Lowering a Hybrid

[07Burb]

Oh come on soulsea!!! Bag that thang and lay frame!

 

[THE YETI]

Oh come on soulsea!!! Bag that thang and lay frame!

i think Hybrids have recycled aluminum frames to keep in tact with that "green" theme, would throw some INSANE sparks!!!




jk... srs

 

[soulsea]

 

[07Burb]

Sounds cool enough to me

 

[THE YETI]

you could always donate that to the Wilwood 4-piston Rear Brake Caliper Coalition... just sayin.

 

[soulsea]

you could always donate that to the Wilwood 4-piston Rear Brake Caliper Coalition... just sayin.

Unfortunately that money has been appropriated to the Hybrid Warranty Coalition Fund ... if there's anything left over I'm all over the pretty brake fund.

 

[cendres]

Sure ... it's 34" on both rears and 33.5" on both fronts.

With that ride height (but not knowing your tire height), I bet the crappy ride is due to the rear bumpstops, as in they need to go away. Actually, that's not quite true. You should cut the entire bracket off the frame rails as shown elsewhere on this forum.

I understand that you aren't doing your own install work, so if the shop that did the install can't/won't handle this, try looking for a body shop that does a lot of custom work. A Sawzall, cut-off wheel and an air chisel make it fairly painless. They'll look at you cross-wise when you tell them what you want done, but once they look closely at it, they'll get it.

Losing these bumpstops will make a tremendous improvement in ride quality. My 2007 2WD Tahoe is at 31.75" front, 33.25" rear on stock-size 275/55/20s and it rides fantastic. I carried about 600 pounds of cargo in it yesterday, and no bottoming at all.

I'll do a bit of a write-up on it soon. I haven't taken decent photos yet, but I should have my wheels on it in the next day or two.

CE

 

[NORCAL SS]

Here goes the free travel mod on a 07 up truck
http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16061


i use a 8 inch sawzall blade and cut along the frame rail takes 5 minutes per side

 

[07Burb]

i use a 8 inch sawzall blade and cut along the frame rail takes 5 minutes per side

I assume that then you back and "box in" what was just cut out?

 

[cendres]

I assume that then you back and "box in" what was just cut out?

No reason to do this. The bracket isn't structurally integral to the frame.