The truck looks great. I can assure you there’s not one person who would turn this truck down if given to them. As far as the lift , it I looks good as far as i can see , and in reality doesn’t matter what anyone thinks, except you. Your the one who bought it.
I put the Moto Fab 2" leveling kit on my 18 and I really don't like the angle of the upper ball joints. I know they will last a while but I will probably put different upper A arms on at some point. I live on 14 miles of gravel road so they do take a beating.
No doubt that looks sharp as hell, but you’re going to go through ball joints and tie rod ends like crazy. I did this kit on my 2010 Silverado and it cost me $1500 in suspension work after a year and a half. I have a 2018 now and I’m just going to do an actual suspension lift that uses new knuckles and a diff drop. Goodluck with it, maybe the new UCA’s will prevent premature wear of the ball joints.
I put the same 3 inch on the front of my 2018 and 2.5 blocks on the back. Only issue I had ,which I see you have . Is the tires rub on the upper control arms . I put 1 inch wheel spacers and that solved the tire rub .
i always prefer my front end down a bit lower than the rear. the stock tilt is a bit too much but the 2.5" on the front only seems to bring it up just the right amount. I haul a lot of pallet loads and if my rear is level, once i fill that thing up, it looks like the truck is draggin ass big time! Otherwise your truck looks here!
I did a 3.5 inch puck, a 1 inch bottom bracket, motofab leveling uppers and a diff drop kit and its working out great. Tons of space between the bump stops, cv angles within acceptable spec, and ball joints straight up and down. 4.5 inches of front lift and 2 inch blocks in the back. Next is 1.25 inch body lift. Don't really need it but tire clearance is tire clearance.
Do you have a doff drop in there as well? I am gettint he 3.5” knuckle lift by RC. Doesnt look bad to me. Hella good looking truck bud keep the videos coming!
I have a 2007.5 silverado 1500, and I'm wondering if a 2.5in would bottom out the upper control arms. I'm possibly looking at a 2.5in in front 2in in the rear
After installing my 3 1/2 inch suspension lift, my steering and Diff. Shafts have about the same identical angle. I’m wondering if this is OK and within tolerances ?
Looks good,I have a much older Silverado a 2008 with a 3inch level kit on the front and I tend to get a lot of positive comments,so far no problems with my lift..
Have the same set up on my 09 gmc Sierra Denali and had to replace the axles twice in two years. Did the upper a arms and well I’m hoping it won’t happen again. I heard of extended axles however I still need to do more research. But other then that your truck looks bad ass.
I had a 2012 Tahoe with a 3 inch kit on it, and it would pop and creak every time I would turn at slow speeds, or when I was just accelerating and slowing down... Anybody know what might have caused that?
Bob de Mers Nice! I want to get the 2.5 on my 2018 z71. You posted this comment 8 months ago just curious how it’s holding up? Any issues ? Did you need to lift the rear also to make it even with the front ?
Dat upper ball joint tho!. I'm going to level my L5P with CCM's kit. Check them out they are alot cheaper then the big named kits.Those angles are ass my friend. Just saying.. beautiful truck by the way!
Did u have to adjust your headlights after the leveling kit install? I bought my 16 Silverado with a leveling kit already installed and I am always getting flashed by oncoming traffic. Any tips/ how to?
Dude, I have had several GM trucks and all you need is a 2 inch front and it will just about be completely level with the rear. You shouldnt have to take any block out of the rear, will look good!!
there is a reason the bump stop is there, the cv joint has a limit of articulation. at your height you can look forward to axle bearing and cv axle failure
Would have been nice if you could have put a level on the angle to see exactly how bad they are/aren't. They don't look too bad at all though in the video.
That balljoint looks horrible and will wear so quick, have fun replacing those multiple times a year not to mention the ride when the control arms/ball joints are like that...I ended up putting on a rough country control arm/built in ball join for lifted trucks and man!!! my truck has never rode so smooth. IT completly fixed all these issues. I have a 3" level on the suspension as well. I might even put on a diff drop kit.
I wasn't being rude either. I'm just saying. On 4wd application what you're describing is a drop bracket lift. Requires cutting of the crossmember and for like myself raises the truck higher than i want. 2wd a spindle lift is cheap and easy.
Oh yeah it's bad. I wouldn't do it to my truck. That's a lot of angle on those c.v joints. You best get those new uni ball uca's. I'm lookin at fabtech tubular uni ball Uca's.
Richard Robbins Jr Not that I have seen or experienced. I cut mine off because I have a 3" leveling kit on my 2001 and my UCA's were riding on them. After I removed them I had a much better ride. A lot of the big tubular style UCA's actually say to cut them. They're meant to keep the front end from over extending, but I've met a couple guys that have 2wds and removed them with no problems and they jump their trucks. So if your close to them and don't like how your truck rides try taking them off. You can always get somebody to weld them back on
If your talking about the metal of the frame, then no. If your talking about the metal bump stop, no because I cut them off. I haven't had any issues with it.
I got same leveling kit but i put another spacer on the bottom off the spring shook and mi arm control hitting the metal bump stop , mi question is so if i cut the metal bump stop off , is not afect the suspension at all ?
veronica Huerta People do it but it's not safe, 2nd on 4wd I never go beyond 2.5 it will mess up your balljoints .if u want to leave the 3" then I would recommend aftermarket upper control arms also . I lift and lower vehicles for a living
Well that's not rly a level kit. That's just a front end lift. Your front is higher then your back by 2". I have a 3" lift in front and 2" lift in back and it sits level, with aftermarket UCAs the balljoint sits perfectly, just need to do a diff drop but angles really arnt that bad. Managed to fit a 275/65/r20 after doing norcal fender mod. With tires included I have a 4.5" lift from stock and rides just like factory
Instead of guessing whether you CV will bind or not, jack up the wheel off the ground!and rotate the wheel by hand, if you feel binding then you have binding. it’s obvious.
