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Congrats man, enjoy it! Can't wait to see her.

I haven't had any issues with mine, had it for 15 months at this point. I wash it weekly, wax it monthly and clay bar quarterly.

Sorry about that, a bit misleading, those are all with the 9". Here are some pics of the 6".

After my 6" to 9" lift upgrade:

If you are setting the lift at 9" you won't need to trim anything with that set up, I have the same lift and I am currently running 20x10 -24's with 35x12.50 mudders. I will be going to RS2's that are 20x12 -44 also with 37x13.50's. Even with 37's you only need to trim a bit in the front. You will be golden if you set it at 9" with no trimming at all.

Gearing is obviously important but the larger tires and travel of a good lift will make a massive difference offroad even if the truck is a bit underpowered. I am going to get regared but I can tell you with the new tranny and a good tune my truck on 35" mudders is just as powerful as it was stock.

This is a very big personal decision, we spend a lot of money modding our trucks and it should be for us and nobody else. What you are talking about is more of a street look, you would run 24's with street tires like you would see on an Escalade a lot. This is a very different style than trying to lift it and get aggressive stance and tires. You can run 24's with street tires without anything and 26's with street tires with a level. The tires will end up being low pro, but that is the look you would be going for in this case. If you are looking for a aggressive look without a lift, the comment above is right on, do some 20x10's with 33's on a level and you will be looking good.

To do this right you will need 10-12" of lift, that is running 22x14's with -76 as most are with 37's that give you 13.5 width on the tire. Yes, you can run a 33" or 35" tire that is 12.5" wide but a 12.5" wide tire on a 14" wheel looks like a joke, that is just IMO, the fact is you will not only lose any off road capabilities but you will even have to be careful on road to not rip the tire off of the wheel. I am running a 9" lift and I will be going to 20x12 -44 wheels with 37x13.5 tires and that still might rub a bit in the back fender wall at full turn. For what it's worth I would never go over a 12" wide wheel on a light duty frame and set up. I know plenty of people do it but people also buy 100K Skylines and wreck them at the track...doesn't make it smart...lol

Same thing happens with my Silverado, I figured it was because it was lifted and the angle was bad but it looks like its a common theme. As with most other problems in life, just pull out to avoid any major annoyances.

Not sure what your sayin' or how exactly it pertains to the thread? Is it rusting? if so, is it due to no protection? If not, our trucks are and that is our point.

Just thought I would chime in here with a similar issue. After about 2 weeks of having this truck I wanted to detail it and when I got underneath on a roller i noticed some really bad rust spots on the frame. I decided to inspect the entire underbody and found 4 spots like the picture below that were rusting badly already. I called the dealer right away and found out about the "Silent TSB" regarding the undercoating. I could take my finger down the undercoating and rub it off to bare metal! After taking it in for the TSB and getting the truck back I waitied 3 days and got underneath just to find out that they sprayed over it and the rust was still there and the undercoating was just caked on and rubbing right off still. Round 2, they gave me a rental and said they were going to strip the frame and spray it with undercoating that wouldn't rub off like silly putty. It is now 2 weeks later and the coating is again rubbing off to bare metal. You can see the rust was treated but not removed because the coating is caked on over it. The rust will obviously continue to eat through so I am now on to round 3 to see what they can do. I will keep you up to date on what comes next but this is a really sad issue that far too many people are having to deal with. On top of it all, I was told that if I went and had this done by a company that could handle it, that would void my warranty! -Adam

Pics of my 2014 Silverado, can't get over how great this truck is after coming out of a Ford.