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I have a 2005 silverado 1500 rclb 4x4.i am going to get a 6" suspension lift but idk which one to go with. I plan on running 18" chrome mo955 rims and 33" tires because i cant afford to regear. I also pull a trailer everyday and i dont want a saggy rear. Anybody have any ideas of what i should get?

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Well, obviously by my truck I am partial to the BDS no torsion bar drop system, but to be honest there are a lot of pretty good kits on the market. Most of the major manufacturers make a decent product. If all you want to run is 33's you could stick with a 4" kit or if you really wanted to reduce the $, Zone offroad offers a 3.5" combo kit that clears 33's.

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I am running a 6 inch RCD lift and i absolutly love it. The only thing about it though ( like most all lifts out there ) is what Caddy said about the Tortion bar drop. The RCD isn't that bad, but it is the first and last thing that will hang up while wheelin. If you dont wheel alot with it then you wont have to worry about it. I also tow boats, cars, my jeep, camp trailers with my truck and its just fine with the lift it has now. The RCD comes with rear blocks and an add-a-leaf which really made my rear suspention alot stiffer for tongue weight. She rides better then she did stock and have zero complaints. I am currently running 35's with it as well.

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Like I said, most of the major brand lift kits would, I'm sure, accomplish your mission. If you went with a BDS 4.5" no torsion bar drop to clear your 33's and then you wanted to go to 6" to clear your 35's then all you would have to do is change the torsion bar mounts on your a-arms to the 6". That is the only difference between the 4.5" and 6" BDS kits. That's actually what I did on my truck. I ran 33's for about a year and decided I wanted to go bigger. Well, that and doing something to raise the rear. In my case I had to change coils, but you could just go to a taller block in the rear.

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even with 33's if you tow on a regular basis you DEFINITELY should be regearing without a doubt. i would regear to 4.56's in anticpation of 35's. as far as 6" lifts go any 6" kit will look good. superlift, bds, fabtech, rcd, procomp the list goes on and on

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