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2009 Gmc Sierra... Bds 4 Inch Lift

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welscher08 Enthusiast

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If you do decide to get rid of your All-Terrain wheels...if it comes to that i will be interested in buying them. :thumbs:

 

Possibly... if it isn't safe to run the tires I want on them... I would be more willing to buy new ones if I have a buyer for these.

I got the truck in June,, so they aren't too old.

I'll send you a PM

 

 

Sounds good, let me know what you decide. If you end up keeping them that is fine to, just thought i would offer. Enjoy the lift!

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andy.schmid Enthusiast

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Sick now ur making me want to lift my truck not level it! dam U!!!!

 

I started down that same path... I was going to do leveling kit, throw 1.5 inch body lift....

but I had a feeling I will just end up wishing I did more.

Plus I wanted a lift that keeps the front geometry the same (leveling kit doesn't)

 

Kit was around 1790$

Matt_ Senior Enthusiast

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awesome. cant wait to see it with the tires! Also, i NEED fender heights after you get the tires on... im planning on doing 1-1.5 up front with my truck which im hoping will be the same height as the BDS installed- verification will help :thumbs: (im 40.5 front, 42.5 rear right now)

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Sick now ur making me want to lift my truck not level it! dam U!!!!

 

I started down that same path... I was going to do leveling kit, throw 1.5 inch body lift....

but I had a feeling I will just end up wishing I did more.

Plus I wanted a lift that keeps the front geometry the same (leveling kit doesn't)

 

Kit was around 1790$

 

 

if u don't mind me asking.....how much was labor and everything total? would love to lift my truck as well.

andy.schmid Enthusiast

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if u don't mind me asking.....how much was labor and everything total? would love to lift my truck as well.

 

 

I bought the block kit from TeakaToys.. it was 1711.88...90 bucks cheaper then the 1802.01 directly from BDS website...shipping is FREE if sent to a local distributor,, Teakatoys is local in my town.

I paid $700 for my install, but I'm guessing you can find it anywhere from 500-750$.

I actually found a shop who could do it for 600$, but they needed a couple days.

The shop who did mine, I dropped it off at 1030AM, it was done at 4PM, in time for me to go get it aligned same day.

blackout07 Senior Enthusiast

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Great choice on the lift, and the truck looks great. Install price was a little steep, but I understand the impatience-factor.

lsuguy Senior Enthusiast

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Looks great man. Hurry and get the new tires in. Did you let Matt talk you into those ATZ's?? I do like the look but I really like the Nitto's

stlavsa Senior Enthusiast

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Looks great man. Hurry and get the new tires in. Did you let Matt talk you into those ATZ's?? I do like the look but I really like the Nitto's

 

 

looks good but ya install was a lil high in the $ dept. but not surprising.

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Anyone got suggestions for wheels/tire combo for add on for this lift??????/

I don't wanna go bigger then a 33x12.50 equivalent, and I'm reconsidering getting rid of the stock wheels for new ones.

Let me hear some suggestions, preferably with pics!

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Anyone got suggestions for wheels/tire combo for add on for this lift??????/

I don't wanna go bigger then a 33x12.50 equivalent, and I'm reconsidering getting rid of the stock wheels for new ones.

Let me hear some suggestions, preferably with pics!

 

 

Wheels are a matter of taste, not only style, but also backspacing and offset. You will need to decide what u like in that department. I will say that I like 20" wheels if your going to buy aftermarket, they dont even look big on a lifted truck honestly anything else just looks small.

 

As far as tires go, there are only 3 (well really only 2 for me) that I would even bother looking at. (but again that depends on what your doin with the truck).

 

I would look at these three. The new Nitto Trail Grapplers (not TERRAS!) http://www.4wheeloffroad.com/techarticles/...ires/index.html

Aggressive mud/trail tire with probably a similar compound to that found in the terra grappler, as it has on road performance, and longevity in mind. Supposedly its a good 40k+ mile tire compound.

 

Next tire would be these hankooks dynapro m/t

http://www.4wheeloffroad.com/techarticles/...test/index.html

They are an aggressive, (similar pattern the the nittos) maybe a little more aggressive, and a lil more $, they are a full on mud-tire that run real good on the highways. I have read plenty of reviews of these tires lasting over 50k miles.

 

Next tire i would look at is the Pro-Comp xtreme A/T.

http://4wheelonline.com/ProCompXtremeAllTe...res.2518.243293

This is about as aggressive of an A/T tire that you can get. I personally ran these at a 33x12.5x20 size. I have about 30k on them and they are at half tread. They come with a 40k mile warranty, and they will lost beyond that, I am actually out of tire preservation mode and trying to wear them because I want to go with 35s or 37s. They go good off-road, great in snow, pretty good in mud (but im sure a pure M/T is better) they look really aggressive for an a/t and go great on highway, I live near pittsburgh, and work in philly so I am constantly making 300 mile trips with these things. Take em on the highway all week, then climb a muddy powerline on the weekend. cant say a bad thing about em.

 

 

Lastly there is one more tire that I am sure will be mentioned and thats the Mickey Thompson ATZ.

http://www.fourwheeler.com/techarticles/wh...test/index.html

Its in the same category as the procomp xtreme a/t. Its a tire thats in between an a/t and a full on m/t. The ATZ looks aggressive too but not as much as the Procomp, is a little better on-road where the xtreme a/t is a lil better off road.

 

Personally I am goin with the hankooks or the trail grapplers next.

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