performance suspension

[Slow Ride]

Now that the Hotchkis TVS is not available, who makes a performance suspension kit that actually works and provides a decent stance? The Eibach and Ground Force kits seem pretty lame. Eibach is front coils and shackles. Ground Force is spindles and shackles. WOW!!!

I picked up an '05 GMC RCSB recently and am exploring my options.

picture of new truck



My other truck is a '90 Chevy RCSS with a Western 4/6(coils/spindles/flip), Belltech shock extenders, newer replacement LMC leaves and KYB MonoMax shocks. It handles OK. Not much for hauling heavy loads. Smallish tires 235/70/15 front and 275/60/15 rear. The ride is very nice. I've had it dropped for almost 9 years.

picture of old truck


I'd like for my new truck to have a little more "grown up" stance, I guess is the best way to put it. I would like for it to have a more serious/aggressive ride quality and handling while not knocking my fillings out. It currently is all stock with too tall 265/70/17 Toyo Open Country tires.

I was looking at maybe a 2/4 or 3/5. A 4/6 still looks higher on a NBS vs OBS, but tire sizes start to shrink. I'm open to running 18's or 20's. Rear gears will be selected based on tire size. I'll sell the monster truck tires on there now and get some winter tires of appropiate size. Days like today after getting 14" of snow tend to make me think more ground clearance may be better. If I was still driving my '90 I would not have gotten to work today.

Discuss...

[2k5Squirrel]

2/4 with IAS's

[Mang213]

If youre lowering, then you may want to throw the whole snow issue out of the window. Even stock, that new truck you have wont handle 14" of snow. Thats alot of powder, bro

[Frenchy]

If youre lowering, then you may want to throw the whole snow issue out of the window. Even stock, that new truck you have wont handle 14" of snow. Thats alot of powder, bro

Mines about the best a 2wd can be in the snow, wicked good tires and a couple hundred pounds in the bed, I've pushed through bumper height snow.

[bangbangskeetskeet]

Do some ladder bars and coilovers out back and coilovers up front. Or you could go all out and just do a 4-link.

[Frenchy]

Or if you're really on a budget ladder bars and floating leaf springs, actually works quite well

[Slow Ride]

I guess the Hotchkis stuff is available on ebay. What do you guys think about their 2" drop coils with DJM 2" drop A-arms up front and the Hotchkis 4" drop leaves in the back with a flip kit and a lift shackle? Then add the big ol' swaybars and some good shocks like the Edelbrock IAS or some Bilsteins?