What's the easiest way to lower the front THE LEAST amount?

[KMeloney]

So, the bottom line is that my truck (with the rear lowering springs) rides like a dream when the autoride DOESN'T kick in. That is, when the truck is riding on just the springs and shocks with no additional airing-up from the autoride compressor, it's just awesome.

Thing is, it's just a hair too low in the rear under those circumstances.

I'm wondering what the least intrusive, most easily returned to stock, best way to get just a minimal amount of lowering in the front (1"?) is. This way I can get the stance just right without airing up the rear.

Thoughts? Thanks!

 

[Sweet_N_Low]

Cheapest? Keys!!
Easiest adjust? Lowering struts, 0.5" increments to 2" up or 2" down

 

[Modded]

Cheapest? Keys!!
Easiest adjust? Lowering struts, 0.5" increments to 2" up or 2" down

Not gonna work, he has Autoride.

I think the easiest way is to do some type of modification the air link rods.

 

[KMeloney]

Cheapest? Keys!!
Easiest adjust? Lowering struts, 0.5" increments to 2" up or 2" down

Sweet N Low -- No keys on the '07+ trucks! But thanks for the response.

Modded -- I was under the impression that the autoride links are only found in the REAR of the truck, and act to only raise the rear, since that's the only part of the truck where weight can be added. Are there also links up front?!

 

[NORCAL SS]

pm me if you have a machine shop its easy.

 

[KMeloney]

PM sent, Tony. Thanks.

 

[Modded]

No they are in the front too. I bet bending them like people do in the rear will help lower it a bit.
Or you can go ahead and go with a 2/4 drop spindle coild drop!!
You know you want too!

 

[KMeloney]

No they are in the front too. I bet bending them like people do in the rear will help lower it a bit.
Or you can go ahead and go with a 2/4 drop spindle coild drop!!
You know you want too!

Yeah, I do want to. Haha

So, where are the front ones located? And couldn't I just make new, shorter ones for the front like I did for the back? I didn't know there were front ones, too...

Oh -- When the compressor kicks on, is it filling each of the four shocks the SAME amount? Or does each shock get different amounts required to level the truck at each corner?

 

[Modded]

The front ones are kinda hard to see, they are near the strut mount.

And when the compressor turns on I THINK it fills front and back, not side to side, or both. So basically, the fronts fill the same amount side to side, and the rears fills the same amount side to side.

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Here is the Autoride front suspension.
I circled around the air link assembly and put little red circles along the air link rod so you can see it easier.

 

[Modded]

I would type all that and forget to post the pic haha.