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The base suspension can feel like a "rock star" with the add on of Hellwig Sway Bar Kits, front and rear. I would expect them to come out with the kits soon after the design is perfected. My 05 Tahoe is completely stock suspension but I still amaze friends and even myself, as to the great handling improvements brought on by my front and rear Hellwig Sway Bar Kits. Other members here have them on as well.
The rear air shocks are just for leveling the rear of the vehicle. If it gets loaded down with people/cargo or a trailer, they will automatically air up and level the rear back off with the front. They have worked very well in the last few rigs we have had with it. Im a big fan of them.
All High Countrys have MRC.
Well shit. Where are the ride height sensors? Crawled around for a second on the floor and didnt see any.
Only asking because am curious. What "looks to be designed to fail"? I know what you mean about the Duramax tech with the 6 cylinder but I had a Duramax 8 cylinder and was a fantastic engine. Again, I ask because I don't know, but since the engine has been around since 2019, is it the new Tahoe/Yukon platform that worries you or just the new tech on that engine?
It's more the engine than the platform that I don't like. They've crammed a lot of "this should work" things onto it and then put in a wet belt for the oil pump and sandwich it and the high pressure fuel pump between the transmission. Good thinking, lets pull the tranny to replace a belt. Most people know diesels love to run for extended periods of time and love to run hot so adding auto stop/start to this engine seems counterintuitive. And IMO they sound like ****. They sound like a badly misfiring gasser, or a 5.3 with lifter problems
Well would you rather have a "Designed to fail" engine or one that is already actually failing? The problems and complaints in the 5.3 & 6.2 forums are 10:1 over the Dmax forum. A good yardstick of how "good" an engine is, is how dead their forums are. I'm on a few and I can tell you they are pretty dead for the LM2. I've never seen one entry yet of anyone pulling the head off of a LM2....It's more the engine than the platform that I don't like. They've crammed a lot of "this should work" things onto it and then put in a wet belt for the oil pump and sandwich it and the high pressure fuel pump between the transmission. Good thinking, lets pull the tranny to replace a belt. Most people know diesels love to run for extended periods of time and love to run hot so adding auto stop/start to this engine seems counterintuitive. And IMO they sound like ****. They sound like a badly misfiring gasser, or a 5.3 with lifter problems
The real duramax 6.6 engines on the other hand are awesome. Other than the early fuel injector problems these things are beast mode. I know lots of people that have them and love them
MRC alone doesn’t give you ride height adjustability - for that you need MRC plus air ride. That combo is optional on the high country, but MRC alone is standard. If you’ve got them both then the height adjustment is done with the lower half of the drive mode knob. This generation doesn’t have load leveling rear unless you have both MRC and air ride.
This is true. I went with the 5.3 after 9 years of ownership and 135K trouble free miles in our 2011 so now hoping that desicion doesn't come back to haunt me
