2014-up drop kits?

[C10_ustacould]

I am looking at the McGauphy's 4/6 drop part#34170, has anyone installed this kit? What was the difficulty level? Any additional item needed to make it right?

[BabyBlue]

Originally Posted by Bucks68

I am looking at the McGauphy's 4/6 drop part#34170, has anyone installed this kit? What was the difficulty level? Any additional item needed to make it right?

That is the kit I installed if you scroll up and take a look. I installed some Nitrogen Gas Shock - McGaughys 2050 and the truck rides great, no rubbing whatsoever and only thing I've seen/felt is the bumpstops in the rear if there is a hard bump or I have a good amount of cargo. Great kit!

[C10_ustacould]

Originally Posted by BabyBlue

That is the kit I installed if you scroll up and take a look. I installed some Nitrogen Gas Shock - McGaughys 2050 and the truck rides great, no rubbing whatsoever and only thing I've seen/felt is the bumpstops in the rear if there is a hard bump or I have a good amount of cargo. Great kit!

I posted this over in your build thread:

"I talked to the service manager at my dealer and he said the only pieces that would not retain the factory warranty would be those that I replaced. However, if they deem the drop caused a failure of other parts they may not be covered. For instance, if a u-joint fails and they attribute it to a vibration caused by the drop it wouldn't be covered by the warranty. Fair enough, I guess it's the price of looking awesome! I think I will go with a 3/5 drop initially since the drop is adjustable. One question that does come to mind is that you all mention changing shocks. Everything I've read says the kit comes with front struts and rear shock, do they not work well?"

I think I'll keep my questions about drop kits in this thread from now on so I don't clog up your build thread.

[BabyBlue]

Originally Posted by Bucks68

I posted this over in your build thread:

"I talked to the service manager at my dealer and he said the only pieces that would not retain the factory warranty would be those that I replaced. However, if they deem the drop caused a failure of other parts they may not be covered. For instance, if a u-joint fails and they attribute it to a vibration caused by the drop it wouldn't be covered by the warranty. Fair enough, I guess it's the price of looking awesome! I think I will go with a 3/5 drop initially since the drop is adjustable. One question that does come to mind is that you all mention changing shocks. Everything I've read says the kit comes with front struts and rear shock, do they not work well?"

I think I'll keep my questions about drop kits in this thread from now on so I don't clog up your build thread.

I upgraded my shocks to different ones from the kit....either that or when I bought it it didn't come with rear shocks....I don't really remember.

[C10_ustacould]

Originally Posted by BabyBlue

I upgraded my shocks to different ones from the kit....either that or when I bought it it didn't come with rear shocks....I don't really remember.

From what I can tell it appears they added the struts and shock to the kit recently. No matter, with you guy's input I think this is the kit for me. I'd really like to have a copy of the install instructions, I think I'll contact McGaughy's next week and see if they'll email me a copy.