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crafferty

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  1. If it's positive offset like 20 you should be fine. And yes that bolt pattern is the same.
  2. What is your offset?
  3. Here are some pictures of my truck with the 6" BDS kit with coilovers, fox 2.0 shocks and rear leaf springs. Just remember that if you deviate from BDS' suggested wheel/tire combinations you can expected to trim.
  4. My 2005 next to my 2014. Unfortunately for the 2005 it was a victim of a flying rock from a logging truck last week and now has a crack windshield.
  5. Rough Country is pure crap. Spend a few hundred more and get a ProComp. A lot better quality lift and it'll save you money in the long run.
  6. That's awesome, wish someone around here had one like that.
  7. Height will be a huge issue but don't forget about your tire width. A 12.5" tire will not fit on a car wash track.
  8. Couldn't have said this any better.
  9. Here are the pictures. Let me know if you need any in particular. The two big differences are the direction in which you turn the wheel. You can't know you don't rub until you go full lock in both drive and reverse and turn it both ways as well. It also helps to have someone watch the wheel and tire as you turn it. The other thing is sometimes in drive you can slightly rub but never hear it because its essentially rubbing with the grain. Where as in reverse you go against the grain and any part rubbing will make more noise when it hits the tread.
  10. With a 33"/-24 you may rub a little while turning or may clear. But you'll have to trim still because of rubbing when you turn going over bumps. On my truck for example I could have not trimmed nearly as much as I did. But with the way I trimmed I can be at full lock forward or reverse and go over and size bump and not rub on anything.
  11. I bet that would ride awesome, go for it! I have the Fox Coilovers and 2.0 shocks on my 2014 with my 6" BDS lift and it rides great. Far better ride than stock and when I go offroad or through a field my suspension just eats up the bumps. People will bust your balls and say your a fool with money because you spent $2,500 for a 2.5" lift. But those same people are probably the guys who are installing $1,000 7.5" lift kits and will be spending hundreds or a couple thousand in a year or two replacing parts. While your truck will have the same mileage and your parts will have average wear and tear. People gave me a hard time when they saw my 4" lift kit on my 2012 AWD Denali was $3,500. But I can tell you that truck drove just as smooth as stock with bigger tires and I never had a single issue with the AWD system. Guys who were installing cheap lifts were blowing up transfer cases all day long. At the end of the day I'm all for doing it right the first time even if it means I have a save few bucks and add some time before I can get it done.
  12. 2.5 level with -24 offset and a 35" tire...get ready to trim and trim heavily.
  13. Here are the pictures. Let me know if you need any in particular.
  14. There's no such thing a proper 2-3" lift. At that height it is just a level kit which is essentially spacers 9/10 times. Your best bet would be that Rancho Quick-Lift. It levels your truck but does it by replacing your factory strut assembly with new ones. Thus your ride quality won't suffer.
  15. Oh I don't have a problem with it at all. It just made me chuckle because I just think of LS race engines with large oil pans with the same capacity. I don't mind paying that for an oil change. I'll only put on about 12-15,000 miles a year so that's max two oil changes. I will just be on the look out for sales on Mobil1 Full Synthetic jugs when the time comes.
  16. I think my 2012 GT500 used about the same as well. At least GM uses 0W-20 which is some what common. My damn Ford had 5W-50, try finding that on a store shelf. Well I got 3 free oil changes left. That should last me about another 1.5 years. After that I may have to price out some AMSOIL and just do an oil change once a year.
  17. HOLY SHIT!!! My 6.2L engine takes 8.5qt's of oil now?!?!?! Damn oil change places have to be loving these new DI motors.
  18. Look at the quoted post below they are 100% correct. ^^^ Winner winner chicken dinner, 0W-20 synthetic blend oil. On a side note your dealer will not let you upgrade the free oil change to a full synthetic oil change. GM will not give the dealership any credit so they will not do it.
  19. The biggest question here is what type of tires are you going to be running. Offroad (AT or MT) or Street tires? I can tell you this much that with a 35" tire and -24 offset I was rubbing about halfway to full lock forward and reverse. So a -44 offset and even a 33" tire you will be rubbing before full lock on the corners of the wheel well front and back.
  20. Crap I totally forgot to take the pictures. I'll take a few in the morning!
  21. Nope I have 13.5" wide tires.
  22. Truck looks awesome! You should replace your atenna with a shorty from xtenna on Amazon. Awesome atenna with great reception and only $17. I can post some pictures for you when I go to lunch today. I had to do quite a bit of trimming on mine 13.5" wide tires and -24offset
  23. Thank you. I got a super sweet deal on my kit and got it installed for about the price you mentioned. I dont frequently go offroading and I never go mudding. But I installed the lift for when I go shooting, hunting, fishing or just goofing around. Plus it does look cool as hell and it rides better than factory with the coil overs.
  24. Did someone say BDS? 6" kit with coilovers and new leafs Nice flat CV angles too! I've got -24 mm offset as well and love the look! It's pretty funny driving in the rain and seeing water shoot up vertically in front of your mirrors.
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