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Went ahead and ordered them. Also ordered 1.5 inch drop shackles for the rear leafs, since I’ve already pulled the 1.25 inch blocks out of the rear, that’ll give me 2.75 drop in the rear and 1 inch drop up front. Should maintain just enough rake to make me happy, and the ride shouldn’t be too affected.


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Installed the max trac 1” lower springs. Install wasn’t Terrible ( though I thought my spring compressor was going to snap) truck rides smoother, floatier ( don’t think I like that) and it sits about an inch- 1.25 inches lower. Perhaps they will tighten up as they settle. Overall I’m happy with the look, I’ll be doing the 1.5 inch lower rear shackles tomorrow


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A few pics from last week:    

bakerrr
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First post here Picked her about 2 weeks ago couldn't wait to start modifying it. Just installed Belltechs 4/7 drop this weekend It's low enough for the time being ??  

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Goinovr Enthusiast

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Just FYI for everyone... I can no longer say anything positive about the IHC 4/6 lowering kit. I have broken both lower ball joints due to the extremely cheap Chinese joints used in the kit. This was confirmed by my shop. I have since had both lowers replaced with Moog joints but am stuck using the Chinese upper ball joints because they are smaller than any GM upper ball joint available in Moog. 

 

Total cost to fix the joints and associated damage and misc... $1700.

 

While the IHC crew had great customer service I can't in good conscience tell anyone to buy this kit until the various issues they have are adressed. 

 

Lack of QC - I had to slightly drill out one of my spindles to accommodate a missized upper ball joint. 

Lack of grease in ball joints - was told they were pre greased

Cheap materials - extremely cheap ball joints which becomes a safety issue. Luckily mine both sheered while reversing into a parking spot. 

20191122_080257.jpg

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14 minutes ago, Goinovr said:

Just FYI for everyone... I can no longer say anything positive about the IHC 4/6 lowering kit. I have broken both lower ball joints due to the extremely cheap Chinese joints used in the kit. This was confirmed by my shop. I have since had both lowers replaced with Moog joints but am stuck using the Chinese upper ball joints because they are smaller than any GM upper ball joint available in Moog. 

 

Total cost to fix the joints and associated damage and misc... $1700.

 

While the IHC crew had great customer service I can't in good conscience tell anyone to buy this kit until the various issues they have are adressed. 

 

Lack of QC - I had to slightly drill out one of my spindles to accommodate a missized upper ball joint. 

Lack of grease in ball joints - was told they were pre greased

Cheap materials - extremely cheap ball joints which becomes a safety issue. Luckily mine both sheered while reversing into a parking spot. 

20191122_080257.jpg

That just sucks. And one of the biggest reasons stopping me from lowering my truck. Imagine that happening to your 7000 lb vehicle at highway speeds. 

UofAZCats Enthusiast

UofAZCats

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2 hours ago, Goinovr said:

Just FYI for everyone... I can no longer say anything positive about the IHC 4/6 lowering kit. I have broken both lower ball joints due to the extremely cheap Chinese joints used in the kit. This was confirmed by my shop. I have since had both lowers replaced with Moog joints but am stuck using the Chinese upper ball joints because they are smaller than any GM upper ball joint available in Moog. 

 

Total cost to fix the joints and associated damage and misc... $1700.

 

While the IHC crew had great customer service I can't in good conscience tell anyone to buy this kit until the various issues they have are adressed. 

 

Lack of QC - I had to slightly drill out one of my spindles to accommodate a missized upper ball joint. 

Lack of grease in ball joints - was told they were pre greased

Cheap materials - extremely cheap ball joints which becomes a safety issue. Luckily mine both sheered while reversing into a parking spot. 

 

I highly recommend the Twisted Metalworkz Uppers.  They are fantastic and given the lack of confidence in the IHC kit it would be worth the $475.  They include the ball joint.

 

link: https://www.twistedmetalworkz.com/collections/control-arms/products/2008-2018-silverado-sierra-camber-correction-control-arms?variant=11703967285295

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11 hours ago, UofAZCats said:

I highly recommend the Twisted Metalworkz Uppers.  They are fantastic and given the lack of confidence in the IHC kit it would be worth the $475.  They include the ball joint.

 

link: https://www.twistedmetalworkz.com/collections/control-arms/products/2008-2018-silverado-sierra-camber-correction-control-arms?variant=11703967285295

I was looking at these last night. I like the captive inner ball joints. I added them to my parts list. 

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17 hours ago, Goinovr said:

Just FYI for everyone... I can no longer say anything positive about the IHC 4/6 lowering kit. I have broken both lower ball joints due to the extremely cheap Chinese joints used in the kit. This was confirmed by my shop. I have since had both lowers replaced with Moog joints but am stuck using the Chinese upper ball joints because they are smaller than any GM upper ball joint available in Moog. 

 

Total cost to fix the joints and associated damage and misc... $1700.

 

While the IHC crew had great customer service I can't in good conscience tell anyone to buy this kit until the various issues they have are adressed. 

 

Lack of QC - I had to slightly drill out one of my spindles to accommodate a missized upper ball joint. 

Lack of grease in ball joints - was told they were pre greased

Cheap materials - extremely cheap ball joints which becomes a safety issue. Luckily mine both sheered while reversing into a parking spot. 

20191122_080257.jpg

Honestly, I'm not surprised. @Nasty has preached this for the last 2-3 years and many other people running they're kits haven't been impressed. Belltech or MCG for life. 

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Another one bites the dust

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1 hour ago, Dinner said:

Honestly, I'm not surprised. @Nasty has preached this for the last 2-3 years and many other people running they're kits haven't been impressed. Belltech or MCG for life. 

I stuck up for IHC during that time but it was due to misinformation. The arms themselves are well built and my wheels are practically dead center but as @Nasty has stated, the ball joints are literal junk.

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I stuck up for IHC during that time but it was due to misinformation. The arms themselves are well built and my wheels are practically dead center but as [mention=162984]Nasty[/mention] has stated, the ball joints are literal junk.
Did you remove the kit? If so I will buy it from you just the front arms

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Sorry didn’t look through the 212 pages for my answer. 
 

I have a 18 Sierra Denali with the magneride. Thinking about getting the 2/5 maxtrac lowering kit. Anyone have  this installed?  How’s the ride?  Quality of kit?  It’s on sale for $360 right now so kinda questioning it. Never used any of their products.
 

Really I don’t even want to lower the front. Just want the truck level. The rear is sitting a little over 4” higher then the front. 

 

 

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On 11/27/2019 at 10:04 AM, Nasty said:

Did you remove the kit? If so I will buy it from you just the front arms

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No. I had my shop put moogs into the lowers. The uppers are off size for any of the moog ball joints but had them put in higher quality upper ball joints. The kit is staying on for now until I decide if I go bags or not. My shop said the geometry of the arms is good but those crap ball joints are a liability.

UofAZCats Enthusiast

UofAZCats

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On 11/27/2019 at 1:04 PM, Nasty said:

Did you remove the kit? If so I will buy it from you just the front arms

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I have the IHC lower arms if you want those.

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I have the IHC lower arms if you want those.
How much. I'm not gonna use them. I'm gonna just do some testing and modification to them to see how I can improve them

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UofAZCats

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2 minutes ago, Nasty said:

How much. I'm not gonna use them. I'm gonna just do some testing and modification to them to see how I can improve them

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I'm not using them and don't plan to so $25 plus shipping.  That work for you?

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