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Old Sep 7, 2008 | 10:09 PM
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Is there a way to trick the rear air suspension to stay in HI position without reverting back to NORMAL when traveling over >30 mph. i've heard from t4r.org that you can remove the fuse responsible for height control as soon as you select HI pos. or adjusting the rear air suspension sensor?? i'm planning to lift my truck but don't know what to do with the rear.
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 10:12 AM
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So if I get this right, you want to lift your GX and to accomplish at least half of this goal you want to lift the back by deactivating the rear height control in the "HI" mode. Your proposed solution to deactivate the rear height control sounds logical, but I am not sure that is the best way to go about doing this. Presumably you are going to add a lift kit to the front??? I by no means am an expert on this, but why would you not do the same thing for the back? My thought is if you don't, your lift will not be level and the ride quality will suffer.

There are some members that have experience with this but not to many of us GX owners are that adventerous. I would like to see pics when you are done though.
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 12:07 PM
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If you take out the fuse, the compressor will never click on.
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 09:10 PM
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So if I get this right, you want to lift your GX and to accomplish at least half of this goal you want to lift the back by deactivating the rear height control in the "HI" mode. Your proposed solution to deactivate the rear height control sounds logical, but I am not sure that is the best way to go about doing this. Presumably you are going to add a lift kit to the front??? I by no means am an expert on this, but why would you not do the same thing for the back? My thought is if you don't, your lift will not be level and the ride quality will suffer.

There are some members that have experience with this but not to many of us GX owners are that adventerous. I would like to see pics when you are done though.
yes i'd be adding a 1.5''spacer to the front. it's available in the market but not the rear. it must be due to the air suspension. if i leave the rear as is with the spacer in the front the truck will be leveled since the front sits lower than the rear.. i want to retain the same stance where the truck front sit lower than the rear thats why i'm interested with the rear lift. i know purplehazek has done it but i'm not mechanically incline to do it.
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