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Does the factory splash shield work with any of the 4"+ lifts?

 

I have the GM metal shields and I'd be sad to have to sell them. They are all the shield I'll need and that Zone shield looks thin and scrawny and out of place comparatively IMO.

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LivNLo94
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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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Chev-mekanik

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45 minutes ago, Epsilon Plus said:

Does the factory splash shield work with any of the 4"+ lifts?

 

I have the GM metal shields and I'd be sad to have to sell them. They are all the shield I'll need and that Zone shield looks thin and scrawny and out of place comparatively IMO.

I installed the 4” BDS kit and the GM splash guards don’t work. The supplied skid plates are steel not plastic or aluminum and will work way better. You could paint them your colour of choice.

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Jon A Senior Enthusiast

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14 hours ago, Epsilon Plus said:

Does the factory splash shield work with any of the 4"+ lifts?

 

With my BDS I use the factory aluminum with some modification in addition to the skidplate from BDS.  The BDS plate is strong but leaves much to be desired in coverage.

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AgDoctor Senior Enthusiast

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Does the factory splash shield work with any of the 4"+ lifts?
 
I have the GM metal shields and I'd be sad to have to sell them. They are all the shield I'll need and that Zone shield looks thin and scrawny and out of place comparatively IMO.

I have the Zone. Trust me, it is far from scrawny. It is made of some thick steel, although as Jon stated it doesn't cover as well as the GM one. I don't think it's an issue though.


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4 hours ago, Jon A said:

 

With my BDS I use the factory aluminum with some modification in addition to the skidplate from BDS.  The BDS plate is strong but leaves much to be desired in coverage.

They look skimpy. It's like the sexy 2 piece bikini version while the GM metal shields are the conservative one-piece. Some may scoff at the GM aluminum shields, but I'd wager it would take a serious hit to fail them. Honestly, well made plastic is pretty rough too. You should see some of the stress plastic water service lines to your house can take when pulled with a backhoe underground.

 

I think I'll skip the BDS/Zone plate and fab my own or modify like you did.

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On 5/15/2018 at 7:33 PM, geswek said:

:D

 

That's what the shop said too. WHY OH WHY.

 

This increased track is why my choices for a lift are narrowed down to a CST or Fabtech GenII... neither increase track.

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2 hours ago, FHLH said:

This increased track is why my choices for a lift are narrowed down to a CST or Fabtech GenII... neither increase track.

Its be nice if guys with the new 3.5" Rc knuckle lifts would chime in.  Doesn't widen track, can use factory stamped control arms, drops diff 1" I believe.  Only part I'm not sure is if the tie rods are relocated also to give stock angles.   Youd think they would be with a new knuckle.  

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FourThor Enthusiast

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Have a strange clunk/rattle coming from the rear now when going over bumps at low speed. BDS 6" lift. What should I be looking for?

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10 hours ago, FourThor said:

Have a strange clunk/rattle coming from the rear now when going over bumps at low speed. BDS 6" lift. What should I be looking for?

All they would have done in the rear is replace the blocks between the leaf springs and axle, so you could check those for looseness or just re-torque them anyway. How long have you had the lift on? The shop that did mine had me come back after 500 miles and they took 45 minutes or so to check that everything was still tight after bumping around a bit.

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CO-Stark

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Question for you guys, I'm about to drive a roughly 1,000 mile round trip to lake powell. Got to thinking about my spare tire... I didn't go too big on my new tires so I think I should be fine if I had to use it, but what do you do about a spare after changing to bigger tires?

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29 minutes ago, CO-Stark said:

All they would have done in the rear is replace the blocks between the leaf springs and axle, so you could check those for looseness or just re-torque them anyway. How long have you had the lift on? The shop that did mine had me come back after 500 miles and they took 45 minutes or so to check that everything was still tight after bumping around a bit.

Yea, I figured this was likely the issue. I ended up jumping under the truck this morning and just trying to hand torque the shocks and u-bolts. Nothing seemed to loose, but the noise seems to have subsided on my commute to work this morning. 

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14 Silvy

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Its be nice if guys with the new 3.5" Rc knuckle lifts would chime in.  Doesn't widen track, can use factory stamped control arms, drops diff 1" I believe.  Only part I'm not sure is if the tie rods are relocated also to give stock angles.   Youd think they would be with a new knuckle.  
The new knuckle doesn't provide any lift but it is longer to give the upper bj and tre's better angles.

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Tyy1907

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7 hours ago, 14 Silvy said:

The new knuckle doesn't provide any lift but it is longer to give the upper bj and tre's better angles.

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Right it would be the strut space that would be the lift.

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Right it would be the strut space that would be the lift.
Correct my info came directly from Rough Country.

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