Opinions on Suburban lift

[smokshwn]

I am looking to get a little more aggressive stance out of my 01 3/4ton Burb. I would rather not change or otherwise mess with the autoride system. This lead me to considering a 3" body lift with a green key torsion bar conversion to level the front with the rear. I would love to hear your opinions on:

 

1) Whether or not this is a workable solution?

 

2) How much room will I have for tires wheels?

 

Thanx in advance, Craig

[dannyukonxl]

im not a very big fan on cranking t-bars, and 3 inches on the body wont do anything for your suspension clearance, i would get the CST 6 inch lift for it, it gives you a new autotrac driveshaft, 6 full inches of suspension lift, and possibly 8 if you do crank the bars, the kit is solid, after that you should be able to put some 35's maybe 37's with the body lift, it would look awsesome, but with the 3 inch body lift i think 35's would be possible, also switch to either 4.10 gears or 456 gears

[Shawn T]

If your doing this for purely cosmetics and not clearance I would definately go with the body lift. These are some of the pros to this:

 

1. Wont change the drive train(autoride) at all

 

2. Cheaper

 

3. Gives you fender clearance for bigger tires the same as a suspension lift would

 

4. Bigger tires will actually give you more frame clearance depending on how big you go

 

5. Won't change the geometry or ride with your suspension

 

This is just my two sense. I have owned a lifted NBS and alot changes as far as drive train wear, ride, handling, etc. If you need clearance for off roading maybe the suspension lift is more suitable for your needs. I also don't mean to bash suspension lift kits. This is just my experience with them both. Good luck!

[Jacqson]

im not a very big fan on cranking t-bars, and 3 inches on the body wont do anything for your suspension clearance, i would get the CST 6 inch lift for it, it gives you a new autotrac driveshaft, 6 full inches of suspension lift, and possibly 8 if you do crank the bars, the kit is solid, after that you should be able to put some 35's maybe 37's with the body lift, it would look awsesome, but with the 3 inch body lift i think 35's would be possible, also switch to either 4.10 gears or 456 gears

 

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I think you are confusing Autotrac with Autoride. Autoride are HP Gas shocks in which the damping of the shocks are electronically contolled by the on board computer. There are only two companies that make a lift kit for Autoride shocks(RCD and Fabtech). Both kits add extensions to the shocks so they remain the stock length but work just fine with the lift so these kits do not come with shocks. Both kits have 6" of front lift and 4" of rear lift. The main difference between the two is that you can use your stock wheels with the Fabtech kit, but you will increase your front tracking. With the RCD you cannot use the stock wheels,You must use wheels with a backspace of no more than 4.5" with a 16" wheel or 4.6" with a 17" wheel, but you have a very minimal increase in your front tracking. I have an 02 3/4 ton Suburban with autoride and after a lot of research I decided on the RCD because I do not like my front wheels sticking out from the wheel wells. I am using a 16 x 8 wheel with 315/95/16 BFGs and I have no protrusion of the wheel outside the front fender flare. This is not to say the Fabtech kit is bad, they are both quality kits but I liked the engineering of the RCD better. Also, neither of these kits except for the lift will change the steering geometry of your truck or change the stock ride. If you have any other questions please let me know. Hope this helps.