Joeuncaged

So far so good for me too. 40k hard road miles with occasional off roading on easy to moderate trails. Creaks a bit, but alignments aren't too far off spec. Lifetime alignment from Firestone is worth it for these gm trucks - no question. ...especially with any suspension mods.

Discount tire wouldn't reinstall the quarter inch spacers because they weren't bolt on type... They said the lugs were "shortened" with the sandwich in spacers. No hard feelings, gives me an opportunity to check tire clearance without the spacers. No spacers on stock 20x9 +27 wheels, tires rub the upper control arms in the front. Loose about 1/4 to 1/3 of a turn of the wheel with the tires I selected. Since I had to take the wheels off anyway, i decided to see what 1.5" spacers would look like. Turns out they look great! They rub the tiniest bit on the plastic behind the front wheels at full crank. I figure I can snip the plastic back just past the screw and run a screw into the fender liner to hold it back. Should give plenty of clearance for articulation under full crank.

The kit was $500 and the install was $700. There is some, but minimal cutting involved in the installation. According to Rough Country, when running the stock 20x9 +27 wheels you must use 1/4" wheel spacers or the tires will allegedly rub the control arms. I did not verify that. I did add 1/4" wheel spacers essentially making the tire and wheel package "fit" as 20x9 +21 wheels. Obviously, the stock 275/55r20 Goodyear Wrangler SR-A tires fit just fine with days of clearance all around. I'm currently sitting at Discount Tire getting 33/12.5r20 (approximately 317/50r20) Nitto Ridge Grapplers installed. These are slightly larger than Rough Country's recommended MAXIMUM tire size, 285/55r20 (32.3/11.2r20) I'll update y'all on any clearance issues when I'm done here.

Angles after the lift and CV axle boot clearance to lower control arm.

I decided to go with the RCX 3.5" knuckle kit because of the timing of things. I leave for Big Bend National Park Monday morning. The Super Lift would have arrived sometime next week about halfway through my trip. Angles look pretty good to me, but I'm no suspension expert. Lower ball joint clearly has the most "angle", but it looks like it has plenty range of motion left. CV axle looks great and there's plenty of space below it for articulation. I will say, I didn't buy RCX struts. I hope to slap some bielstiens (maybe something else) in there and the back too. This is my first lifted truck and I'm very happy with it on day one. The ride is definitely harsher, but I'm hoping the bielstiens will bring it back closer to stock ride quality.

How's your lift holding up?

Hey, Pewterliftedz... I'd love an update on your lift kit now that you've been running it for a couple months. Still no problems? I am trying to decide between the RC and superlift too. ...one specific question.... How is the clearance between the lower control arm and the CV axle boot???? I don't see any daylight between the 2 in your picture... Does it touch at full droop or anywhere in between?