21trailboss

Thanks for posting your setup! Question for you.....on the last page of this thread is a black trail boss that basically sounds like he did the same 2" front 1" rear ready lift kit. He says hes running a 35" tire, hes also running a 20" wheel but with zero offset. I just dont understand how a 35 is fitting?Thanks for you input! Trailboss +1" lift with 35 x12.5 x18 - Page 2 - 2019 / 2020 Silverado & Sierra - GM-Trucks.com (gm-trucks.com)

I have been doing a lot of research on this topic. I want to buy a set aftermarket wheels. I wanted to see if I could fit a 20x10 wheel but I'm having a hard time finding any. Does anyone know if a 20x10 wheel that will fit and what offset to be looking for? Also with tires.....I have the 2021 trail boss. I'm planning to add the Ready lift leveling kit....It will add 2 additional inches in the front and 1" in the rear. Does anyone know the absolute biggest tire I can fit on the truck?

I’m interested. I have a 2021 trail boss. Does my truck have to have this option for these to work?

Will this work on my 2021 trail boss with 6.2? If so I’m in

There is no exhaust leak sound.....It just sound like a 4 cylinder like a honda or suburu with an aftermarket pipe on it lol. Just sounds weird....Im going to do the pulsar lt as suggested above.

Damn that looks good! Could you post up some measurements to the fender lips please? My truck stock is 39.5" front and 41" rear curious where you ended up? Thanks!

One more question/observation here. Please feel feee to correct me if I’m wrong. To my way of thinking all of these leveling kits are all going to do the same thing to the control arms. Let’s just use 1.5” leveling kit. If it’s a spacer at the bottom at the lower control arm, preload spacers in the spring seat area, spacer in the upper shock mount/frame cup, taller shock, new adjustable coil overs or a combination of any of these.... It’s still shoving the lower control arm down to get the lift. The lower control arm is connected to the spindle and the spindle to the upper control arm. So the upper control arm is getting pulled down the same amount as well....putting the upper ball joint in a bad angle. I’m not doing any leveling kit without upper arms....not worth the ball joint failing and folding a wheel up under my truck. I’m not super fond of the angle and stress placed on the CV axels but at least if one of those fail I’m not looking at catastrophic damage to my truck. I can still stop and steer my way to safety. I like your bilstein spring and shock package I just think you should put some upper arms on your rig also.... just my .02 cents

My first buying experience on this forum. I purchased some Z71 fender badges from Transient. Great communication, lightning fast shipping, and they were exactly as described....100% satisfied.

I’m 39.5 front 41 rear. I have right at 2k miles and haven’t hauled anything in the truck yet

Thanks for posting the pic and the update. Did everything turn out the way you expected? It looks good for sure and your upper control arms look beefy as hell

You have definitely been doing your homework....Great job! I think that all makes good sense

Im going to do this same setup....where did you purchase your shocks and what is the specific part # please? When I'm trying to find these I cant find any for the trail boss

Yeah....I dont use it either was more worried about someone else driving my truck. Im not going to worry about it. Did you watch the youtube video from readylift on this kit? GMC AT4 Chevy Trail Boss Lift Kits - ReadyLIFT - Bing video

Alright man.....appreciate you taking one for the team! lol Funny I talked to the customer service gal at readylift also on Friday lol. I was not super confident in her and her answers to my questions. After looking at almost every leveling kit out there this was the one I originally settled on I just wasn't fond of the "no auto 4wd" So then I wanted a full lift kit but after pricing everything out in that regard and looking at a 10k investment. I want to save an plan for it. Common sense tells me all the leveling kits with arms or with out for that matter might have the same auto 4wd issue. So Im back to this kit as well. I will be joining you soon. I agree with you if you set the strut package at the same height you should be equal-equal. I think Im going to keep my factory shocks on for now. Let me know how you like the bilsteins.

That’s awesome! I need to look into that grill bowtie you have. Can you post a day time pic and a night time pic please? Did you do anything with the little Z71 emblem on the grill? On the exhaust tips....I figure the plasti dip will only last so long. Since I like the look I will change them out for the GM ones a little later.

That’s to funny.......I changed out my lug nuts last week for black ones. I sprayed my exhaust tips with plasti dip over the weekend to see how I likeed it (actually love it) and I have the black Z71 carhardt fender badges coming from you. Hopefully get my 6.2 hood bages the dealer owes me soon. Now I want that bow tie grill emblem from the midnight edition! Lol

This is exactly what's happening to me and why I asked. I put a deposit down on my truck the day I test drove it. The dark essentials package was not installed yet nor my off road step bars. Sales rep said she would have it all done when I returned the following weekend to pick it up. When I arrived to pick my truck up the only part that was done was the tailgate....black Chevrolet lettering and the black emblems Silverado and LT. No steps and the 6.2 hood badges were still chrome. She immediately started apologizing and said they did not come in yet, Chevrolet was behind because of covid. She would sign a paper saying they owed me these items and as soon as they came in they would install them. She text me Friday and said my bars were in I asked about the 6.2 emblems and she said they weren't in yet. I said I will wait until those come in and do it all at the same time. Then yesterday she texts me saying she made a mistake and I wasn't getting the black 6.2 hood badges, Unless I have the midnight package the 6.2 stays chrome.... I called her out on it and said BS. I have in writing you owe me black 6.2 hood badges. After some back and forth she finally agreed to get hem for me. Just pisses me off.....buy a $62k truck and then they try and back pedal on a couple of hood emblems?

Yes.....this is what I noticed as well....no cutting and no welding. I have read all the install instructions on a lot of the leveling kits.

That sounds like a good plan. what did the bilsteins set you back?

Damn.... thats a sexy truck! I see your bowtie on the grill is all black....I want one of those too! I almost bought black to match my C6 vette but I decided on white to contrast all the black on the trail boss. So is the midnight edition the only way to get the black 6.2 hood badges?

For all of you that have a trail boss with the 6.2 and the dark essentials package.....are the 6.2 badges on your hood chrome or black?

That makes sense......so I assume your not planning on using auto 4wd?

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I had a thread started about RC 2" level/lift kit and RC says if you install their kit you should not use auto 4wd it could damage your truck. They also say the same thing about their 1.75" leveling kit....dont use auto 4wd. ReadyLIFT | 2019-2021 GMC AT4 and Chevy Trail Boss - 1.75'' Leveling Kit So I'm wondering if this type of damage is possible with RC is it possible with all the brands of leveling kits? What would make the other kits any better?

You're all over it! I was researching this this weekend....probably as you were writing your post lol. I will end up installing a 6" lift (maybe even 8") for a non trail boss. Will sell everything off my truck except my trail boss CV's. So on the lift kit ....I want to take the time to have a complete plan as far as lift company I want to use. Shock company I want to use. Custom wheels and tires I want. I want all of this in the garage and ready to install in one weekend. This is easily $10k and need to put in the time and research so there are no expensive mistakes. Because the rake in the truck is bugging me.... For now Im just going to level the truck with a kit that includes upper control arms.