Ground Force 2/4 drop '08 GMC Sierra Crew Cab

[Kennyray]

Update:

Drove it to Tennessee, with the wife and daughter in the back seat, and they bitched all the way about the roughness of the ride...It seemed to hit on the bump stops hard on the slightest little bump in the road.

The son and I were fine up front though. I'm thinking I need a better lowering shock, than the ones supplied with the GF Kit...any suggestions?

Lift it.

You could always not carry passengers in the back seat. If it bottoms out with passengers, how can you haul anything in the bed and still call it a truck?

It's still a Truck buddy! I can still haul anything I need too. I just won't haul the wife in the back again until I find a solution to this issue.

My wife just has a very nice "sensitive" ASS, thats the problem...

You know had to poke a little fun, it's been awhile.

I was wondering what took you so long.

Check the wheelwells Joe. See if there is any evidence of the tire hitting the top of the wheelwell. A friend of mine has a 07 Chevy lowered 4/6 and his bottomed out in the actual wheelwells. His is a reg cab, so I would think yours would probably be easier to bottom out.

Thanks Scotty I've looked and its not hitting the wheel wells( it's just a 2/4)...it hitting the bump stops for sure. Kinda seems, the shocks are too weak??

Are they stock bump stops, or ones that came with the kit

There the one's that came with the Kit...the shorter ones

That will take some investigating................

 

[Darkanion]

Ok then, Well call it a car with a short truck bed from now on!!

Ok!

Ridgeline it is!!

 

[JOEGMC]

Ok then, Well call it a car with a short truck bed from now on!!

Ok!

Ridgeline it is!!

 

[Darkanion]

I'll try to quit cluttering up your thread now.. Good luck on a resolution. I didn't think a 2/4 would cause bottoming-out problems.. Kinda makes me glad I didn't do that to mine, now..

 

[JOEGMC]

I'll try to quit cluttering up your thread now.. Good luck on a resolution. I didn't think a 2/4 would cause bottoming-out problems.. Kinda makes me glad I didn't do that to mine, now..

Your not!

I'll fix it one way or another

 

[Darkanion]

Your not!

I'll fix it one way or another

I didn't say I was going to quit posting. I'll just try to stay more on topic.. at least for a post or two..

 

[drperry]

It's too early to remember... Did your kit come with it's own springs?

If that's the case, they're probably softer than stock...

 

[Darth Bama]

Being just a 2/4 it's probably just crappy shocks more then anything. I used the DJM shocks that came with my kit and they were shit basically. After swapping to the Belltech shocks the ride and handling improved.

If your bumpstops are stock, they may need to be modified a little. My neighbor had to cut his bumpstops on his 06 Silvy after a 2/4 drop.

 

[drperry]

Being just a 2/4 it's probably just crappy shocks more then anything. I used the DJM shocks that came with my kit and they were shit basically. After swapping to the Belltech shocks the ride and handling improved.

If your bumpstops are stock, they may need to be modified a little. My neighbor had to cut his bumpstops on his 06 Silvy after a 2/4 drop.

He's running the bump stops that came with the kit.


It's probably the shocks, and possibly the new springs if it came with them or not

 

[JOEGMC]

It's too early to remember... Did your kit come with it's own springs?

If that's the case, they're probably softer than stock...

The GF #9857 came with spindles, leaf springs, shocks, and shorter bump stops! The springs are definitely softer than stock.

Being just a 2/4 it's probably just crappy shocks more then anything. I used the DJM shocks that came with my kit and they were shit basically. After swapping to the Belltech shocks the ride and handling improved.

If your bumpstops are stock, they may need to be modified a little. My neighbor had to cut his bumpstops on his 06 Silvy after a 2/4 drop.

I'm thinking crappy shocks myself! I knew I would loose some of the payload capacity, but it's not a work truck, its my yard truck...

Being just a 2/4 it's probably just crappy shocks more then anything. I used the DJM shocks that came with my kit and they were shit basically. After swapping to the Belltech shocks the ride and handling improved.

If your bumpstops are stock, they may need to be modified a little. My neighbor had to cut his bumpstops on his 06 Silvy after a 2/4 drop.

I'm running the shorter bump stops that came with the kit. I did have it loaded quite a bit going down to Tenn, I had 3 coolers full of ICE and food removed from the fridge, luggage for 4 people, and a carpet shampooer.

Not much of a load, really but it did do better on the way home yesterday. It didn't hit the bump stops on the dips in the interstate like the trip down anyways.

I'll probably replace the shocks soon! So Belltech are good? Have a part # by chance?

What about the "Toxic Shocks" made for lowered suspensions...any Ideas about those?