Great call on getting rid of this magnetic ride. Can't use air bags, can't use helper springs and my suspension is toast at 93,000 miles. Front strut is seized and rear are not calibrating properly.. the dealer has tried calibrating twice and wants me to buy all new suspension. Thanks for the video.
No problem brother..yeah It’s definitely the way to go..ive been running the Xineering bypass magnetic ride suspension kit for 2 years now and haven’t experienced any issues.
Just what I was looking for dude. Awesome. Hey so what I understand is install my new setup then do the zero out thing at the dealer?? Did the dealer charge you for that dude.? I'm dying to get rid of this suspension.
Pedro Echevarria yeah so they did not charge me to do it because they could not tell if the ride height Trim procedure was successful; however, if they literally just run the procedure that means it was successful and you’re good to put on the shock simulators (the procedure takes like 5 minutes). But just in case you forgot here are the steps: Step 1: Install your lift kit (new shocks and struts) Step2: install the ride height sensor simulators that Xineering provides Step 3: Take your truck to the dealership and have the ride height Trim procedure done (“the zero out thing”) Step 4: install the shock simulators (go through a few ignition cycles and you should be good to go with no suspension message or speed limiter)
Kipper Deuce that is a question more for xineering, since they are the subject matter experts on their kit. But I would say that you should be fine to put them on whenever you get home from the dealer..just may take a few ignition cycles to clear any dash messages. And I literally just typed in “magneride bypass kit” in google and xineering came up. Then I did my research and decided to go with them. Haven’t had issues since
We have some customers very interesting in your truck. Did you upgrade your control arms or are they stock? Have you had any trouble with your alignment or ball joints? Thanks in advance!
Xineering LLC i originally had a 3.5” fabtech magneride lift on the truck (which came with upgraded uniball upper control arms). I simply took out the old struts and spacer’s, put the fox one’s in and kept the fabtech upper control arms in. I have been experiencing an intermittent popping noise on the driver’s side. I took the truck to the dealership and they said it was the fox 2.5 coil over..so I told fox and they will be sending me a new coil over to see if that helps.
The_Safe_Haven Hi. I had the same when putting in the Dobinsons, however they fixed the sound by re-opening the assembly and then Re tightening to the torque spec. Then and till now, sound solid and no knocks. Good luck.
Check out this video, it explains exactly what to do: th-cam.com/video/ehA3ZBlEjAU/w-d-xo.html The only thing is now, instead of going to the dealership and have them perform the ride height trim procedure (just zeroing out your shocks) I think xineering now has a tool where you can do the trim procedure yourself.
Just to make sure I understood correctly, after you put the new shocks on, you were still able to drive the truck with no issues except for the dash light and the speed limiter, right? So if I change mine out, I can drive it for a week or so while I wait on the delete kit to arrive?
K G no issues. I recently installed a 6” BDS coil over lift with the upgraded leaf pack and fox shocks all around. Will be putting on recoil traction bars soon
Just purchased the kit for my 2015 Chevy Tahoe LTZ. Gonna put on Bilstein shocks and ad a 3.5” leveling kit. Do I install the bypass first? And why do I need to take it to the dealer?
You only need to do this if you have the magnetic ride shocks. I’m pretty sure the LTZ’s come with rancho’s correct? If they don’t come with rancho’s then do the following: 1. Install the lift kit you want 2. Install the ride height sensors 3. go to the dealership and have them perform the ride height trim procedure 4. Install the shock simulators 5. go through a few key ignition cycles and you will be good.
Hey brother so that video is a bit old, but when I had that set up I had fabtech uniball upper control arms (it was apart of their basic 4” lift)..and then I had 2.5 Fox shox in the front that gave me 2-3” of lift in the front. If you go on fox’s website it’s super easy to find. Now im running a 6” BDS lift. I went with the 2.5 Fox resi’s and 2.0 resi’s in the rear, with the BDS glide pack as well as BDS upper control arms. Hope this helps!
I just ordered the 0-2” Fox 2.5 coil overs and 0-2” rear 2.0 rear Fox shocks. Front: www.ridefox.com/filter.php?f1=&v1=&m=truck&make=GMC&model=Sierra+1500+&year=2018&position=ALL Rear: www.ridefox.com/filter.php?f1=&v1=&m=truck&make=GMC&model=Sierra+1500+&year=2018&position=Rear
@@hiphoppe1516 yeap exactly. As long as you have the by pass kit you can put on whatever lift kit you. For example, I am currently running the 6” BDS coil over kit on my denali. Just whenever you are in putting the “make, model, year” and all that just don’t choose the denali option. The denali’s and regular Sierra’s are literally the same truck..the denali’s just come with magneride and the regular Sierra’s don’t.
Have u had any problems with the dealership not wanting to do the adjustment? Ordered my kit but my local dealership is wierd about this kind of stuff.
Yes I completely replace the front and rear struts with Fox 2.5 coil over resi struts and 2.0 Fox resi’s in the rear. I went with the 6” BDS coil over resi kit.
I purchase a 2015 Tahoe LTZ and the previous owner or dealership installed regular struts and coil springs and added resistors to the strut connection but the suspension service comes on. What do you suggest? Any help is appreciated.
Hey CP, I have a 2016 LTZ with the same issues here. I'm leaning towards installing the Monroe Quick-Strut #139104, but there are mixed reviews that it causes a lift in Tahoes. 1) What struts did you install, and 2) did it cause any noticeable lifting of the front? Many thanks!
Why would u do this? U would of sold the truck and capitalized on the Denali package and got an SLT and did your suspension work to it. Just my opinion
It is garbage, they've got a collar that goes around the shock shaft inside of the coil over springs, mine got packed full of mud that I wasn't aware of and it ate away the seals. It's like 2000 miles past the warranty so the dealership wants $2300 just to replace the stock parts. Really thinking about this "delete kit". Thanks for the video!
Great call on getting rid of this magnetic ride. Can't use air bags, can't use helper springs and my suspension is toast at 93,000 miles. Front strut is seized and rear are not calibrating properly.. the dealer has tried calibrating twice and wants me to buy all new suspension. Thanks for the video.
No problem brother..yeah It’s definitely the way to go..ive been running the Xineering bypass magnetic ride suspension kit for 2 years now and haven’t experienced any issues.
Had to subscribe when I see my hood in the background
Would you say it rides better with coilovers or magnetic?
how were you able to get the dealer to do the trim procedure? my dealer said they won’t do it because it was a safety issue and gmc has a policy
Just what I was looking for dude. Awesome. Hey so what I understand is install my new setup then do the zero out thing at the dealer?? Did the dealer charge you for that dude.? I'm dying to get rid of this suspension.
Pedro Echevarria yeah so they did not charge me to do it because they could not tell if the ride height Trim procedure was successful; however, if they literally just run the procedure that means it was successful and you’re good to put on the shock simulators (the procedure takes like 5 minutes). But just in case you forgot here are the steps:
Step 1: Install your lift kit (new shocks and struts)
Step2: install the ride height sensor simulators that Xineering provides
Step 3: Take your truck to the dealership and have the ride height Trim procedure done (“the zero out thing”)
Step 4: install the shock simulators (go through a few ignition cycles and you should be good to go with no suspension message or speed limiter)
Do I have to install shock simulators immediately after the dealship zeros it out? Also how did you hear about this? I’ve been looking all over
Kipper Deuce that is a question more for xineering, since they are the subject matter experts on their kit. But I would say that you should be fine to put them on whenever you get home from the dealer..just may take a few ignition cycles to clear any dash messages.
And I literally just typed in “magneride bypass kit” in google and xineering came up. Then I did my research and decided to go with them. Haven’t had issues since
Hey for the front struts did u use stock mounts or bought the fox coilover assembly with mounts already on it
We have some customers very interesting in your truck.
Did you upgrade your control arms or are they stock?
Have you had any trouble with your alignment or ball joints?
Thanks in advance!
Xineering LLC i originally had a 3.5” fabtech magneride lift on the truck (which came with upgraded uniball upper control arms). I simply took out the old struts and spacer’s, put the fox one’s in and kept the fabtech upper control arms in. I have been experiencing an intermittent popping noise on the driver’s side. I took the truck to the dealership and they said it was the fox 2.5 coil over..so I told fox and they will be sending me a new coil over to see if that helps.
The_Safe_Haven Hi. I had the same when putting in the Dobinsons, however they fixed the sound by re-opening the assembly and then Re tightening to the torque spec. Then and till now, sound solid and no knocks. Good luck.
Did you have to go to a dealership and have them recalibrated? Or did you just change out the suspension then plug the sims in?
Check out this video, it explains exactly what to do: th-cam.com/video/ehA3ZBlEjAU/w-d-xo.html
The only thing is now, instead of going to the dealership and have them perform the ride height trim procedure (just zeroing out your shocks) I think xineering now has a tool where you can do the trim procedure yourself.
Just to make sure I understood correctly, after you put the new shocks on, you were still able to drive the truck with no issues except for the dash light and the speed limiter, right? So if I change mine out, I can drive it for a week or so while I wait on the delete kit to arrive?
That’s exactly right brother 👍🏽
Have you had any problems with the truck since installing the deletion kit, like with shifting or anything?
K G no issues. I recently installed a 6” BDS coil over lift with the upgraded leaf pack and fox shocks all around. Will be putting on recoil traction bars soon
Why did you delete them?
Just purchased the kit for my 2015 Chevy Tahoe LTZ. Gonna put on Bilstein shocks and ad a 3.5” leveling kit. Do I install the bypass first? And why do I need to take it to the dealer?
I purchased the Xineering bypass kit.
You only need to do this if you have the magnetic ride shocks. I’m pretty sure the LTZ’s come with rancho’s correct? If they don’t come with rancho’s then do the following:
1. Install the lift kit you want
2. Install the ride height sensors
3. go to the dealership and have them perform the ride height trim procedure
4. Install the shock simulators
5. go through a few key ignition cycles and you will be good.
Whats wrong with Magnetic Ride? I thought that was the superior GM suspension??..
Haha depends on your definition of “superior” and your intended use of your truck to determine that.
Hey bud, did you have to switch put your upper control arms? Any way you can post the exact part numbers for the Fox shocks?
Hey brother so that video is a bit old, but when I had that set up I had fabtech uniball upper control arms (it was apart of their basic 4” lift)..and then I had 2.5 Fox shox in the front that gave me 2-3” of lift in the front. If you go on fox’s website it’s super easy to find.
Now im running a 6” BDS lift. I went with the 2.5 Fox resi’s and 2.0 resi’s in the rear, with the BDS glide pack as well as BDS upper control arms.
Hope this helps!
Can you please provide a link or a list of exactly what fox product you went with for the front and the back? Thanks man!
I just ordered the 0-2” Fox 2.5 coil overs and 0-2” rear 2.0 rear Fox shocks.
Front: www.ridefox.com/filter.php?f1=&v1=&m=truck&make=GMC&model=Sierra+1500+&year=2018&position=ALL
Rear: www.ridefox.com/filter.php?f1=&v1=&m=truck&make=GMC&model=Sierra+1500+&year=2018&position=Rear
@@Builttolastdenali Even though the website says "Does not fit magnetic suspension" I assume that doesn't matter??
@@hiphoppe1516 yeap exactly. As long as you have the by pass kit you can put on whatever lift kit you. For example, I am currently running the 6” BDS coil over kit on my denali. Just whenever you are in putting the “make, model, year” and all that just don’t choose the denali option. The denali’s and regular Sierra’s are literally the same truck..the denali’s just come with magneride and the regular Sierra’s don’t.
Have u had any problems with the dealership not wanting to do the adjustment? Ordered my kit but my local dealership is wierd about this kind of stuff.
No i did not just tell them you want the ride height trim procedure done and say I just need the system to be zero’d out basically.
Did you replaced the struts and coil springs?
Yes I completely replace the front and rear struts with Fox 2.5 coil over resi struts and 2.0 Fox resi’s in the rear. I went with the 6” BDS coil over resi kit.
@@Builttolastdenali what did you do with the struts and coil springs?
@@JoseRodriguez-em3rq i still have them. They are for sale
I purchase a 2015 Tahoe LTZ and the previous owner or dealership installed regular struts and coil springs and added resistors to the strut connection but the suspension service comes on. What do you suggest? Any help is appreciated.
@@Builttolastdenali do you think they would fit my Tahoe?
Hi, I have a 2016 tahoe LTZ. DO you know if this will affect the clinometer?
C P no not at all. Unless your Tahoe is sitting super nose down or nose up..
But the magneride kit does not affect the clinometer at all
The_Safe_Haven awesome! Thanks for the reply.
Hey CP, I have a 2016 LTZ with the same issues here. I'm leaning towards installing the Monroe Quick-Strut #139104, but there are mixed reviews that it causes a lift in Tahoes. 1) What struts did you install, and 2) did it cause any noticeable lifting of the front? Many thanks!
What did you do to get your gmc emblem black?
Bought it from the GMC OEM store and put it on man 👍🏽
why would you delete it?
Screw magnetic ride
Why would u do this? U would of sold the truck and capitalized on the Denali package and got an SLT and did your suspension work to it. Just my opinion
Blue Bu that’s Trust me I would have never got the denali package if I knew the Magneride suspension was garbage.
It is garbage, they've got a collar that goes around the shock shaft inside of the coil over springs, mine got packed full of mud that I wasn't aware of and it ate away the seals. It's like 2000 miles past the warranty so the dealership wants $2300 just to replace the stock parts. Really thinking about this "delete kit". Thanks for the video!
Tanner Christesson no problem man, it’s been working for me just fine 👍🏽