4" drop and new hood

Snakes709 · July 14, 2022

Decided to lower my truck for many reasons and added a new hood with a functional ram air duct. Truck is lowered 4" all around (minus the 2" factory lift plus an additional 2") with belltech 2" drop spindles, belltech 2" drop shackles and bilstein 5100's on all four corners. Rides so much better now that I got rid of the rancho's. Being lower makes it easier to get my bike in the bed the odd time i do haul it. Also made a little difference in fuel economy. My past trucks (rams) my afe magnum intake would seal against the hood. The sierra with the 6.2 did not do this and left a 2" gap between the box and hood, letting in a bunch of hot air. So I decided to get a Amerihood Type RS hood that has a ram air duct going straight to the intake box. I have no way to test before and after IAT's, but im assuming cooler air is getting to the intake. I did a before 1/4 mile run at the drag strip, been trying to do a after run but weather and my schedule isnt lining up. Being a fibreglass hood, it does flex a little but so far no issues.

silveradosid · July 15, 2022

i like it

TNTSierra · July 15, 2022

I love it!!! Looks great. Congrats and enjoy your modified truck.

Low Elevation · July 16, 2022

I love everything about it. Any issues with it ?

dieselfan1 · July 16, 2022

I dig it too.

RedLT · July 16, 2022

That hood looks bad-azzz!

Snakes709 · July 17, 2022

On 7/15/2022 at 7:20 PM, Low Elevation said:

I love everything about it. Any issues with it ?

Nothing really. Before i dropped the front a other 2”, which made the truck level, I had my 529lb motorbike in the bef it would squat pretty good. This would cause, what im guessing more air flow to get in the gap where the hood latch is, causing the hood to shake at highway speeds. Without a load i been up to 157kmh which is the speed limter on my truck. With it dropped another 2” in the front and adjusting the latch a little more, its as stable as its going to get but you can see the fibreglass flexing on the hood scoop. Guess thats just because how thin the fibre glass is.

Low Elevation · July 17, 2022

So you used bell tech 2” front spindles and rear shackles for a 2” drop all around and then got the extra 2” from the bilsteins?

TxTruckMan · July 17, 2022

So you're turning your off-road truck into a street truck? That's interesting. You would have been better off buying the Elevation edition and saving a bunch of money, but oh well.

Snakes709 · July 18, 2022

7 hours ago, Low Elevation said:

So you used bell tech 2” front spindles and rear shackles for a 2” drop all around and then got the extra 2” from the bilsteins?

Partially. The at4 comes with a factory 2” lift kit. The front oem rancho shocks provide the 2” lift in the front and the rear has a 2” block on the axle. So swapping out the struts and block drops it down the other 2”

Snakes709 · July 18, 2022

17 hours ago, TxTruckMan said:

So you're turning your off-road truck into a street truck? That's interesting. You would have been better off buying the Elevation edition and saving a bunch of money, but oh well.

Elevation wasnt available in canada for another 6 months after i bought my at4 nor does it have the options i want.

Edited July 18, 2022 by Snakes709

Low Elevation · July 20, 2022

On 7/17/2022 at 10:33 PM, Snakes709 said:

Partially. The at4 comes with a factory 2” lift kit. The front oem rancho shocks provide the 2” lift in the front and the rear has a 2” block on the axle. So swapping out the struts and block drops it down the other 2”

I got it. So it essentially would be a 2/2 drop on a non at4 truck. Any thoughts on lowering the rear another 2” to make a 2/4 drop?

Snakes709 · July 20, 2022

17 minutes ago, Low Elevation said:

I got it. So it essentially would be a 2/2 drop on a non at4 truck. Any thoughts on lowering the rear another 2” to make a 2/4 drop?

Thought about but i think that would involve doing a flip kit? It would also cause the same thing as before. I recently had it at 2/4 (from at4 factory), It was fine 95% of the time but if i had my bike, trailer or something else heavy in the back, it would squat which was causing more air to get into that gap in front of the latch on the hood, making the hood shake abit. I am worried that it will rip the threads out of the bolts holding the latch to the hood. I guess hood pins would be a good idea in that case. I think ill leave it at this height. I dont want the slammed look, just a slight drop.