I have a 2008 Envoy that’s on a 3 inch supreme suspension lift with everything else stock as far as suspension goes. I ran across a trailblazer that had a strut header lift as well as bilstein shocks and was sitting between 5-6 inches in the front. I do not off road in this vehicle as it’s just for daily driving. I was wanting to do this same lift but was unsure of safety. The guy with the trailblazer sent me these photos and wanted to get some feed back, thanks. The envoy pictured is mine
More Lift??
- Thread starter Jdhoward98
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Also, was wondering about any other way to add more lift to the back if possible, thanks
djthumper
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You max out at being able to put a 3" lift kit for the suspension, anything more than that will cause binding. I don't know what you are calling a strut header lift... It would still be a suspension lift. What size tires are you running? That will add to the lift. There is also a body lift, though hard to come by these days.
The pics explain a lot actually... Its a 2wd Envoy! No worry about binding CV shafts, its just angles you have to worry about on ball joints, and various other parts.
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Mike534x
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I know nothing about putting a lift on, but those UBJ's look like they're being pushed to their limit?
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HARDTRAILZ
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So there is a 2wd running the Bilstein 5100 lift plus a death lift and has the ball joint pinned at a ridiculously unsafe angle. That sucks. However there are stupid people all over. That is just sketchy trash IMHO.
If you want more than your current 3 inch suspension, just grab a Zone 2 inch body lift. Keeps center of gravity lower and adds clearance to get you bigger tires that you can use to sit a bit higher.
If you want more than your current 3 inch suspension, just grab a Zone 2 inch body lift. Keeps center of gravity lower and adds clearance to get you bigger tires that you can use to sit a bit higher.
Mooseman
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And using drilled and slotted rotors, which are known to be crap/junk science. All bling, no substance.
So this truck's suspension likely doesn't even move when he puts the weight on the wheels so it must ride like absolute junk. I wonder how he even got it in there since we had one member have problems with just a 1 inch longer strut.
So this truck's suspension likely doesn't even move when he puts the weight on the wheels so it must ride like absolute junk. I wonder how he even got it in there since we had one member have problems with just a 1 inch longer strut.
HARDTRAILZ
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Because there are no CV.
I still like my drilled n slotted. Just put my second set on at 192K miles. I think last ones went on about 140 and honestly could have still ran old rotors(kept in case anyone ever needs a set), but they are so cheap these days that I swap everything when I do brakes. I have not had issue on all the different vehicles I run them on. Definitely not worse, but cant prove any better other than the butt dyno which we all know is mostly just a mindfuck.
I still like my drilled n slotted. Just put my second set on at 192K miles. I think last ones went on about 140 and honestly could have still ran old rotors(kept in case anyone ever needs a set), but they are so cheap these days that I swap everything when I do brakes. I have not had issue on all the different vehicles I run them on. Definitely not worse, but cant prove any better other than the butt dyno which we all know is mostly just a mindfuck.
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