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thanks..ill have to look it over and make a choice..

But for the price difference, I may just go with the 6"

 

Part#: MXT-K881364
Lift Height: 6"
Shocks: Rear MaxTrac Shocks
Vehicle: Chevy Silverado 1500 2015 2WD, w/ Cast Steel Control Arms

 

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Did the BDS 6" with Fox shocks. 22x12 Sprockets on 33" Toyo MT's. Rides like stock, no rub no trimming.

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Crappy pic, but this was right after it pulled out of the garage last night. 4.5 zone with fox in the rear, 35x12.50r20 nitto ridge grapplers on stock elevation rims. Ride seems better then stock, i

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Here is my submission to this thread. Its my 2016 GMC All/Terrain 4x4 6.5" Zone with AAL, 35.4" Duratracs on stock 20" Denali wheels.          

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cubangt Enthusiast

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So i have a question, does anyone have pics of their truck or someone elses truck that has the 4" or 6" lift with the stock wheels and tires...basically before the tires and wheel upgrade..

For me when i do the lift, it will be months before i can get the tires to replace the current ones.. so wanted to see what it would look like before i do it.. i know it will look odd, but im willing to live with that if its not super bad..

 

I mean if it looks like how monster trucks look when they have the small street wheels/tires on it, then i may hold off..

arkenzo Enthusiast

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So i have a question, does anyone have pics of their truck or someone elses truck that has the 4" or 6" lift with the stock wheels and tires...basically before the tires and wheel upgrade..

For me when i do the lift, it will be months before i can get the tires to replace the current ones.. so wanted to see what it would look like before i do it.. i know it will look odd, but im willing to live with that if its not super bad..

 

I mean if it looks like how monster trucks look when they have the small street wheels/tires on it, then i may hold off..

If you're going to commit to this, do it right, don't half ass it. Go with what has been tried and tested to work, if you want 6", go with BDS, Zone, ProComp, RC....those are the kits that are widely used. I recommend Zone because i have their kit and it worked great out the box, plus they answered their phone when i called them about a backspacing question. That to me has won me over.

 

I just recently did the Zone 6.5, 20" Method NV wheels and BFG Ko2 35's, so satisfying to see it all in and working great all at once.

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thanks..ill have to look it over and make a choice..

But for the price difference, I may just go with the 6"

 

Part#: MXT-K881364

Lift Height: 6"

Shocks: Rear MaxTrac Shocks

Vehicle: Chevy Silverado 1500 2015 2WD, w/ Cast Steel Control Arms

 

:):driving:

Do yourself and your truck a favor and just spend a couple hundred dollars more and get the Zone 6.5 lift, I have never heard of Maxtrac and that in itself is scary, because I did a shit ton of research on suspension lifts before I settled on the Zone 6.5

 

Do not half ass this project.

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Lgetz Senior Enthusiast

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I recommend you save your money and do the lift, wheels and tires all at once. Get what suits your budget but do it in one shot. Truck is going to look like a hippo trying to dance ballet lifted with the OE wheels and tires. Besides you wouldn't buy a saddle if you didn't own a horse would you?

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Besides you wouldn't buy a saddle if you didn't own a horse would you?

Hot diggity damn, trademark that shit right there.

 

 

 

Yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaa :driving:

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Hot diggity damn, trademark that shit right there.

 

 

 

Yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaa :driving:

 

I also like the one I've seen on the board....

 

"It will look like your truck skips leg day at the gym"

 

 

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I'm actually not joking at all haha. And for a couple reasons, as others have said you may not get a full return on your lift kit but that's a "Well no shit" statement but you will normally get more for it with a quality kit vs a stock truck especially in the south and California. Two, if the best lift manufacturers didn't need to cut some things to make their lifts work like you'd expect they wouldn't. But your definitely no engineer, they need to in order to make their kits work properly, accounting for new angles and camber adjustments, you name it. So at the end of the day if you want to lift it, lift it and do so with a kit your gonna love. Don't compromise for some future dudes few extra bucks (or lack the thereof as discussed) all those years down the road. Enjoy your truck. That's what it's all about.

 

 

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I agree, buy quality inside of junk and love your ride - I have a hard time chopping up a new truck that's all. Your making a couple of assumptions, no I don't design kits, but I do have a mechanical engineering background.

 

Anyways, my option would be to select the 4 or 6 or 8" kit vs the 4 or 4.5 that does cutting of transfer cases, cross members, etc. That's my main point.I was merely stating the facts for people to make a conscious decision when they go to purchase. Chopping your truck is not ALWAYS necessary - you can look for other options in other quality kits or lift sizes within the same brand.

 

There are some great trucks on here, I'm not taking away anything from either of them no matter what route they took. keep em coming

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arkenzo Enthusiast

arkenzo

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Here's mine with the zone 6.5 lift

 

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side shot? wheel size? them look like 26's

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Listen2hector

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side shot? wheel size? them look like 26's

Yes they are 26 chrome velocitys on 295 streetsaebca9872e08c6b0c9acc948c8fe0a15.jpg

 

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Yes they are 26 chrome velocitys on 295 streets

 

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Right on the money! That truck has all kinds of lean on it bro, just the front zone 6.5 installed? please explain

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Right on the money! That truck has all kinds of lean on it bro, just the front zone 6.5 installed? please explain

Yeah man I installed the zone 6.5 on the front only I didn't lift the rear the rear is stock I'm from the Carolinas we call it Carolina squat but it looks better in person thou

 

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arkenzo Enthusiast

arkenzo

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Yeah man I installed the zone 6.5 on the front only I didn't lift the rear the rear is stock I'm from the Carolinas we call it Carolina squat but it looks better in person thou

 

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sounds good man, we got all kinds of trends in socal too, how does it ride?

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Listen2hector

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sounds good man, we got all kinds of trends in socal too, how does it ride?

Tbh rides alot better then I thought it would pretty much factory thou only issue is sometimes I have a problem whenever I'm turning due to the fact that I lifted the front only and I'm only 5ft 7in tall so I got a couple if blind spots I'm still debating on putting on the rear thou I got 4.5 in blocks for the rear

 

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