DJM's Tahoe Lowering Kit Installation

The folks at DJM thought that there was one thing missing: a lower stance. That’s why they came up with their revolutionary lowering kit for the ’00-’06 Tahoe. This performance SUV lowering kit uses new torsion bar keys to drop the front by two inches, and lowered coil springs to get a three-inch drop in the rear.

With this DJM lowering kit installed, the Tahoe is going to look better and be a bit safer on the road. Safer? That’s right, by lowering your Chevy Tahoe, you lower its center of gravity. This means that there will be less body roll and the SUV will handle much, much better. Oh, and big wheels look a lot better on a lowered Tahoe than on a stock height one…

1. The DJM Tahoe lowering kit includes replacement rear coil springs and re-indexed torsion keys for the front.

2. Before installing the DJM lowering kit on the Tahoe, our shop installer measured 22-inches from the center of the rear wheel to the top of the fender lip.

3. The Chevy Tahoe's front ride height before installation, measured from the center of the wheel to the top of the wheel well, was 21-inches.

4. When the Chevy Tahoe arrived at the installation shop, it was pretty boring looking. The aftermarket wheels helped a lot but the ride height was still stock.

5. The installer prepares to remove the factory sway bar by unbolting it from the end links.	6. After the end links are disconnected, you can unbolt the Sway bar from the crossmember.
7. After the sway bar is unbolted, remove it from the vehicle. It will be reinstalled later.	8. The rear bump stops must be removed from the Tahoe and trimmed.
9. Disconnect the lower shock mount from the axle.	10. Remove the rear wheels.
11. Once the tension is released and the Tahoe's rear suspension is able to sag, you can remove the factory rear coil spring.	12. Here we see the new DJM rear lowering coil spring on the left with the factory coil spring on the right. The DJM coil spring is shorter, for a lower ride height, and slightly stiffer, for better handling.
13. Install the new DJM lowering coil spring into the spring pocket.	14. Due to the decrease in suspension travel, the factory bump stop must be trimmed.
15. Here is the factory bump stop after trimming. It is roughly half of its original size.	16. Install the bump stop back into its original location.
17. Reinstall the sway bar end links.	18. With the suspension being lowered, the shock angle is slightly off. The solution is to install DJM's supplied shock relocation bracket.
19. After the coil springs are installed, you can put the rear wheels back on.	20. Loosen the trailing arm bolts. The trailing arm will be bolted to a new bracket.
21. Bolt the trailing arm to the new relocation bracket.	22. To remove the torsion keys, the tension needs to be let out of the torsion bars on both sides.
23. Loosening tension on the driver side torsion bar.	24. To take the weight off of the torsion bars, the front of the Chevy Tahoe must be jacked up.
25. Install the new DJM torsion keys into the stock location.	26. After installation, the Tahoe's height is measured. The front received a drop of one and a half inches and the rear received four inches of lowering.

27. The DJM lowering kit gave the Chevy Tahoe a mild drop that upgraded the stance and greatly improved the handling.

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