Tahoe Premier Reverse Lowing / Leveling and Towing

[aducknut]

I have a 2018 Premier that I bought New a little over a year ago it has the Max Trailering package w/ the rear auto air compressor, and Magnetic Ride that i use for towing our Travel Trailer... I installed the Max suspension 1.5” front leaving kit immediately because I didn’t like how low it sat in the front compared to the rear. It looks great but I never thought about rear lowering/Leveling as an option and think I’d prefer dropping the rear 1.5” -2” instead and remove the front leaving kit.

So anyway I’m reaching out to those of you that have done this and uses their 2015-2020 Tahoe or Yukon as a tow vehicle.

If you have done this and have

Magnetic Ride Suspension w/ max trailering package and rear air compressor.

please let me what Your experience is or was and what Manufacturer you used for the rear springs.

any feedback positive or negative would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in Advance!

 

[hcvone]

I have towed for years a 6000 lb 26 ft enclosed snowmobile trailer, for decades with my Escalades (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014) mag ride standard height, no issues, now I have a 2019 callaway tahoe, it's lowered via callaway suspension, drop front spindles and shorter rear springs, towed with it for the first time, it's way more stable towing thru high winds with a lower truck, of course the extra power doesn't suck either. I have found these trucks tow better with after market sway bars, I have always used Hotchkis on my Escalade's, with the callaway suspension you get their sway bars, which also work fantastic. Updating the brakes with the large front GM Brembo's or other aftermarket brakes is a must if you tow in the mountains and want to stop

 

[DWTahoe]

You may want to check in the street suspension category, if you haven't already. There are a couple vendors in there and users that probably have exactly what you're looking for.

 

[Big Mama]

The components can’t be that different from the prior model I have. I used 3” lowering springs out back and left everything else factory and tow 5k seasonally. The 3” drop makes the rear look lower so 2” should do it.

 

[iamdub]

I have a 2018 Premier that I bought New a little over a year ago it has the Max Trailering package w/ the rear auto air compressor, and Magnetic Ride that i use for towing our Travel Trailer... I installed the Max suspension 1.5” front leaving kit immediately because I didn’t like how low it sat in the front compared to the rear. It looks great but I never thought about rear lowering/Leveling as an option and think I’d prefer dropping the rear 1.5” -2” instead and remove the front leaving kit.

So anyway I’m reaching out to those of you that have done this and uses their 2015-2020 Tahoe or Yukon as a tow vehicle.

If you have done this and have

Magnetic Ride Suspension w/ max trailering package and rear air compressor.

please let me what Your experience is or was and what Manufacturer you used for the rear springs.

any feedback positive or negative would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in Advance!

My thoughts are to mark the ride height sensors very accurately where it currently sits after the key is on and the compressor has ran, etc., swap in springs from a PPV then adjust the ride height sensor links so your marks are re-aligned.

 

[73Vetteman]

I tried a Belltech 3" rear lowering kit with a 1" spacer on my 2015 with max trailer option, then later tried a 2" spacer. Great smooth ride but a little too soft for trailering.
Then I installed Belltech 5321 2" drop springs. They are a perfect blend of good ride and trailering ability due to their variable rate. The spring specs state "not for use with auto level suspension" but you can disregard that.
You simply need to buy two 1/8" diameter "all thread" bolts from Home Depot and cut the heads off to make your control rods adjustable. Snap the control rod's plastic sockets off their ball mount to remove them from the vehicle. Then pull the plastic sockets off the ends of the stock rods and screw them onto the threaded rods. Start at 3.25" center to center of the sockets. You might have to slightly shorten or lengthen them to make the autolevel maintain the correct vehicle height. Note - you have to drive the vehicle after any rod adjustment for it to normalize.

 

[aducknut]

I tried a Belltech 3" " rear lowering kit with a 1" " spacer on my 2015 with max trailer option, then tried a 2" spacer. Great smooth ride but a little soft for trailering.
i then installed Belltech 5321 2" drop springs that were a perfect blend of good ride and trailering ability. They are a variable rate spring. The specs state not for use with auto level suspension but you can disregard that. You simply need to buy some 1/8" all thread bolts and cut the heads off to make an adjustable control rod. Start at 3 .25" center to center on the rod to make the autolevel work correctly

got any pictures of your set up as for a the diy control rod? Rear suspension pictures in general?

thanks

 

[73Vetteman]

 

[73Vetteman]

 

[73Vetteman]