Why you should not go bigger than a 2.5inch spacer lift! (2.5in MotoFab Leveling kit 2016 Silverado) 

did you ever do this? I am looking into replacing my 2" lower strut with the motofab 2.5" upper strut but my only worry is not being able to turn the strut 180 degrees.

@@wingnut72282 Hi, no not yet been busy- Plan on doing it next week. Ill let you know how it goes. bro. thx

@@alceja3522 Did you get to it? I finally got my kit just have to set aside time for the install.

Did you ever get around to it? I am between a 2” and 2.5” I have a 2020 Silverado also

It’s goin to nose dive 🤮🤮

2.5 inch spacer can be easily found on for 2011 Silverado. Yes, the setup is practically the same.

Are you mad bro?

Moto fab also makes a 3” level

No! dont take out the middle! Take out the 3 outer only!

@@throwarod7549 lol middle comes out last. gotcha

Yes, ball joints still good. If anymore than 2.5 then ball joints would be terrible

Throw A Rod not if u upgrade upper control arms which you should do anyway because the stock ones are shit

Anything higher than 2.5 you will need to modify a lot of your suspension components. At this point, I would recommend a full Coilover suspension vs spacers

Anything under 3” for a spacer lift keeps the suspension geometry well within factory geometry allowances. 3” and up is too much for a spacer lift and would absolutely require UCAs and possibly a differential spacer. I have a 2019 LT z71 and just ordered the 2.5” front/ 2” Rear kit. If you look at the GM performance lift that comes from the factory on the Trail Boss, there are no modifications other than strut spacers and shocks or shock extenders and the geometry angles are fine. Don’t get me wrong, UCAs would definitely help preserve the upper ball joint, but is not necessary and differential drops are a bit of an overkill for a sub 3” lift. In your case maybe not, but then why spend all the money trying to sort it out when you can install a 4” lift with UCAs and diff drops included? To each his own I guess. I had a 2017 Lt1500 with the same 2.5” lift and had zero joint or CV damage for over 36k miles. Would you still be able to clear your wheels and tires if you dropped the top spacer down to 2” or 2.5”? That would be my suggestion from personal experience.

Mine is a 2wd, which is 1.5” lower than 4x4 in front. Does that mean I can afford to go with 3” spacer? I’m not sure if Upper control arms are same on both 2wd & 4wd. And any different between this style spacer and the C shape spacer?

Hugo Arreguin raising your front end with a spacer lift would be the same as on a 4x4 model. 3” is 3” over stock geometry. I always recommend keeping any spacer style lift 2.5” or less. 2” is really the ideal amount of lift before you start to really stress your suspension components. That being said, even at 2” it’s best to run the spacers with new shocks and Upper control arms. Or at least just UCA’s to correct the ball joint angles

Hey man so I just got my 3’’ leveling kit. Should I just return it and get a 2.5’’ cause I’m not trying to replace my UCAs or cause any excessive wear.

Hammuuurrrr

I have not had any problems at all. This spacer lift is very good due to the fact that it is not aggressive.

Too big for the stock suspension over time the ball joint will pop loose if you want to do a 3" go with upgraded control arms

RC control arms will solve that problem after the upgrade angle of the rough country control arms you should be set.

In theory 3” is too big for upper control arms. But I’ve had 3” spacer in for 2 years on my 2014 Sierra and my stock upper control arms are still good. I’ll eventually change the upper control arms but for now they’re still in good shape.

You can go with the 3’’ spacer lift on from moto fab but to sorriest the angles you should go with the UCA’s as well. Ive had a couple people do that and its just fine.

@@michaelreed1670 yeah I’ve had my 3” motofab for a couple years with zero issue, but I also don’t treat my truck like a toy. The most off-roading I do is logging roads for hunting. I’ll save the thrashing around the dirt for my dirt bike and four wheelers.