6 inch bds

Philrising · November 7, 2013

I bought a 6 inch bds suspension lift for my 2010 Sierra and was wondering if that's enough lift to clear 35 pro comp xtreme mud terrain tires?

Phil

blackout07 · November 9, 2013

Not really. There will be some rubbing and trimming. How much will depend on the wheels.

LaserBlueZ71 · November 10, 2013

I bought a 6 inch bds suspension lift for my 2010 Sierra and was wondering if that's enough lift to clear 35 pro comp xtreme mud terrain tires?

Phil

The downside to these trucks is you need a lot of lift to clear tires that are not very big. Heck, the BDS 6 inch kit you have is what some guys run with 33's, just to avoid any rubbing. 6 inches of lift to run 33's is pretty crazy. F-150's can fit 35's with a leveling kit, due to the large round fender wells.

You can do it, but be prepared to trim, and even then you will likely still have rub. Like Blackout07 said, one big factor here is the offset of your wheels.

Philrising · November 10, 2013

The rims I bought are 0mm off set. I was thinking of getting 33s but I gotta compete with my olde brother haha. Would a levelling kit help with the rubbing or should I just add a body lift? I don't really want to have to trim anything

blackout07 · November 11, 2013

You can add a 1" leveling kit safely and it will help. I ran my BDS with a 1" level and a 3" body with 35's for the longest. When the time comes I'm going back down to 35s with 12" wide wheels.

Philrising · November 11, 2013

I was hoping I wouldn't have to but maybe I'll just have to add a 3" body lift

STINSAN3 · November 11, 2013

I might get 33's next time around.

Philrising · November 11, 2013

I still haven't ordered my tires yet. I just want 35s because their not that much more then the 33s. But I guess the 33s will save me having to put the body lift on.

Philrising · November 12, 2013

How much of a height difference is with 33s and 35s?

LaserBlueZ71 · November 15, 2013

How much of a height difference is with 33s and 35s?

Well think about it, 2 inches.

All tires vary. Across all the brands of 33 inch tires for pickup trucks, they can range from 32.6 inches to 33.4 inches, from what I have seen.

Don't get 35's because your trying to compete with your brother, think logically. 33's ARE cheaper then 35's. The bigger you go in tire size, the harder it is on all your trucks drive-train components. I doubt you have $2,000 laying around to regear, do you? Add in the cost of your lift kit, installation and wheels, your looking at roughly $7,000 with tires. It could even be $8,000 if you opt for 35's. Just shooting a number off the top of my head. If you intend on running 35's with a factory 3:42 or 3:08 ratio, you will hate that truck. It will be a total gutless pig after putting the tires on.

Lift kit = $2,500 (if you opt for replacement springs over blocks, fox shocks and the aux diff brackets, if you want to do it properly, you will spec it like this)

Install = $500 (if your lucky)

Wheels = $1200

Re=gear = $2,000 (if your lucky)

Tires = $ 1,750

Total of $7,950. Tires could cost you more than $1,750 by the time you mount/balance them all and get pressure sensors installed and calibrated. Some 35 inch mud tires are pretty expensive, if you opt for that.

Factory tires are usually 31.6 inches on these trucks. If you step up to say a 285/65R18, which is classified as a 33 inch tire, your only gaining slightly over an inch. You won't have to re gear, you won't notice a huge MPG drop, and your truck won't feel much different as far as driving characteristics go.

Any time you put on 35's or higher, you need to start considering things like re-gearing, and increased replacement of front end parts.

The 6 inch BDS still looks really good with 33's on 07.5 to 13 trucks. You will have little to no rubbing with the 6 inch BDS and 33's. Here is a members truck with the BDS 6 inch kit and 33's.

http://tblankenship.zenfolio.com/p542391417/slideshow

blackout07 · November 15, 2013

How much of a height difference is with 33s and 35s?

1" height difference if you're talking about the truck. 2" in total diameter between tires. 33s will rub with a 6" kit if you do it right and get nice wide wheels. I would at the least go with 10" wides.

Philrising · November 15, 2013

Ok thanks laserbluez71 I've been thinking about it and I'm gonna get 33s and if I need just level it to help with any rubbing hopefully. The link of the members truck helped. Gave me a good idea what mine would look like. Thanks

LaserBlueZ71 · November 16, 2013

Ok thanks laserbluez71 I've been thinking about it and I'm gonna get 33s and if I need just level it to help with any rubbing hopefully. The link of the members truck helped. Gave me a good idea what mine would look like. Thanks

Since you will be running the 6 inch kit and not the 4, I think your rubbing will be quite minor. It all depends on your wheel choice.

I am putting the 4 inch BDS on my truck. The reason I didn't get the 6 inch is because I will be running my stock wheels/tires in the winter time. The 4 inch BDS actually still looks really good with factory wheels and tire sizes. If I had my factory wheels and tires on with a 6 inch lift, it would look really stupid. It would also be very unstable with narrow tires and being that much higher. Originally I had opted for Rancho. However, I changed my mind because BDS offers options that Rancho didn't even think about. BDS has replacement rear springs, diff brackets to stop vibration, and traction bars. Rancho offers none of that stuff. Also, the BDS comes with a skid plate, the Rancho is extra coin.

Once I burn off my stock tires, I will put 33's on my winter wheels and either put a 1 inch spacer in the front somewhere, or just change out a few things and switch to the 6 inch lift.

topdj · December 15, 2013

Once I burn off my 35" Trail Grappelers I will move to something around 34" Im still making contact on the front wheel wells if I go off road or over curbs at full lock or close to full lock. Granted I didnt turn my 6.5 BDS all the way up too 6.5" due to the fact Im running Cognito 4" taper blocks in the rear.