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Old 03-26-2012 | 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by AKlowriderZ71
Did you use a coil spacer for the rear? I added keys & coil spacers to our 2001 Yukon with Autoride. Works great, looks good too!
yep, added 1.5" rear coil spacer with ebay lift keys upfront, which brought the track width in considerably, thus spacers all the way around for the wheels. Imo it has the "bad-***" look to it.
Old 03-26-2012 | 03:41 PM
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Looks perfect man! Lifted enough to tell it has been but not so much that it can still be sporty .


I also now know how well my truck will look once its all blacked out!
Old 03-26-2012 | 06:46 PM
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Any issues with those bolt on spacers? My stock wheels could stand to come out an inch.
Old 03-26-2012 | 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by black00chev
Looks perfect man! Lifted enough to tell it has been but not so much that it can still be sporty .
thanks, its exactly how I planed it. Plus with the new track width she handles NICE!

Originally Posted by wheeliE-maxx
Any issues with those bolt on spacers? My stock wheels could stand to come out an inch.
Depends if you get the hubcentric lug nut spacers, but seems great so far. Going to recheck the torque on them soon.

Thanks fellas, next for the exterior is a 2001-2002 HD Hood, LED indicator mirrors, fresh repaint....
Old 03-27-2012 | 06:35 PM
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Looks good man, looks meaner lifted IMO
Old 03-27-2012 | 07:45 PM
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Looks awesome! She moves real nice too! I'm impressed.
Old 03-29-2012 | 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Vortec350ss
Looks awesome! She moves real nice too! I'm impressed.
Im pretty impressed too, for a lifted SUV she hauls ***. And she likes to play.... I get lots of catches, cause she looks like she is slow, and people say, awe that big thing cant move... Then its the fact that it looks intimidating, Its like people just want to run me left and right. IMO they regret it afterwards. You can see where the converter really grabs at 4200 rpms.. and goes ape ****. Minded the 80e is slipping like crazy. And I was in a 35mph zone coming to a stop. Im anxious to up my compression with milled L92 swap, new intake and big speced cam. At that point engine will be treated to goodies, oil pump, etc, freshen up.

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Old 04-10-2012 | 07:51 PM
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Well she did not last long lifted... Lol
She is back at a stock 2wd height in rear, front keys are decranked to level. IMO more sporty and it's always a Lil better performance and handling. I'm pretty sure she stays this height. With the 4" increase track width upfront and 3" increase in rear this thing handles nicely being somewhat close to the ground and not lifted. Truck can also still handle like a truck if needed.
Old 04-10-2012 | 07:54 PM
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Nice! I prefer lowered but stock is good to. I hate lifted.
Old 04-11-2012 | 06:37 AM
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She looked damn good but yes any tiny bit of cornering ability is lost at that height.


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