99-07 4WD Front Coilover Conversion

[Atomic]

I have been making these for a while and have a lot of guys using them but realized I never posted anything about it on this forum. I figured some of you guys might be interested. I posted about this on PT, GMFS, and TYF so there have many discussions on the subject.

performancetrucks.net
My build first coilover thread: http://www.performancetrucks.net/for...ersion-518118/
My purchase thread: http://www.performancetrucks.net/for...4/#post5168393
Iregret build thread: http://www.performancetrucks.net/for...1/#post5156548
Thread that gave me the idea and good for 2500 guys: http://www.performancetrucks.net/for...ers-hd-504605/

tahoeyukonforum.com
My initial thread seeking interest: http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum...ad.php?t=57560
Tahoewhat review and user guide **very detailed**: http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum...ad.php?t=59830
04blackout review and build thread: http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum...ad.php?t=60498

gmfullsize.com:
Initial thread: http://www.gmfullsize.com/forum/showthread.php?t=274179


They are brackets I make so you can bolt on a set of coilovers in place of the torsion bars on 99-07 gmt800 4wd trucks and 2wd/4wd suvs. I use my truck for racing and they work very well in that regard, but a lot of the tahoe guys just wanted a better ride and they work well in that too. The ride using coilovers is tremendously better, especially considering I had to use limiting straps to keep the front end under control before with the torsion bars.

I put my write up into PDF format, but I cant upload to this site due to a size limitation so I hosted them on this site:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/4x08ra...vers_about.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/view/9jcd7c...rs_install.pdf

If you are interested in buying some send me a message and I can get you taken care of. I currently charge $180 shipped for a set of uppers or lowers with hardware, and $320 shipped for both uppers and lowers. Total cost of this swap is usually $700-$800 depending on where you buy and what parts you use. Check out the 2 PDFs above for more detail.

Heres a couple teasers:





Heres a street launch video,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVop...bJz5E7-rSqcNbA

Let me know if you have any questions!

[Atomic]

Not a popular idea over here eh...

[ducky]

I'm still looking pretty heavily at this. I probably haven't looked hard enough, but have lifted guys used these at all, or are they strictly for stock height or lowered 4x4s?

[Atomic]

A couple guys have, but this wont work with big lifts due to UCA clearance. The typical 4-6" knuckle lift is perfect.

[ducky]

What about guys that are only looking to go no more than 3"? Most of those kits are keys and then 2" blocks. I guess maybe a 2-3" knuckle, with your coil over, and then maybe some body lift mounts?

[Atomic]

Well the idea is you are replacing the torsion bars with coilovers, so the advantage will be when you compare it to a torsion bar lift of the same size. Big tbar cranks ride like ass, but coilovers dont. It wont allow more lift than your front end geometry would otherwise allow with a tbar crank. Does that make sense? If you could normally get at most 4" of lift with just keys, then that is all you could get with coilovers. Body lifts could of course add more lift since that is not suspension related.

[ImportThis]

I saw these a while back and have really been thinking about coil over conversion to drop my Z71. But it requires $$$ which I don't have much of lol

[Atomic]

Unfortunately that and every other fun mod does