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It will ONLY if you don't compensate for the increased downward angle on the upper control arm. Why? Because that's where the magnetic ride control reads the position of the front suspension from. If the downward angle increases on the upper control arm, which it will regardless of the position of the strut spacer, the mag ride will take this as the suspension coming unloaded and will anticipate sharp impact and will stiffen the shock to minimize the impact, thus giving you a stiffer ride. To fix this, fab up a bracket, many of us who have lifted these Denalis can provide you examples of our versions, and just install it and you'll be just fine. My truck has the FTS 7" kit and rides like a Cadillac. For the rear, if you only add a 2" block in place of the 1" factory, you'll be fine and will notice no difference. Why? because the bracket for the rear mag ride sensors affix to the bottom of the leaf pack BETWEEN the block and the axle. So you can put any size block you want and the truck will not know the difference. However, you have to be careful not to exceed the maximum fully extended length of the stock shock. With just adding an inch, you'll be fine. If more, you'll need to employ a shock extension bracket that can be purchased from FTS or Fabtech. -
Ahhhhhhh!!! The ultimate pasta rocket."Ducati - burning rice since day 1" You have good taste!!! (minus the Ford, lol) Between my race car and toys, the wife sure as hell isn't gonna go for me having one of those, lol.
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Just to give you guys a taste of how old Mike gets down. Click the video, make sure your volume is up and just let it sing to you.
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Thanks man!!!!! Means a lot coming from someone with an equally as well done truck. It's hard to beat black......unless you don't leave it under a satin stretch cover in the garage and you actually drive it, lol. Then it pays to have the white, lol. I almost opted for the blue because I was pissed they charge $1k for the white, lol. But I'm happy with it. I would have jumped on silver in a heartbeat though. Then I could match during towing..........
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Thanks and no problem, any time!!!!
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As promised. I just had to get her photo ready, lol.
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I'll be happy to take some and get them up here for you in the morning.
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I'll be damned. I never knew that. I'm way down here in Houston where the biggest threat to us during winter is the hot water heater running out before our showers are done, lol. I was told by an AMP engineer that the motors are simply power seat motors from a Porsche. I haven't checked part numbers to verify, but it sounds plausible. If that's the case it would make sense why they don't put up well with adverse winter conditons. They were designed to be tucked under a seat in a nice dry car, not jammed under the rocker panel of a truck being driven through mud, salt and road grime. Danger, are you a slickline hand? That looks like a perf tool made up there on the ground next to your truck, lol.
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But as far as I can tell, you're one of the first to do it. And we had your pictures you posted of your front and rear undercarriage blown up on a 42" monitor in the shop to make sure we got all the brackets and brake lines right, lol.
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Steps? You mean those park benches GM thought would be a good idea to hang off the side of these trucks? If you look closely at my pictures, I have the AMP Research power steps hiding under there.
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No problem, glad to help. Ya know, I don't think I'm gonna run spacers. I'll upload some pictures, but it's not noticeable. The gears are and have been available. The gear sets haven't changed for these trucks in like 2 decades. A Chevy 10 bolt is a Chevy 10 bolt. But since I ordered my truck I refused to do it unless I could get the 3:42's, so I don't ever see the need to regear. Yes sir, 35x12.50 on 20x10 -14.
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I'm not 100% familiar with the Mcgaughy kit, but either way it shouldn't be a big deal. As far as tips, I don't really have any to speak of, but I'll help any way I can, just let me know if you have questions.
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No problem. 1. Yes sir, it is the FTS 7" kit and yes, it did spread the front track width out just a tad, about an 1" per side, so 2" overall. 2. I have the 6.2 and it does fantastic so far. I almost don't even notice a difference to be honest. If I stomp it from a dig it'll still break the tires loose pretty significantly. Now it's not gonna win any burnout contests, but it never would without power braking. I notice just a slight reduction in passing gear "oomf" up around 75-80mph, but just barely. Haven't driven it enough yet to really speculate on mpg loss, but I'd imagine it'll lose in the neighborhood of 2-3mpg based on my experience lifting my trucks. 3. The ride in the rear is almost completely unchanged. I can barely sense the difference. But the front stiffened a bit. But like I said in my post above, I fabricated some ultra simple "risers" to return the MRC arm back to it's "home" position which softened it right back up. 4. I'll take some more later, lol. Thanks for the compliments, at least I know I spent this much $$ and I'm not the only one who appreciates it, lol. Let me know if you have any other questions.
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See my post about 4-5 above yours? I just installed an FTS 7" on my '15 Denali this past weekend. What kit did you buy? Are you referring to cutting the bushing off? You're welcome to PM me if you have any specific questions on the cutting or I can provide a phone number and I can talk you through it.
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Does yours have the magneride? Only the 2015 Denalis have it. But either way you can't go wrong with an FTS kit. I was very impressed with the fit and finish of it. We didn't have to hammer anything or pry anything beyond a reasonable amount. The one piece of advice I'll give is to grind the weld around the bottom of the front shock down a good bit so the strut extension will slide over it easier. You'll see what I mean if you go with this kit. You should be fine. It took me and an equally capable buddy about 8-10 hours just taking our time. I figured it was easier to leave the truck off the lift and just set it up on some big jackstands instead. Reason being it made using a floor jack to install the strut extension easier. If you've ever taken a front end apart, you'll be fine.
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