Aaronjs777

Jim Devaney, thanks for that. I had not found that one, I think I like it. Joey, I can't leave in stock. I am doing some upgrades mostly to help the suspension for towing my camper trailer. One of those upgrades will raise the rear end about 1 1/2", and then it will look pretty odd. I have to raise the front to compensate. The stock upper control arm doesn't like that angle of the ball joint when you raise the front end, so I need to replace it. Thanks

I am working on a 2 ¼" front lift on my 2018 Silverado. I have purchased almost all the pieces to this puzzle. I'm not using lift blocks, I got the Bilstein 5100 shocks that are longer and will do 1.85" of lift, and I will put in a ½" top spacer on the strut. The problem with the upper control arm is the angle of the ball joint is stretched, and the new arm corrects the angle. My question is what brand of upper control arm have others used? I have searched and found so many. A common problem I keep finding people have is with the ball joint breaking on these. The ball joints shouldn't fail so quick. I'd like to buy something more quality that I don't have to worry about it for 30,000-50,000 miles. I don't go off roading, so I'm not concerned about rough driving abuse. It appears to me that too many mid grade brands have paid off Google so better ones don't show up in any searches. Looking for other choices. Thanks

Hi everyone. I didn't put much thought into this when I bought my truck. Not sure if I had a choice. I have the crew cab because I have 4 kids and we all need to fit when we go camping. The front middle seat only has a lap belt. My brother's truck has the middle shoulder belt, I believe its built into the driver's seat for the middle passenger. Is there anything on the market that anyone has found to add a shoulder belt to the middle front seat in a crew cab? Thanks for any insight

Thanks for sharing this. I am just at the beginning of very similar upgrade. I want to swap out my 2018 stock tires from the 255/70/17R to 275/65/18R. I want a more aggressive tread, and slightly larger wheel, but don't want to have to modify the truck with a lift. I found a pretty cool website that shows an overlay of the new tire over the original tire. www.tiresize.com This is currently my favorite website. This is something I was dreading because I wanted to be sure my new wheels fit. Seeing yours makes me a lot more comfortable with it.