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ReadyLIFT 4" SST on 2019 Silverado RST

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22 minutes ago, SatinSilvy said:

Did you use the spring spacer that the kit came with? Not sure why they want you to take the spring off, put the spacer on and compress the crap out of it. I feel like it would ruin the ride.????

I did this on my Trail Boss and did use the spring spacer.  Looking back I would just skip it.  It's only .25 inches and it did help the ride slightly but not worth the time it took to do it.

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I have seen a lot of level kits and 6" lifts in the forum but haven't seen any T1's with the ReadyLIFT 4" SST yet so here's my RST.    I wanted to fit 35" on my T1 but didn't want as much e

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Went with a zone 4 inch and 35x12.50 on 20x9 with +18 offset    zero rubbing, zero trimming    

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And here she is....

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1 hour ago, z1boss said:

I did this on my Trail Boss and did use the spring spacer.  Looking back I would just skip it.  It's only .25 inches and it did help the ride slightly but not worth the time it took to do it.

Good to know yea I wasn’t about to mess with it. 1 I didn’t understand why they would include it in the kit since it doesn’t effect the overall height. 2. I thought it would bind up why coil like crazy. 3. Time! Haha. The ride feels stock, still need to do an alignment but waiting for the new wheels and tires to go on first. 
 

 

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31 minutes ago, lapoolboy said:

Unrelated question.....is that a Ronin antenna?

No it’s from advanced auto parts, my ronin is coming for Christmas. My fiancé was pissed when she saw I got a new antenna ?

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On 12/10/2019 at 11:15 PM, 20chevy19 said:

I am currently debating on this lift but I drive 70 miles a day. How bad did it affect the fuel mileage ? Thanks

Hard to say. Really depends on a lot of things. Mainly what wheels and tires you go with and your gearing. I have yet to calibrate my speedo so the mileage is gonna be off a bit or maybe a lot I’m not sure. But with my 5.3 with 3.23 gearing(?? I forget??) I was getting 22-27 mpg. Now I’m getting about 16-18mpg. Keep in mind this is with using auto start warm up in the morning and letting the truck run while at the job site at times. I have yet to take it on a good long trip but I doubt I’ll see the 20 mpg mark... let’s just say I was quite surprised at the drop in MPG... 

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Thanks satin, that’s a huge drop I never seen twenty’s i avg 18 if I stay around 70mph I was thinking I could get atleast 16mpg on 20x12 with 33 or 35 with the lift . And I have the 3.42 rear gears 

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you were getting 22-27 mpg on a 5.3l?....how is that possible, seen 18-19 max on mine, havnt taken any long trips yet so only city freeways

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you were getting 22-27 mpg on a 5.3l?....how is that possible, seen 18-19 max on mine, havnt taken any long trips yet so only city freeways

Yea every day to work 22-24mpg, that’s not babying the pedal either. I took a longer trip over the summer with the stock wheels/tires and my “best 50miles” was 27.4mpg. 

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that's crazy......absolute best I have seen is 19 on stock 4x4 RST with stock tires and body height.....why do you suppose your getting that MPG?....I only have 5k miles on my truck, did you see better gains after some miles racked on motor.....and how is your calculation measured, by cluster info that it gives?.....

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No idea maybe my gearing? It’s set up for highway driving, I think it’s 3.23’s in it, I gotta check the window sticker. But also I’m at relatively low elevation less than 1,000’ so I’ll see better MPG than say someone in Colorado. 
 

this was also when the truck had less than 2,000 miles on it. Now I have about 7k. Those 20mpgs are gone with the lift and tires.

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yeah I know lift kills MPG....I live on beach in so cal.....3.23 is stock gearing isn't it, believe I have same.....maybe gas is better out there idk

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