Need help lowering my 2dr Tahoe - Lateral-g Forums

KSBRKTRACER · #1 09-07-2008, 11:09 AM

Any body know of any parts to lower the rear of my 97 tahoe 2dr. other than just shackles . I have rear hangers for 2 inches, would like to go more than though, cant find any thing in the aftermarket though.

Blake Foster · #2 09-07-2008, 11:16 AM

call a local spring shop and have them make you a set of lowered springs.

KSBRKTRACER · #3 09-07-2008, 11:19 AM

Thought about doing that, or pulling a leaf out of the spring pack. Checkin to see if any body knew of anything or had any other Ideas. Thank you for the suggestion though.

JUSTANOVA · #4 09-07-2008, 04:56 PM

http://www.belltech.com/products/gm/suv.htm#low_comp

you could do a "flip kit"

whytry · #5 09-08-2008, 01:25 PM

Is it 2 wheel drive or 4?

If it's 2, how low do you want to go? You could do Spindles and springs up front - 4" and do a flip kit in the rear and get 5.5..... Will sit pretty low.

http://musclesyndicate.com/m003.html

That's mine, in the 2nd pic that the above setup on 17's, then I made some of my own stuff and got it lower in pic 3 on 18's, then went to air....

GBodyGMachine · #6 09-08-2008, 02:06 PM

www.fullsizechevy.com

Great source

FLIP KIT

Jeff

KSBRKTRACER · #7 09-09-2008, 11:41 AM

Thank you for the responses, guess i need to decide how far I want to go, I had looked at belltech's website and never saw anything available for a 2dr and now I see it there. I have already put belltech spindles and shackles on it and it is not low enough that way........Guessing I will probably do a flip kit.
Thanks again
Tommy Lee

CKTA · #8 09-09-2008, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GBodyGMachine

www.fullsizechevy.com

Great source

FLIP KIT

Jeff

Thanks for the FSC plug....I'm a Mod. over there!

As for the 2 Door Hoe, I've lowered 2 of them. The Bell Tech (and or DJM) are actually a 4/5" drop. (4" in the front /5" in the rear)

For the front it's a matter of spindles and springs. For the rear it's a flip kit, but unlike the pick-up truck flip kits you only get 5" of drop (instead of 6") The reason being, you need to install the front hangers to raise it up another inch. You will also need to cut a good amount (3" high and frame rail to frame rail) of the rear crossmember right infront of the gas tank.
As usual you will need to C-notch the frame and grind and punch out the rivets for the front hangers. Not hard of a job at all, but time consuming. If you need any other help check me out over at fullsizechevy.com under the same user name or just check out and search on the site over there....alot of good info.