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1 hour ago, jimmyboy8301 said:

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Angles with bilsteins set at 1.25”

 

I’ve had 7 lifted trucks. 3 BDS, 2 Superlift, 2 Zone and the BDS and Zone were excellent lifts giving me 0 issues. I’m far from a newbie in the lift or truck world . You run CST year round and the finish will eventually corrode like any other lift will, then you’ll really freak

 

 

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What kit and size wheels did you use for this truck? 

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What kit and size wheels did you use for this truck? 

Zone 4.5” with bilsteins set at 1.25” and I’m running 22x10 forces on 33” nittos


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25 minutes ago, Pepe1 said:

Nice truck man. Did you upgrade the upper control arms and any other mods besides the lift? 

Thanks - Did not modify the upper control arms - didn't need to.  Only thing I did was upgrade to Fox shocks in the rear.  People always get in my truck thinking it will ride rough and always end up amazed that it doesn't.  Its really a factory like ride if not better.  Oh and I've had it on there for approx. 40,000 miles and no "lift caused" repairs of any kind.

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11 minutes ago, rivertrail said:

Thanks - Did not modify the upper control arms - didn't need to.  Only thing I did was upgrade to Fox shocks in the rear.  People always get in my truck thinking it will ride rough and always end up amazed that it doesn't.  Its really a factory like ride if not better.  Oh and I've had it on there for approx. 40,000 miles and no "lift caused" repairs of any kind.

Thanks man defiantly made up my mind. There’s a lot of kits out there but I’m going to give zone a try. I will be sharing pictures and reviews of my outcome. Thanks again

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I'm also running zone 4.5, bilstein up front and Fox 2.0 in the rear. Exact same setup as jimmyboy8301. I'm running stock wheels though. 

 

Well, my bilstein are at stock height in front, so no extra lift there. 

Nasty Senior Enthusiast

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Ihave a 16. With mcg lift. 33 on 22x12 -44 offset (its the wifes, i hate lifted trucks) anyways. I didnt cut anything and the barely clear having a 7" lift in front.  So you may want to rethink that offset and width

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6 hours ago, TXGREEK said:

 


Even though you’re now pretty much stuck with it but you’re saying that you’re ok with cutting up your trucks cross members, cutting up your differential, widening your track and turning radius, causing much more stress, adding controversial spacers, not being able to use stock wheels and tires and much more?
 

 

Are you trying to say you didn't have to cut your crossmember to install your CST kit? If you are,  your totally wrong. Maybe you better ask your mechanic how he got your lowered  front diff to clear that crossmember without whacking off a chunk of it. CST like all sub frame drop kits require cutting the crossmember.

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Are you trying to say you didn't have to cut your crossmember to install your CST kit? If you are,  your totally wrong. Maybe you better ask your mechanic how he got your lowered  front diff to clear that crossmember without whacking off a chunk of it. CST like all sub frame drop kits require cutting the crossmember.

Hell you say lol


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TXGREEK Senior Enthusiast

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CST doesn’t cut into the frame at all, just a small cut on a trim pc to clear the steering extension. I didn’t mean to make your choice of lift manufacturers seem as underachievers that not only destroy your frames and give you wide clown tracks but please, give it up, I even lied and complimented your truck and your still going on, wow!

 

Let’s please stick to the OP

Jacoby Enthusiast

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I have a 7” RC lift and have had no issues at all. It was on the truck when I bought it so didn’t have a choice. It’s clear this is a CST sales thread so I’ll move along

Nasty Senior Enthusiast

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 I know OP aont gonna fit a 22x12 -44 on anything under a 6 without cutting.

 

Id choose cst over all those liftsas well. I like cst pruducts. Used a lot of their stuff

jimmyboy8301 Senior Enthusiast

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1 hour ago, Nasty said:
 I know OP aont gonna fit a 22x12 -44 on anything under a 6 without cutting but i just dont like the fact you bring money into it.  


He WILL clear that setup with without cutting if he runs adjustable front shocks.
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Corey’s truck (on the right) is a CST 4.5” on 33” Toyo AT2s and 22x12 Welds. No cutting, no trimming. Front resi’s turned up slightly.


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If you want to see a truck that has it all, take a look at the one behind mine.
CST 4.5 with front resi coil overs, rear resis
Weld wheels (billet), a blower, and a few other odds n ends





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txab Senior Enthusiast

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Stay on topic. No need for personal attacks on each other. Several members are on thin ice. You can IGNORE another member if you wish. In fact if you hover over another poster's name, you'll notice an option to "Ignore User". I would suggest a few of you choose that option since you can't seem to play nice

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Just looked up the cst installation instructions. Requires trimming of the lower control arm pocket, and all of the UCA mounting points. 

 

Instructions also include removal of a bracket from the front crossmember, as well as drilling several holes in it. 

 

This all looks very similar to many other types of lifts I looked at when I was making my decision. 

 

Not trying to instigate anything, but I think saying that cst is easily reversible is not quite true. While there is no differential modification, you are certainly modifying enough that simply taking off the lift would be no small task. 

 

OP: there are a great many people running all of these lifts with great success. CST, BDS and Zone all make a great product, but each has pros and cons.

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