at ride height, you are in for real ****** ride quality.

? Drove it over 30 miles back home with it after alignment. Drives great. I was saying “sandwiched” referring to the stock bump stop bracket. Usually the bracket hangs a bit where you can cut just under the frame and cut the bracket off. This suburban does not even have the space to cut the bracket is what I was saying.

 

[Fsuhammond]

Looks great. But if the bump stops are sandwiched at ride height, you are in for real ****** ride quality.

I don’t think that’s what he meant. I gathered that he was referring the the actual bump stop mount being very small compared to other versions previously. My 15 esv has a couple inches of clearance to my bump stops after cutting them 1” per Tony’s advice. Haven’t bottomed out yet and is lowered 4”.

 

[olyelr]

? Drove it over 30 miles back home with it after alignment. Drives great. I was saying “sandwiched” referring to the stock bump stop bracket. Usually the bracket hangs a bit where you can cut just under the frame and cut the bracket off. This suburban does not even have the space to cut the bracket is what I was saying.

Oh gotchya....carry on!

 

[lynxnova]

Before and after. Removed old deflector and installed the PPV deflector. Front is McGaughys drop spindles with upper A arms. DID NOT GET A FULL 2 IN. I was kinda expecting this. Seems like newer the car the less of a drop. And yes they do stick out just a tad. Rear is Belltech 3/4 kit. Did the spacer for the 3in drop. Because I didn’t get the full 2 in drop in front I’m going to slightly raise the rear by adjusting the auto ride sensors. Oh fun note...my bump stock brackets are more sandwiched in and pretty much flat against the frame. Not like the older ones where it sticks out a bit to cut underneath it. I don’t see how cutting it would be possible without damaging the frame. So I didn’t do the free travel mod.
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Love the truck!! [emoji91][emoji91] I’m in the same boat with the front not going a full 2”. Mines went down 1.25” now the truck sits even with no rack. So my question is how would you manipulate the ride sensor to raise the rear some? I was told that that the rear can only go down some with adjusting the sensor rode shorter


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[Danyi2170]

Love the truck!! I’m in the same boat with the front not going a full 2”. Mines went down 1.25” now the truck sits even with no rack. So my question is how would you manipulate the ride sensor to raise the rear some? I was told that that the rear can only go down some with adjusting the sensor rode shorter


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By doing the opposite, make them longer. My installer will be making final adjustments next week to balance things out. Here is a post from another thread

In regards to the sensor rods;
Auto ride sensor rod links can be swapped to 10-24 threaded machine screws. At an overall length of 3-11/16" it levels out with about a 1/2" rake. For every 1/8" change in sensor rod length changes ride height by 3/4". It doesn’t take much adjustment in the sensor rod lengths to adjust the ride height.