Upgrade Your S10 Pickup for Improved Handling and Ride with Detroit Speed Products

The rugged Chevy S10 and GMC S15/Sonoma pickups were built for hauling, not for handling. Stiff suspensions made for a rough ride, particularly when unloaded and navigating bumpy surfaces. Detroit Speed & Engineering’s (DSE) S10 bolt-on suspension products give these workhorses improved handling, better road feel, and upgraded ride quality without fabrication.

Summit Racing carries these made-in-the-USA Detroit Speed kits and components for two-wheel drive 1982-2003 Chevy S10s and GMC S15/Sonomas.

Detroit Speed Front Speed Handling Packages
The Front Speed Kit 1 Handling Package makes an excellent starting point for enhancing your truck’s suspension. It comes with QA1 Pro Coil double adjustable coilovers with 18 clicks of compression and rebound adjustment; 1-7/16 inch tubular sway bar for improved cornering stability and reduced body roll; and factory spindle geometry for straightforward bolt-on installation. It also brings the front of the truck 2.5 inches closer to terra firma, further improving handling and stance.

The Front Speed Kit 2 Handling Package contains everything in Kit 1 plus upper and lower control arms and 2-inch drop spindles. The combination of the coilovers, drop spindles, and DSE-tuned 575 lbs./in. rate coil springs allows for up to 4.5 inches of front drop without compromising performance. The Front Speed Kit 2 also delivers increased caster and optimized camber, improved suspension geometry, and better adjustability.

The Front Speed Kit 3 Handling Package gives you all the components in Kit 2 plus a 12.7:1 fast-ratio steering box for a firmer feel compared to factory units.

Detroit Speed Rear Speed Kits
Rear Speed Kit 1 contains bolt-on leaf springs with a forward bias. They work with staggered shocks for reduced wheel hop and axle wrap. The leaf springs allow a 3-inch drop with full suspension travel and bed usability without cutting into the frame. Their reverse-eye design lowers the truck without sacrificing ride quality or suspension geometry. Additional clearance around the front spring eye is provided with new leaf spring mounts that move the mounting hole closer to the frame without cutting or fabrication. Updated leaf spring plates relocate the lower shock mounting provisions to work with the suspension updates. They have a reversible design to accommodate suspensions with staggered shock layouts. The kit also includes QA1 Stocker Star double adjustable shocks with 18 clicks of compression and rebound adjustment.  

Rear Speed Kit 2 builds on Kit 1 by providing up to 5 inches of rear drop without cutting into the frame thanks to the combination of reverse-eye leaf springs and 2-inch lowering blocks. Kit 2’s lowering blocks feature 3 degrees of built-in taper to dial in pinion angle and keep driveline geometry in check. Add in optimized shock angles from the included upper mounts, and you get an aggressive stance with street-ready performance.

Rear Speed Kit 3 includes everything in Kit 2 plus a premium Delrin bushing and shackle kit for a tighter, more responsive rear suspension through corners, launches, and transitions.

Detroit Speed QUADRALink Rear Suspension Kit
The QUADRALink kit provides a bolt-on solution for builders looking to replace the leaf springs with a true performance 4-link. This fully tuned suspension system offers optimized geometry for sharper handling, better traction, reduced axle wrap, and improved balance.

The QUADRALink kits include:
• 4-link geometry provides anti-squat tuning for improved launch and traction
   control
• QA1 double adjustable coilover shocks with Detroit Speed-spec’d 200 lb./in.
    springs
• Patented Swivel-Link that allows the suspension to fully articulate, providing
   smooth motion with no binding
• Optimized for 5- to 6-inch lowered ride height
• Built-in frame notch and crossmember for added suspension travel and
   structural rigidity
• Adjustable track bar for precise lateral control and roll center adjustability
• High-durometer rubber bushings rather than noisy Heim joints or urethane
   bushings

Detroit Speed QUADRALink Kits work with factory-style rear axle housings and Detroit Speed’s optional Ford 9-inch rear ends. They are available with or without a factory-location, weld-on axle bracket kit.

If you’re a car-crafter at heart and prefer to build your S10, S15, or Sonoma your way, you can purchase the Tubular Anti-Roll Bar Kit found in the Front Speed Handling Packages and the Leaf Spring Mounts and Leaf Spring Plates from the Rear Speed Kits separately.

FIND THE RIGHT DETROIT SPEED S10 SUSPENSION PRODUCT FOR YOUR PICKUP