Best lowering kit?

[Tallguy26]

What are your opinions on best lowering kit for these trucks? IHC, VAS, or ridetech?

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[Graygoose2021]

If I were to lower...Ridetech

 

[MJG44]

I don't have a kit from 1 vendor, but the fronts are Belltech Coilovers and they ride very well.

 

[NavyChief]

I have IHC and hate it. So fucking noisy, rear plates bend at torque specs plus they use 20 year old Chevy ball joints that aren’t long enough to pin a castle nut.
Their air bags are ok as I’ve not had issues with them. Not sure if compatible with other flip kits.
I was about to buy a full ridetech setup but now I’m looking selling my personal truck as I have a work truck now and am just lowering the rear with shackles.

 

[mdomicolo]

Anything but IHC. Here’s my 3 broken upper control arms from them. Welds cracked on all 3. Also, they’re not even powdercoated, they’re spray painted. Junk

 

[WhiteLightningnshitshadow]

The best lowering kit is removing the rear blocks and leaving that poor truck alone.

 

[Tallguy26]

The best lowering kit is removing the rear blocks and leaving that poor truck alone.

2wd doesn't have the blocks.

 

[Tallguy26]

Anything but IHC. Here’s my 3 broken upper control arms from them. Welds cracked on all 3. Also, they’re not even powdercoated, they’re spray painted. Junk

Wow. I guess I will save up and get ride tech. May just throw on a drop shackle temporarily to get rid of the rake.

 

[OneLowXL]

I just ordered the ridetech street grip kit. Will post before/after pics In approximately 2-3 weeks.

 

[Flash69]

Ridetech hands down.
I’ve used Belltech and VAS with Vikings on all four corners on past trucks, never again.

 

[Nando7057]

I'm currently running an IHC Ride Quality 3/5 drop. Front rides pretty good. The rear is a tad bouncy over certain road surfaces but not completely unbearable. An easy fix for this is to swap out the rear shocks for Fox Shocks or even Viking D216 shocks.

The ride is not factory smooth but pretty decent for a lowered suspension. I believe that ride quality is subjective and location dependent. If you have bad roads where you live, IHC certainly wont be a good choice for you. Roads here in NC are pretty decent.

I've owned a few cars that were lowered and the factory ride will always suffer a little bit.

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