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Hello All, first time truck owner here. Just purchased a 2016 z71 Silverado and am loving it so far. I see people posting about leveling their trucks and am interested in doing the same. I just want to bring the front up a bit to match the rear. Can anyone point my in the right direction to accomplish this?

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Hello All, first time truck owner here. Just purchased a 2016 z71 Silverado and am loving it so far. I see people posting about leveling their trucks and am interested in doing the same. I just want to bring the front up a bit to match the rear. Can anyone point my in the right direction to accomplish this?

If you're decently handy, buy a rough country 2" levelling kit and install it yourself. There are videos on how to do it and then take to a shop and get the alignment done.

 

If you're not handy, your dealership can do it or pretty much any shop.

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Hello All, first time truck owner here. Just purchased a 2016 z71 Silverado and am loving it so far. I see people posting about leveling their trucks and am interested in doing the same. I just want to bring the front up a bit to match the rear. Can anyone point my in the right direction to accomplish this?

Check out this thread. Lots of options discussed and pictures of different approaches people have taken:

 

http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/152356-2014%2B-Suspension-Lifts

 

 

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Finally got around to taking some pictures of the truck today out in the wild.

 

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RTR!

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Jimmy, where'd you get your tailgate handle? I've seen some for ~$70

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looks good

 

taillights / 3 brake lite - Recon ? headlights / fogs - hid's or led's ? YOU did a good job . got me thinking.

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Jimmy, where'd you get your tailgate handle? I've seen some for ~$70

its GM Accessories. It was chrome/black textured. I had the black smoothed and painted

 

 

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Kept it simple

 

2016 Summit White LT

 

20" Black replicas

 

275/55/20 BFG KO2

 

2" Moto Fab Level

 

9 Rod bed mounted rocket launcher

 

Still deciding on running boards... she looks so clean without

 

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My 2017 Silverado LTZ Z71 after a few months of add ons and some fun garage time on the weekends! Took a look at a number of trucks on this site to research ideas and got some great feedback, so I thought that I would post my progress. So far I have added:

  • Borla Atak Cat Back Exhaust
  • AFE with powder coated aluminum intake tube
  • 2.5" Leveling lift kit by Rough Country
  • Firestone Ride Rite rear air bags
  • 20" 2014 -2016 Chevy chrome rims
  • Front and side window tint
  • Chrome bow tie and misc accents

So far I am very happy with the upgrades and the trucks towing abilities, the 5.3 with 8 speed transmission has no trouble with 5500 lbs behind it. I have a 24' boat and the truck is more than happy to go everywhere I need it to. Thanks for the great posts and feedback on different set ups, so far so good! Take a look and give me some feedback.

 

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Jasper... Sweet ride bud... What is your setup? Post some more pics please...

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