Lifted Finally

kodybyron · September 3, 2009

after reading prolly every suspension topic on this forum and day dreaming over how my truck would look....yall sucked me in! $5,600 later

Lift: BDS 6.5" HC Suspension lift (freaking rides AMAZING!)

Tires: 35x12.50r20 Toyo m/ts

Wheels: I havent seen them out there so i'd like to keep it that way ;-)

what yall think? (ill get better pics later ..these are straight off iphone quickys)

blackout07 · September 3, 2009

Lift: BDS 6.5" HC Suspension lift (freaking rides AMAZING!)

The truck looks great. Since when did BDS start making a 6.5" HC kit for the 1500? Their site only shows a 6".

hey.brad · September 3, 2009

damn, that is nice!

lsuguy · September 3, 2009

looks great man.. really thinking hard about putting a lift on my truck.

dbarb28 · September 3, 2009

Truck looks good. I like it.

kodybyron · September 3, 2009

BDS is by far worth the money! all i need now is to get my MPG back to good. i was getting 21 hwy and 17 in town now its like 14 hwy and 11 in town. :-(

any suggestions? exhaust? programmers? ive heard lots about Blackbear. high flow air filter kits? im use to the good ol hypertech and airraid with flowmaster set up. but im out dated on my upgrades after reading some of yalls comments. I have plenty power i just want to carry those 35's a little easier and not have to shift in and out of 2nd and 3rd gear so much! il really like to get some MPG back. any ideas? What would be your first say $350 investment for MPG?

SeirraRR · September 4, 2009

Looks good! From what I have read on here I would have Justin from Blackbear do a tune for you. I am thinking about getting one from him sometime soon.

blackout07 · September 4, 2009

A custom tune will work wonders, but If you really want to stop the repeated shifting and regain some driveability, you need to regear.

Bowtie2Sierra · September 4, 2009

Looks tough...I like it. RE: MPG, I wouldn't expect to gain back much from a tune running that set-up. You gotta pay to play.

66nova · September 4, 2009

BDS is by far worth the money! all i need now is to get my MPG back to good. i was getting 21 hwy and 17 in town now its like 14 hwy and 11 in town. :-(
any suggestions? exhaust? programmers? ive heard lots about Blackbear. high flow air filter kits? im use to the good ol hypertech and airraid with flowmaster set up. but im out dated on my upgrades after reading some of yalls comments. I have plenty power i just want to carry those 35's a little easier and not have to shift in and out of 2nd and 3rd gear so much! il really like to get some MPG back. any ideas? What would be your first say $350 investment for MPG?

Truck looks great!

First off for the MPG. Have you had the computer recalibrated for you new tires yet? If not, there is some of your mileage. Your speedo and odometer are off, and that will give falsely low MPG.

My first $350 would be without a doubt a Black Bear tune!!! He can adjust you speedo and give you more power, better shift points, and maybe some mileage. Don't count on getting a lot of mileage back though. More wt, less aerodynamics, and bigger heavier tires/wheels.

You need new gears to really get the shifting under control. I would look into 4.56 or 4.88 gears.

stlavsa · September 6, 2009

BDS is by far worth the money! all i need now is to get my MPG back to good. i was getting 21 hwy and 17 in town now its like 14 hwy and 11 in town. :-(
any suggestions? exhaust? programmers? ive heard lots about Blackbear. high flow air filter kits? im use to the good ol hypertech and airraid with flowmaster set up. but im out dated on my upgrades after reading some of yalls comments. I have plenty power i just want to carry those 35's a little easier and not have to shift in and out of 2nd and 3rd gear so much! il really like to get some MPG back. any ideas? What would be your first say $350 investment for MPG?

Truck looks great!

First off for the MPG. Have you had the computer recalibrated for you new tires yet? If not, there is some of your mileage. Your speedo and odometer are off, and that will give falsely low MPG.

My first $350 would be without a doubt a Black Bear tune!!! He can adjust you speedo and give you more power, better shift points, and maybe some mileage. Don't count on getting a lot of mileage back though. More wt, less aerodynamics, and bigger heavier tires/wheels.

You need new gears to really get the shifting under control. I would look into 4.56 or 4.88 gears.

Gears r the solution

J-man67 · September 10, 2009

Came out great man! Looks awesome!

Truck looks great!

First off for the MPG. Have you had the computer recalibrated for you new tires yet? If not, there is some of your mileage. Your speedo and odometer are off, and that will give falsely low MPG.

My first $350 would be without a doubt a Black Bear tune!!! He can adjust you speedo and give you more power, better shift points, and maybe some mileage. Don't count on getting a lot of mileage back though. More wt, less aerodynamics, and bigger heavier tires/wheels.

You need new gears to really get the shifting under control. I would look into 4.56 or 4.88 gears.

DING DING!!!!

oldschool327 · September 11, 2009

If you can do the work yourself a set of gears will run you 400 bucks and fix most of your complaints.

silverbullet2005 · September 20, 2009

Looks bad ass, nice job!

Matt_ · September 20, 2009

Truck looks great!

First off for the MPG. Have you had the computer recalibrated for you new tires yet? If not, there is some of your mileage. Your speedo and odometer are off, and that will give falsely low MPG.

My first $350 would be without a doubt a Black Bear tune!!! He can adjust you speedo and give you more power, better shift points, and maybe some mileage. Don't count on getting a lot of mileage back though. More wt, less aerodynamics, and bigger heavier tires/wheels.

You need new gears to really get the shifting under control. I would look into 4.56 or 4.88 gears.

I agree completely

....except.... 2009 1500 SLE has the 6L80E correct? He needs 4.10s