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    Sulastics on my 2500HD

    in Truck, Jeep, & Car talk

    Posted

    Not sure about towing, as I recently sold my hauler. It feels very athletes. More stable than without them, IMO. There are many writeups on DIESEL PLACE in the suspension section. You don't. Have. To be a member to view...but many functions are disabled if you aren't a member.

    Membership is FREE,BTW

    Also, not sure about shackle life, but sulastic makes these for big rigs and garbage trucks so I'm not sure if they even wear out?. BTW I paid more for my Bilsteins than I did for these.

    Sulastics on my 2500HD

    in Truck, Jeep, & Car talk

    Posted · Edited by Richard Cheese

    I've been contemplating upgrading my suspension for some time on my Chevy 2500HD. I know it's a 3/4 ton truck, and it's not going to give me a nice ride. I have been growing unhappy with the bone-jarring going over speed bumps at slow speeds, feeling every little nuance in the road, feeling like I am riding a horse on the freeway, and most importantly, the wife not wanting to ride in my truck because of how stiff the back springs are

    I have considered all options. Some of my friends have lifts, yet they feel the stuff that I do in their 3-5k worth of suspension upgrades. I got new bilsteins, but they didn't help much.

    I have been reading up on Sulastics over at the Diesel Place. I finally decided to pull the trigger, and get me some for a Christmas present to myself.

    There are many vendors around that sell them. I got mine from Mark at Big Hog Customs out of Indiana. He gave me a great deal, with free shipping. He even overtnighted them to me for free!. :MBdance:

    In the box were the shackles, and a set of directions

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    The directions were pretty straight-forward and easy to read. I wanted to install them myself, but with two kids, I couldn't find the time to do it anytime soon. I had Tyler at Tire Empire in Bakersfield install them for me. It took one of his guys about 1.5 hours to do it, and that is what they charged me for.

    Here they are installed

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    When I went to pick my truck up at Tire Empire, the technician couldn't stop talking about the very noticeable ride improvement, asking me where he could buy some for his truck.. He claimed that my truck was much more "in control", was the term he kept using.

    When I left, the first thing I noticed was pulling onto the street. Usually the HD springs like to kick back a bit on those little lips...not any more. It felt like I was driving my wife's tahoe...pretty smooth.

    On the way home, it got better. Because of the nature of the HD suspension, I'm quite sure, like me, that you know every little dip on the streets you constantly drive, and attempt to avoid them. I don't any more. It took all the little bumps and imperfections in the local streets like a champ.

    The railroad crossing by my house used to be my biggest gripe. I still slow down, and what's pretty funny is that after owning this truck for 6+ years, I still expect to get jarred going over them. Not any more. Again, it rides like my wife's tahoe over the RR tracks.

    I didn't say anything to my wife about them, because I wanted to see if she noticed any difference. About halfway to dinner that night, she remarked how much smoother the ride was.

    Now, don't get me wrong. I am not saying that your truck will ALWAYS ride like a 1500 with Sulastics on it. What I am saying though is my truck is about 60-75% of a full 1500 series ride.

    I highly recommend these to anyone looking to upgrade the ride in their 2500 + truck. I feel that it was the best $300 I could have spent on my suspension.

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    Another tragedy in the offroad community

    in General Chat

    Posted

    From what I understand from reading RDC, there was supposed to be a memorial for the MDR200 placed at Slash X. During the setup of the memorial, Brian Lynn and his wife, Gail, were involved in a head on collision on the highway. They were both air lifted to UMC where Brian passed away and Gail is still in serious condition.

    This is so sad. In a time that was supposed to be for remembering those who passed away in that horrible tragedy and now this. Thoughts and prayers to the Lynn family and friends. :(

    http://www.race-deze...lashX-family***

    Man, that sucks. I had nothing but good times out there...You and Nick with the chili cheese fries and beers....

    RIP

    early ride this Saturday

    in Dumont Happenings

    Posted

    I understand many have other commitments or live too far, but I'm surprised out of ALL the people regularly frequent this site...nobody else is down to go shred some sand. And you call yourselves duners!? Pfff! Pansies!!! :laughing:

    that's right...rub it in , JACKASS... :laughoff:

    Memorial Day Weekend

    in General Chat

    Posted

    String has a wrestling tourney at a local high school. It's the county championships. Ive got the hauler ready to take out there so we don't have to sit in the gym the whole time on uncomfortable bleachers with a bunch of smelly people who don't discipline their kids

    Pismo in trouble

    in General Chat

    Posted

    it's the most profitable park that the state of CA has...they won't let their cash cow go so fast...That, and off roaders single-highhandedly keep the economy of those sleepy bedroom communities thriving with their hundreds of millions of dollars pumped into it every year from the dune visitors.

    Every freekin year, it's some new emergency from a different front on that place. Hell, IMO, with only 1500 acres and 20k people, it gets too stupid on sold out weekends for families anyway.

    just my 2 cents

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