Anyone lower a trx

Fifty · Feb 17, 2023

Evil mfg in socal. Doug owns the shop. He does rebuilds.
Tell ‘em I say “heya Doug”

Puttnutt24 · Feb 20, 2023

My apologies to those I offended lol...
However, I do have good news for those that would like to bring these trucks down to earth.
I was in contact with Black Op's this weekend about their springs and they are still in R&D and will become available.
Evidently these stock springs are extremely inconsistent, mainly due to them being made from steel rods and not spools of wire as most cool springs are.
What Black Op's tells me is that their springs will be progressive and very consistent...

LokiKai · Feb 20, 2023

Speaking as a member who initially had TWO basically identical trucks (He-Rex and She-Rex) and ended up trading one for an AWD Jaguar F-Type R to "scratch" the itch.....we would still have TWO if an AWD street focused version was available. We owned an SRT10 several years ago, which was 2wd, but honestly the TRX is way more street capable than that brick was

These trucks in a CORRECTLY lowered configuration would be the

TGertz777 · Feb 21, 2023

6 minute abs? What? No… what..? You’ll never get anything done in 6 minutes you’re out of your mind

rabtech · Feb 21, 2023

I am still very interested in lowering my TRX. I can't help but think it would be a road carving beast (for a truck) . Wide, low, lots of grip, and a sh!tload of power. It would look so good by just dropping it a few inches and adding the appropriate wheels and tires. Then to put the cherry on top some company hopefully make a front and rear lower aero kit. The sides would just need appropriate running boards I would think.

You could still use the truck to do truck stuff such as pull trailers and boats and other stuff. It would just need some air bags that could be aired up for those occasions to keep it level.

I live in Alabama and the chances I would ever see a sand dune is about 2%. HOWEVER,,,,, I live 1 mile from the boundry of a National Forest with beautiful smooth paved roads and lots of twisty curves. I could really see a lowered TRX powering through a curve and down to the next one (within the limits of the law of course)

I understand it was not originally built for this purpose. But it doesn't look like it would be to hard to adapt it to my kind of environment to give guys like me that won't ever jump it a chance to play.

And I still say it would look so bad a$$ sitting low with its wheel wells filled up with wide tires sticky tires, forged rims, and a set of big brakes.

rabtech · Feb 21, 2023

Not to change the subject ,,,, (just one more reason to lower my TRX) i have a white Rapor R less than a few miles from me. A friend of mine got his ordered the first day they allowed ordering. I drove it about 4 or 5 miles the day after he got it. It has a completely different power delivery than the TRX. It seems alot quicker at 1/2 throttle than the TRX. And at full throttle it really does pull quickly to 70mph. It does seem that the TRX has the 70 to 118 advantage in my opinion.

Crazynaclh20 · Apr 11, 2023

This is exactly what I've been looking for as well.
My normal driving is 90% on road and 10% off (mild loose dirt stuff).
Sure I might have bought the wrong truck to most. That being said I have a gen 3 Viper for a daily driver, which most people would say thats not the right car either. So for those of us who buy these vehicles to make them our own and drive them how we want I like to see were not in the boat alone. For those who keep beating people up about changing the vehicle, Do you use your truck as intended? or is it a mall crawler?
The lowered stiffer suspension will allow more options of tires, might even help with the trailer squat and possibly eliminate the drop hitch.
Not sure how it relates to AWD but stiffer spring rate did eliminate wheel hop for my viper so maybe a plus.
I'll keep looking for this kit to become avail.

Puttnutt24 · Apr 11, 2023

I just reached out to BlackOps for any update.
I’ll report back when I get a response

Fifty · Apr 11, 2023

Crazynaclh20 said:
This is exactly what I've been looking for as well.
My normal driving is 90% on road and 10% off (mild loose dirt stuff).
Sure I might have bought the wrong truck to most. That being said I have a gen 3 Viper for a daily driver, which most people would say thats not the right car either. So for those of us who buy these vehicles to make them our own and drive them how we want I like to see were not in the boat alone. For those who keep beating people up about changing the vehicle, Do you use your truck as intended? or is it a mall crawler?
The lowered stiffer suspension will allow more options of tires, might even help with the trailer squat and possibly eliminate the drop hitch.
Not sure how it relates to AWD but stiffer spring rate did eliminate wheel hop for my viper so maybe a plus.
I'll keep looking for this kit to become avail.

At the end of the day, lowering is easier than lifting… but you run Into the same problems:

New shocks won’t work with the computer. Shock lengths and available space.

King etc and ads who make or will be making trx shocks, can make a shorter stroke shock front and rear.

Add a comp adjuster to the rebound side of the “spool valve “ in the new reservoir or drill the shaft since it won’t be offroad and won’t see the same stress on the shafts.

Adjustable track bar for the rear and then upper control arms that have heims on them to make the shorter to keep the front alignment and geometry happy.

It’s all do-able…

If someone wants to do short stroke street focused shocks, they won’t be cheap since they will be one offs, or at best if you can scrounge together 5 or so people, but it’s possible. I could make a couple phone calls to two shock companies. But I’d only do it if there were s group of people ready to go.

I would NOT run a 3 inch shock for a street version. That little stroke will be hard yo make the shims work perfect.

Stick with a 2.5 inch or dare I say it, even a 2” shock body… that way they can get the shims working happy, and it will be buttery smooth.

Cromin8tor · Apr 11, 2023

Bubba said:
Raise your lift. I’d imagine lowering it would mess with the active shock system. If it somehow doesn’t mess with it you’ll also just look lesser than every other TRX.

I modified my TRX lower and love how it looks!

Can’t wait to see yours when you are done!

Cromin8tor · Apr 11, 2023

Fifty said:
At the end of the day, lowering is easier than lifting… but you run Into the same problems:

New shocks won’t work with the computer. Shock lengths and available space.

King etc and ads who make or will be making trx shocks, can make a shorter stroke shock front and rear.

Add a comp adjuster to the rebound side of the “spool valve “ in the new reservoir or drill the shaft since it won’t be offroad and won’t see the same stress on the shafts.

Adjustable track bar for the rear and then upper control arms that have heims on them to make the shorter to keep the front alignment and geometry happy.

It’s all do-able…

If someone wants to do short stroke street focused shocks, they won’t be cheap since they will be one offs, or at best if you can scrounge together 5 or so people, but it’s possible. I could make a couple phone calls to two shock companies. But I’d only do it if there were s group of people ready to go.

I would NOT run a 3 inch shock for a street version. That little stroke will be hard yo make the shims work perfect.

Stick with a 2.5 inch or dare I say it, even a 2” shock body… that way they can get the shims working happy, and it will be buttery smooth.

Let air out of your tires and your all set

tooth · Jan 6, 2024

Bump, just to piss people off again.

DefusE · Jan 6, 2024

I wonder what the folks that want to lower the TRX think about trans folks. No real reason. Just....curious?

BlackoutTRX · Jan 6, 2024

DefusE said:
I wonder what the folks that want to lower the TRX think about trans folks. No real reason. Just....curious?

BlackoutTRX · Jan 6, 2024

Your arch nemesis

ChargedUp! · Jan 6, 2024

I.e., the mall crawler!

Fifty · Jan 6, 2024

I understand the idea of doing a reverse level. Lowering the rear.

But if you just carry two spares on the tailgate side of the axle in the bed, and a cooler in between. That will lower the rear and raise the front.