Mrs Pronstar hasn’t been happy with the ride of her Suburban.
A while back, I replaced the factory setup with yellow Bilsteins. But the ride still felt incredibly under-damped, especially the rear.
So I replaced the rears with Fox 2.0 shocks, and it got a bit better.
But it still felt under-damped, only in front now, and it really didn’t react well to small, high-frequency bumps…it just felt like it was blowing through the valving.
Adding to this, Suburbans are pretty low in front. A few years of constant scraping, mostly in our own driveway, was really starting to tear away at the front bumper retainers.
I figured I’d put some effort into the front end.
Since I wanted to raise the front a bit, I went with some upper control arms to correct the angles and also gain an additional 2 inches of wheel travel.
I can report that this thing really rides like a Caddy now. No more scraping. And thankfully, I don’t think it looks too ridiculous with the OEM-sized Michelins…with 3.08 gears from the factory, I didn’t really want to regear for larger tires.
Mrs Pronstar is a happy camper now.
And it’s done just in time for our upcoming road trip to CA.
A while back, I replaced the factory setup with yellow Bilsteins. But the ride still felt incredibly under-damped, especially the rear.
So I replaced the rears with Fox 2.0 shocks, and it got a bit better.
But it still felt under-damped, only in front now, and it really didn’t react well to small, high-frequency bumps…it just felt like it was blowing through the valving.
Adding to this, Suburbans are pretty low in front. A few years of constant scraping, mostly in our own driveway, was really starting to tear away at the front bumper retainers.
I figured I’d put some effort into the front end.
Since I wanted to raise the front a bit, I went with some upper control arms to correct the angles and also gain an additional 2 inches of wheel travel.
I can report that this thing really rides like a Caddy now. No more scraping. And thankfully, I don’t think it looks too ridiculous with the OEM-sized Michelins…with 3.08 gears from the factory, I didn’t really want to regear for larger tires.
Mrs Pronstar is a happy camper now.
And it’s done just in time for our upcoming road trip to CA.