Blown3ur
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Very rarely do i go on forums to bash a manufacturer but these people are truly asking for it!
About a year ago when i purchased their 'improved' 2-3" lift i posted a thread on here complaining about a vibration in the driveline.. The vehicle i installed this kit on is my 1997 2-dr Tahoe with which had 60K miles on the clock (62K now - hardly been driven because of the issues). Initially i was going to tare into the front diff to investigate if it was a problem with the truck but thankfully, i decided to venture off with looking a bit closely at the kit first.
Firstly, the diff drop was connecting the differential to the frame directly, thus transferring all vibrations to the body through the steering wheel of the most part!.. I removed the drop kit and grinded it from all locations it was touch at.. The vibration was majorly reduced but not illuminated so i took a closer look at the arms.. I noticed the driver side front wheel was giving friction when turning while the passenger side wheel was free. For testing, i decided to remove the arms along with the diff drop, replace them with factory voila.. Vibration went away! I also noticed the 2 front shock spacers where damaged although the truck hasn't been off-road in any major terrain albeit a fire road or 2.
At the end i just removed what remained (rear blocks) and lowered the truck with bilstein shocks.
RCX's 'premium' 2.2 shocks were ordered with this kit and absolutely destroyed the ride.. I couldn't take them at all and ordered the bilsteins 2 days after the kit was installed! Absolute garbage.
I sent RCX an email about this and they completely ignored me, i went online and spoke to a representative on their live chat, he apologised and promised to speak to the engineer and get back to me with an offer on a replacement 6" lift and again, totally ignored me.. I called them, they were very apologetic, promised an email and completely ditched! I feel completely ripped off and all i get out of this was a loss of many man-hours and the grinding of my front diff fins for installation!
I am looking to replace this with a 6" lift and although RCX is closer to my budget but i do not feel comfortable dealing with them ever again!
About a year ago when i purchased their 'improved' 2-3" lift i posted a thread on here complaining about a vibration in the driveline.. The vehicle i installed this kit on is my 1997 2-dr Tahoe with which had 60K miles on the clock (62K now - hardly been driven because of the issues). Initially i was going to tare into the front diff to investigate if it was a problem with the truck but thankfully, i decided to venture off with looking a bit closely at the kit first.
Firstly, the diff drop was connecting the differential to the frame directly, thus transferring all vibrations to the body through the steering wheel of the most part!.. I removed the drop kit and grinded it from all locations it was touch at.. The vibration was majorly reduced but not illuminated so i took a closer look at the arms.. I noticed the driver side front wheel was giving friction when turning while the passenger side wheel was free. For testing, i decided to remove the arms along with the diff drop, replace them with factory voila.. Vibration went away! I also noticed the 2 front shock spacers where damaged although the truck hasn't been off-road in any major terrain albeit a fire road or 2.
At the end i just removed what remained (rear blocks) and lowered the truck with bilstein shocks.
RCX's 'premium' 2.2 shocks were ordered with this kit and absolutely destroyed the ride.. I couldn't take them at all and ordered the bilsteins 2 days after the kit was installed! Absolute garbage.
I sent RCX an email about this and they completely ignored me, i went online and spoke to a representative on their live chat, he apologised and promised to speak to the engineer and get back to me with an offer on a replacement 6" lift and again, totally ignored me.. I called them, they were very apologetic, promised an email and completely ditched! I feel completely ripped off and all i get out of this was a loss of many man-hours and the grinding of my front diff fins for installation!
I am looking to replace this with a 6" lift and although RCX is closer to my budget but i do not feel comfortable dealing with them ever again!
and how is the ride?
