Things To Know Before Lifting Your Truck!

Before you lift your truck, there are very important things you NEED to know before you take it all apart. From basic information that can embarrassing to ask, to more intermediate information, Dustin goes through 5 things you need to know before lifting YOUR truck!

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[eriknyman]

What I wish someone told me? When you install a 6" lift in the home garage, make sure that you pre-measure the clearance of the new roof height to top of garage door opening. It sucks when you are done installing a lift and can't get the truck out. After a long weekend, the last thing you want to do is take those wheels off, drop the truck on rollers, push it out of the garage (with the steep as hell driveway), jack it back up and put the tires on.

[brrrt]

Your comments about working on rust bucket trucks really hit home. I'm from Wisconsin and I recently moved to Oregon and bought my first truly rust free truck. Working on it is AMAZING. It's almost orgasmic not needing to grab my mini sledge, Mapp gas and angle grinder every time I open my tool box.

[jakethequadrunnersnake]

After lifting 2 trucks (with jacks and stands not a lift) when you think it’s high enough in the air to install especially the coils or Leaf springs go higher I learned the hard way. And also don’t cheap out on parts it hurts more in the long run

[TheSaladtosser]

When Dustin calls you out but you’re already subscribed

[quanahweedon]

Breaking is longer.
Fuel consumption goes up.
Pending wheel size. Speedometer changes.
Also small cars disappear easier when approaching red lights n stop signs.

[PNWUpperLeft]

Day 57 of asking for the top 5 dually wheels

[benjaminmasters]

Before you lift your truck, take PB blaster to every bolt and nut you will take off every day for 2 weeks straight, trust me it helped a ton and it helped key my labor hours down, we didnt break any bolts on a 15 year old cateye

[KD-lsnn]

I have a 97 Chevy blazer with a 6 inch RC lift with 33s and my MPG is 14. Not bad considering having 289k miles and they come stock rating at 17 City and 23 highway. Good things come when you take care of your stuff

[aol]

Good advice I've had many lifted trucks. Here's another one, buy the CORRECT tools that you need doing it the FIRST time because you are going to have it back apart. I remember using a 15/16" wrench with a 6' pipe on my 1st lift. Twisted it to sh**.'kind of a trophy now.

[MattySlimz]

If your just getting a leveling kit or a shit lift for a first gen Tundra, you BEST change your upper and lower ball joints… at that point you might as well save more $$ for a full custom long travel setup.

[j.hyatt]

Open a Custom Offsets office down south, like Georgia!

[brokensword]

As a person considering a lift kit (why I ended up here) as well as a pretty new diy'er, I can say point 3 @ 3:55 can apply to pretty much anything. Youtube vids, manuals, & forums can make it look easy but I just got hung up on a damn sensor recently. Plan enough time to fail or have another vehicle for your activities. I live in the northeast (snow, cold, salt, etc. just not as bad as the rust belt) and no youtube video can prepare you for the anger that overtakes you from a seized bolt, lol.

[Maggzzz]

I really love the direction the channel is going in, the quality and content of these videos always seems to keep getting better👍🏽

[scout]

loved the video but you missed a lot Bigger tires and wheels and not changing gear ratios causes premature transmission wear and not to mention front end wear. With that being said, pulling a trailer with a lifted truck just causes more wear and tear in general. But I'm sure you guys already knew this. That being said, I love how a lifted truck looks. Sexiest thing on the road by far. I used a leveling kit from Thuren off-road on my 16 mega cab 1 ton and I've been more then happy with it\. Just my two cents !! Great video guys !!

[donjuan]

If you're planning on keeping your truck I say it's all worth it if it makes you happy to see it beast mode. Been having a lot of people tell me the money I put in I won't get it back. I'm sure if I take care of my vehicle itl make take care of me (:

[antonynytraveler]

Install accessories before lifting. Lights winch reverse cam etc cause it’s hard af for some higher angles

[jponder.]

idc what y’all say this is the most underrated channel on youtube. thank you Custom Offsets for helping me understand trucks! i now can say i have the baddest truck at my school🤠

[chuckwoford]

I just finished a RC 6” lift on a 16 f150. While in there I replaced a civ axle with a torn boot. I bought a duralast cv axle which got stuck half way in and wouldn’t come out. I had to take the front diff apart to get the jacked up c clip out and removed autozones cv axle. My 1.5 days budgeted turned into 3 days. I wish I knew not to buy trash from autozone.

[blakef]

Patience for sure. I had wheels, control arms, brake lines, bushings, etc. sitting in my apartment for months waiting for my shocks to come in for the front. Still waiting for my rear shocks...

[bret]

I started lifting trucks in the 1980’s. I grew up on a large ranch and….. well I began driving trucks when I was 9 and semis when I was 12. The local sheriff understood kids were important part of the ranch and farm community.