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Old Oct 7, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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What is the cheapest way to do a 2"-3" drop on a 2004 Yukon Denali? Also it does have the adjustable rear air shocks. Does anyone have any pictures of a Tahoe or Yukon with a 2-3 drop?
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Old Oct 7, 2007 | 01:23 PM
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i looked around and it seems the denali is different than the tahoe. maybe cause its AWD. so the front is a torsion bar setup, meaning you could torque them down or purchase drop keys. as for the rear they have leafs springs. so you would have to get a shackle and drop leaf setup in the rear. i looked at ground force. as for the shocks. you might look into shock extensions.
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Old Oct 7, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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The Yukon, Tahoe, Avys, everything built on that platform that is a 1500 uses coils in the rear. They don't have leafs. So what you will need to do it contact a suspension company about your vehicle and how or what they use to trick your air ride.
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http://www.ridetech.com/productinfo/dimensions.asp

check out this link, its airbags for the rear coil setups on the suvs. its supposed to be a direct bolt on. all you would have to do is put a schrader setup on each bag or "T" them together.

i dont know why the groundforce website showed leafs on their drop kits.
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Because I bet that is for the Denali trucks. If it is indeed the Yukon Denali it will have coils. Because my wife and I are deciding on how low we want to go with her Yukon XL non Denali.
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The Yukon, Tahoe, Avys, everything built on that platform that is a 1500 uses coils in the rear. They don't have leafs. So what you will need to do it contact a suspension company about your vehicle and how or what they use to trick your air ride.
I recall the Denali has air adjustable shocks. Isn't there a ride height control on the shocks, I believe you can raise or lower the ride height that way. When I load my enclosed trailer w/car, it raises my Escalade up almost 3 #.
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iM not sure if they can be adjusted. My wife has an 03 Denali XL, I'll have to look around and see if there is a way to adjust them manually.
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 03:11 PM
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Will the 2-3 drop keep the truck stance at a rack like the stock stance? I don't want the truck level, i want to keep a rake on it. I'm just looking to get rid of some wheel/well gap. Here's a picture of the truck now.
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it wont be level, but you will lose the rake a little.
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