When replacing stock bags snowballs into a Long Travel '04 Denali

[slow4dr]

The LAPD recovered the Suburban. Long story short, we were only allowed 20 minutes to inspect it on site so we decided to bring it home. Upon further inspection I don't think we're going to buy it back. The interior is just destroyed. Plus they covered it in fuel and left a ton of trash in the back. The harness was cut back all the way to the fuse boxes inside. My Wife can't even look at it without seeing red. Unfortunately, it is sitting right outside her kitchen window while we wait for AAA to pick it up.



I spent the last few days working on fabbing the passenger side UCA for the Yukon. This was a ton of trial and error. There isn't any room to spare for the coilover. I also had to cut part of the UCA mount in order to clear the UCA at full compression. I ended up shortening the UCA by about .5" in order to get more negative camber and have a little more caster adjustment. The material is .188w Chro-Moly. My next hurdle is going to be working out tie rods and fixing bump steer.

 

[slow4dr]

Almost a month later and the insurance company still hasn't picked up the Suburban. We couldn't wait any longer to replace it so we pulled the trigger on a '08 Denali XL. The price was right in spite of the ugly wheels and dreadful paint scheme. (Luckily my brother is a painter).



It has a few cosmetic issues on the front fenders and the driver side mirror is broke. Simple fixes but the previous owner had taken very good care of her.

It took me a few days do to our first mod. I made some 1" aluminum lower shock spacers at work. Then we yanked the tires off of the other Yukon's current wheels and installed them on the wheels we had on the Yukon previously. The scrub radius is a little more aggressive so I went ahead and modified the inner fenders and running boards to clear.



I took 2" off the running board.

 

[slow4dr]

What a tease this was. My neighbor has a set of 37" General Grabber's for his Toyota crawler. He let me borrow them for mock up on Bakon and damn did it look good. The reason it's a tease is because I already have a set of 305/70r17's waiting to go on the truck. Maybe some time in the future I will regear it and throw some of these on there.

I am glad I moved the wheelbase forward as far as I did because they actually cleared the rear part of the inner fender.

*Note* This is fully compressed

 

[slow4dr]

The truck moved under its own power for the first time since June 9th last year.

It still requires a few things before it's truly road worthy. Obviously the fenders and hood. They are still at the paint shop.

As you can see the truck is too low up front. These springs were borrowed from our stash at work. They have a combined average of 580# and are 10" long each. I have new springs on order that have a combined average of 725#. The heavier spring is 12" and the lighter spring is 8". This should theoretically raise the front end 2.5"-3" and put the shock back in the mid point of travel at ride height.

I installed the extra pair of Rough Country 4" lift rear shocks. This is temporary until I can make new upper rear shock mounts for the FOA bypasses.

Lastly, I still have to address the inner tie rod mounts. They are currently just roughed in with a couple mock up pieces. The final design will be significantly more robust.



I put up a couple short videos on IG (slow3dr). These next two pics are a screen shot of on throttle and immediately on brakes to see how much it's moving. I'll get a go pro mounted on the bumper tube to watch it more closely.

 

[Geoffsfas10]

Super bitchin build!

 

[slow4dr]

Super bitchin build!

Thanks! I think Mama is going to enjoy mobbing a curb or two in this thing. The Kids too.

 

[89Suburban]

The truck moved under its own power for the first time since June 9th last year.

It still requires a few things before it's truly road worthy. Obviously the fenders and hood. They are still at the paint shop.

As you can see the truck is too low up front. These springs were borrowed from our stash at work. They have a combined average of 580# and are 10" long each. I have new springs on order that have a combined average of 725#. The heavier spring is 12" and the lighter spring is 8". This should theoretically raise the front end 2.5"-3" and put the shock back in the mid point of travel at ride height.

I installed the extra pair of Rough Country 4" lift rear shocks. This is temporary until I can make new upper rear shock mounts for the FOA bypasses.

Lastly, I still have to address the inner tie rod mounts. They are currently just roughed in with a couple mock up pieces. The final design will be significantly more robust.

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I put up a couple short videos on IG (slow3dr). These next two pics are a screen shot of on throttle and immediately on brakes to see how much it's moving. I'll get a go pro mounted on the bumper tube to watch it more closely.

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That dog is like WTF.

 

[slow4dr]

That dog is like WTF.

She was in it just a minute before as my Wife pulled the Yukon up out of the lower part of the yard. I knew it was going to be a brutal test drive so I kicked her out for her own safety.

 

[87carl]

Any updates on this build?

 

[Trey Hardy]

Do you still have the coil overs in the rear? I have a minor mid travel lifted build on my Tahoe and I never have completed the rear. All I have is a adjustable panhard bar and sway bar links with the 4 link drop brackets I still got to make some beefier 4 link brackets I have Icons up front and I’m pretty happy with them my rear springs are kinda stiff I have normal cheap fabtech shocks in the rear but I want to go with some sort of coil over or resi shocks