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Spindle lift with leveler 2020 1500 Silverado LT

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MaxTrac 6.5” lift 

35x12.5r20 wheels with 1.75” wheel spacers.
It will fit the stock 20” wheels and tires (275/65r20 tires) but if you want bigger tires you will rub the upper control arm without spacers if you go anything wider than 11” and will need at least a 1.5” wheel spacer if you do not want to have to trim your studs, I went with 1.75” wheel spacers just because I wanted to be sure. It has more room to where I can probably go up to a 37” tire no problem, maybe slight run at full lock. Taking out the strut spacer and using the 3.5 inch lifted struts literally does nothing different, the only difference is that instead of a strut spacer you just have an extended strut shaft to fill the gap, with the same if not better end result. And if you add the rough country upper control arms it allows for an additional 3 inches of room to work with which will make the ride a lot more smooth

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7 hours ago, pewterliftedz said:

It says right on their website that they are designed to work with a 6” bracket Kit.

 

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That’s not the same lifted strut, the SKU is 500067 not 501067 so look again

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7 hours ago, pewterliftedz said:

It says right on their website that they are designed to work with a 6” bracket Kit.

 

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Also the struts are direct bolt on so no other parts needed otherwise they wouldn’t offer them with their 3.5” lift kit, the 6” and 3.5” struts are exactly the same, only difference is the length of the shaft. Also they wouldn’t sell the 6 inch struts separately if that were the case, they would only offer them with a “bracket style lift” yes they do go on the bracket style lift but that’s not the only application for them. They can be used as direct bolt one for replacements struts to get rid of spacers, it literally says it in its description.

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3 hours ago, PearlyWh1tes said:

Also the struts are direct bolt on so no other parts needed otherwise they wouldn’t offer them with their 3.5” lift kit, the 6” and 3.5” struts are exactly the same, only difference is the length of the shaft. Also they wouldn’t sell the 6 inch struts separately if that were the case, they would only offer them with a “bracket style lift” yes they do go on the bracket style lift but that’s not the only application for them. They can be used as direct bolt one for replacements struts to get rid of spacers, it literally says it in its description.

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They sell them if you want to upgrade your bracket style lift kit that came with lift blocks, they aren't for you to put on your stock suspension truck.  Yes you can use the 3.5" lift struts with a stock suspension truck, but the 6" are not designed for that, I'm sure if you were to call RC they would tell you that.

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32 minutes ago, pewterliftedz said:

They sell them if you want to upgrade your bracket style lift kit that came with lift blocks, they aren't for you to put on your stock suspension truck.  Yes you can use the 3.5" lift struts with a stock suspension truck, but the 6" are not designed for that, I'm sure if you were to call RC they would tell you that.

The 6” and 3.5” struts are built exactly the same dude the only difference is the shaft length. And that’s the 6” lift struts description that says it bolts onto factory mounts. I’m sure if you would just go read it you would see that

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36 minutes ago, pewterliftedz said:

They sell them if you want to upgrade your bracket style lift kit that came with lift blocks, they aren't for you to put on your stock suspension truck.  Yes you can use the 3.5" lift struts with a stock suspension truck, but the 6" are not designed for that, I'm sure if you were to call RC they would tell you that.

Dude just take a look for yourself right from rough country 

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42 minutes ago, pewterliftedz said:

They sell them if you want to upgrade your bracket style lift kit that came with lift blocks, they aren't for you to put on your stock suspension truck.  Yes you can use the 3.5" lift struts with a stock suspension truck, but the 6" are not designed for that, I'm sure if you were to call RC they would tell you that.

Here I even underlined it for you. The only reason it says bracket style is because that’s the style lift they sell in 6” size . But you can put it directly in place of your factory struts as long as your lift can accommodate it which it can with the right control arms and spindle like I’ve been saying the whole time

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I called rough country the other day and asked them how tall the strut spacer is on the 3.5 inch lift kit is and they told me 1.70. so on the strut lift shock it should be about the same. I was thinking Can you use Bilstein 5100 adjustable struts for the front. Instead of the rough country struts.

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On 5/8/2020 at 2:31 PM, Aguilar Assassin said:

I called rough country the other day and asked them how tall the strut spacer is on the 3.5 inch lift kit is and they told me 1.70. so on the strut lift shock it should be about the same. I was thinking Can you use Bilstein 5100 adjustable struts for the front. Instead of the rough country struts.

Yah you can, when ever they get released.  But you'll only gain 1.8" of lift from the bilstein struts if they're like the previous gen.

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