BDS Suspension Coilover Lift Review 

Those tires look absolutely bad ass.

I have an F-150 with similar stance. Not as nice as yours but anyway - It’s nice to see someone with an American truck who understands the benefits of suspension & tires as performance improvements and not just vanity. 😂 I like your logic and it’s all intuitive and looks like it’s getting the job done. sweet setup!

The stance is perfect! Truck looks fantastic on that setup!

You have done a nice job. I know a lot of folks prefer the short bed as it makes the truck look taller but I really like how your long bed looks with the lift. It’s definitely more usable space and with little loss on maneuverability when parking. Forgive me for rambling on about myself but you struck a cord and brought back memories of long ago. 40 years ago last April I got my first pickup truck. I bought a 1983 Ford F-150 4x4 XL with an in-line 6 engine mated to a 4-speed manual transmission. It’s all I could afford at 16. I grew up on a sheep and cattle ranch in the mountains of New Mexico. I drove almost 200 miles every school day to Artesia NM. The way I paid for the pickup was to cut firewood and sell, or barter. At that time I could cut, and split and prep for shipping one cord (4’x 4’ x 8’) of firewood every day by myself. On week days, I worked for my Dad. On weekends he would let me cut trees on his ranch and sell, trade and barter for what I wanted. Anyway my brand new pickup including tax title and licensing cost $11900. To make a long story short, I had to cut a lot of firewood to pay for the pickup. I installed a 5.5” SkyJacker lift and 36 x 13.5 x 15 Grand Prix” mud tires. They would remind you a bit of a Toyo Open Country MT’s. Anyway I ended up changing the gears to 4:56 and it made a massive change in the drivability of the pickup. I don’t know if you’re familiar with older pickups but even the 3/4 and 1-ton pickups were far underpowered in comparison to even mid size pickups today. For example my inline 6 had about 130 hp and 220ft lbs of torque. Does most powerful pickup motor of that time was the 400 with about 170 hp with 300 ft lbs torque. Matched with a 4 speed manual the inline got 28-30 mpg highway! Of course the speed limit was 55 mph back then. But even at 70, I got 22-23 mpg. So your truck has tremendous amount of hp and torque at about 2000 RPM. You have 3:55 gears and a 10-speed transmission. It’s been my experience that 4:56 gears will not help improve mileage on a lifted truck if it has the 10-speed. You may see a little improvement but unfortunately your mileage loss is caused primarily by the following and “in order of killing mileage”. (1) wight and rolling resistance of the larger tires. This won’t improve at all with gearing change. (2) aerodynamic drag. Once you lift a pickup, the airflow becomes extremely turbulent underneath the body. This turbulence creates drag. Then behind the turbulence you have 4 wide tires and all the suspension and drivetrain components that are now in the slip stream that is turbulent and exposed. (3) weight. Your truck gained several hundred pounds. What the 4:56 and your tire diameter should get you is something close to stock tires with 3:73 gears. Good news is your truck looks amazing, your truck is far more capable off road than before and it is so much nicer to ride in a tall vehicle than in one lower to the ground. A little fuel mileage isn’t too much to ask for in order to lift the truck.

Why is it so hard to find a lifted F1 with small wheels and big tires nowadays?? Looks amazing! Love to see more videos of it in action

You have solid taste; what a stance! The offset bois don’t know what they’re missing.

Great Lookung truck!

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

How long did it take for BDS to ship the kit, I just got a 4” and was wondering.

Thoughts on the BDS UCAs for daily driving, will I see a difference?

what's the height of the truck now?? I have a '23 coming that's I'm planning on doing very similar stuff with, but I need to know what the height is. Please and TY :)

Curious as to how all the front end parts are going to stand up to 37’s over time.

How much is the regearing gonna run you?

Not bad... Not a bad way to spend 10k