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  1. Yondu
    This is interesting to me. The 6112 uses a 750lb spring which, imo sounds pretty high. A lot of coilovers use 650-700. Someone posted before that own is 745. I have the 5100s and don't love them, it's pretty firm. You say the 6112s feel softer than OEM? Do you have the NHT / max tow package?
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    I believe these are installed / clocked incorrectly. On the top you should see the step of the mount / end of the spring.
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    That's some really good info, sounds like exactly what I want. I'm glad to hear highway cruising is much better for v4 than city. Thank you.
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    Stock definitely isn't a caddy ride. I bought a truck expecting a truck ride too. This is the firmest riding truck I've ever had though. 17" Method NVs and 285/70r17s have been ordered. Gittyup.
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    Thanks for the info. Someone had said they are both straight through, so I wasn't sure what a new muffler would do. I'm considering replacing the muffler and flapper with the Magnaflow 12589. 22" muffler. And leaving the stock resonator. If like to keep the v4 mode though and have it setup to only be active above 60mph, for free way cruising.
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    Is the OEM muffler and resonator both a straight through design?
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    I have a z71 and went with bilstein 5100s. They're better in some ways but a kind of jarring ride, pretty stiff. I run standard load 275/60r20 tires at 32 psi. I'll be swapping the setup out for 285/70r17 tires in the next few weeks for a better ride and if that doesn't give me what I want, CST coilovers. I haven't used the CSTs so I can't in good faith recommend them as an improvement yet They cost considerably more but I'm tired of my stiff ride.
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    Because your truck has magneride. If you put Bilstein's in you will have to get some sensor bypass plugs to avoid error codes. I wouldn't get rid of Magnerides for Bilstein's. JMO
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    Thing is the LTZ is barely nicer than the LT, you have to look pretty hard. The High Country then spray paints some trim pieces bronze. They need some slight material upgrades and then a new upgraded interior that's an option on RST/TrailBoss and standard on LTZ and HC. And to sort out the suspension. It's supposed to be a huge improvement and it's worse.
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    Also, the spring needs to be clocked a certain way and there is a top and bottom to the spring.
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    There was a guy that got the wrong ones before, can you verify the part numbers on the unit? Post some pics up of them installed too.
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    Tyler, do you have any pics of this setup? I'm torn between using my stock Z71 wheels, which I like and own or buying some 17s, which will ultimately cost me a grand more. If I could get a P rated 275/70r18 that was in a tire I wanted I'd go that route. Otherwise it's 265/70/r18. -32.6" and 10.7 wide 285/70r17 - 32.8 and 11.4 wide
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    I'm on the 3rd setting and there was no difference in steering feel. That much of a change shouldn't even require an alignment really. If you're on stock wheels and tires you shouldn't be close to rubbing either. Something is way off.
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    God. Have you sat in one? They're not good on the inside. They actually took a step or backwards from the k2xx. Cheap materials and blank buttons everywhere.
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    That's okay man, I'llcringe every time I see a leveled truck and you'll cringe every time you see one with rake. I did tow my car and trailer last month and it was level. If you have the same exact wheel gap front and back they look very nose high o me. My truck had 2.25 in of rake when I bought it, I've heard others have far more rake stock up Edit. It looks like your truck is a GMC. 16 + Silverados got a new hood that sits higher than the 14-15s
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    I bought a 2" non tapered. I had a little, very slight hard acceleration vibration stock and have a smidge less now. The blocks I bought off eBay are aluminum and powder coated. I had to drill the alignment peg hole slightly larger, FYI. Check that before bolting it back up.
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    These trucks, especially the 16+ with their higher hood look nose high when "level". I put a 2" block in for a .75" rear lift when I lifted the front 1.25". Trucks look best with a rake, especially if you want to use it as a truck. Level trucks look frumpy like they have worn out springs!
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    In what way? Is it softer?
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    Thanks for the info. The main draw for me is that you can get them in 275/70r18 (33.2") standard load. Every other tire in this size is LT. Should make for a really nice ride, how do you feel their on road performance is? I've had some aggressive AT tires like the Hankook Dynapro ATM that were really bad in the snow, so these being more all season than AT will probably be a good thing.
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    Do you have any pics? Thanks!
  21. Yondu
    So nobody has swapped from 5100s to 6112s yet?
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    I had the Grabber HDs on a work van and was very surprised how good of a tire it was, best all year commercial tire I've used. We get a lot of snow and it did better than I thought it would. Also curious about the APT. Only non LT 275/70r18 tire out there. 11" wide on a 8.0 rim and 33.2" tall. Sounds like a great fit for stock wheels, may need a level.
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    They came back and told me that "it's no longer a valid tsb and we can't do anything about it". They did fix the other issue so I'll just have to fix it myself. It's like they were too arrogant after the first tech had no idea what he was talking about to acknowledge it's a real GM bulletin. Besides that, what kind of techs do you have if they can only look at and fix something if it's a TSB? How about you look at the issue and figure it out?
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    I think the service writer was just taking the techs word for it. The tech was clearly wrong hopefully they have somebody else look at it. I'm a service tech myself, but not automotive and we have a few guys at our shop that don't have any clue as to what they're doing too.
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    first they said it was from all data not GM and they couldn't do a thing about it. So I looked it up when I was there and it looks like a GM document to me. They finally agreed to look into it again but they don't think it's from GM. I showed them the PDF on my phone and she was pretty non-responsive. My truck is less than a year old with 3500 miles
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