- Hey guys, Shawn again, Custom Offsets,
Custom Offsets TV on the YouTube.
This is what you guys been asking us for a lot
and we finally have, a vehicle and time to film everything.
So, this will give you a start to finish
the NorCal mod in an 07 and a half,
the newer body style, to 2013, Chevy Silverado 1500.
So, this one's got the rough country
leveling kit up front and you'll see it's just
the spacer that goes down on the bottom in the strut
and it's only about an inch thick but
what it really does is with the geometry
of the suspension, brings that front up about
two inches.
So, it's literally got a two inch leveling kit
then, on just the front, nothing in the rear.
That's the shorter of the leveling kit, so
you can also get the 2 1/2.
So, this one's got the two inch and
then we're gonna put this 20 by 12, -44,
Moto Metal 962 and this 33 x 12 1/2
Federal Couragia MT on there.
This is one again that, remember they say
absolutely cannot fit and it never would
without pretty good modification.
So, what we're gonna do is we're gonna come
in here and we're gonna do that NorCal mod.
So, we'll make some cuts and do some banging.
And move back the bottom part of this metal.
And then, we're gonna preserve the fender
liner and then re-attach it pushed back.
And then up front, we'll do some of the same
stuff up here we're just gonna take out that
inner liner and take the bottom off of this
bumper to make the clearance here and this one
already has the valance removed.
So, that'll be the trimming that we do.
Back here is what they call the NorCal mod.
It was developed in Northern California but
it's literally a metal trimming that we're
gonna do to make that 12 wide & 33 fit
on the 07 and a half to 13 Silverado 1500.
So, we'll dig into it and you guys can
follow along and let us know what you think.
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So, to create the space needed for the 33,
12 1/2, 20 by 12
back...
behind basically the back of the front fender opening,
is where we've got a notch out the entire bottom.
And then we go in and smash some of that
metal back but most of it comes up and it
creates a new lip.
That then that inner liner,
is screwed into.
And you'll also see that what we do is
we go in and we add paint anywhere we've cut.
Basically, to prevent any kind of corrosion,
otherwise, that's gonna wanna rust,
wherever you open up that metal.
So, by going in there and putting a little
bit of paint on everything, including the
hardware, it's gonna slow down any
corrosion that's gonna wanna take place.
The other thing you'll see is that we went in
and did a tie strap,
where we had to move this inner liner back
to basically hold all of that back
and away from the tire.
And that's what creates that clearance.
And on the back of one now,
if you remember this truck's only got the
two inch front level versus the 2 1/2 inch front
level, so on the two inch front level,
you'll see that the clearance is still very
close, where it's almost touching, that's still
gonna rub coming out of a,
probably going into a driveway at full crank.
Or when it's cranked right to line up there.
But if he wanted to get rid of that, he
could go with the 2 1/2 inch level which would
be the added space here, to the top
of the front coil spring and that'll get rid
of that.
And then, on the front, you saw that, basically
we just have to remove that inner liner
and on the front driver's side you'll see
there's still a washer bottle that's there.
This tire will still rub on that at full crank
but only at full crank and because it's a rounded
corner it's not gonna be a big deal.
Just make a little bit of noise.
Again, that won't get further away
but still may touch when you're backing out of
a driveway at full crank, if you do the
two and a half inch front level.
And then, on the bottom of the bumper,
we basically just took off a nice radius
corner to kind of match
the rounded look of the fender.
So, you just continue in that at an opposite radius.
Like I said, this one has the
lower shroud already removed,
otherwise we would've chased that same line
on the lower shroud and make it match that
front bumper.
Both sides, same story, the other side
doesn't have the washer bottle but it's the
same as far as the NorCal tuck in the back.
And now, this will clear for daily driving,
if you try to off road and everything it's
gonna definitely hit the back, as we all know,
a level truck, Chevys, on 12 wides,
33, 12 1/2, so it's always gonna to be tight.
And basically, this has to be able to run
it on daily driving, not jumping ditches.
So, that is the NorCal model and the 07
new body style, all the way to the 2013
Silverado 1500.
And it's a similar on the 2500, yeah Banker?
2500 is the same for this same body style.
So, that is it, that's the NorCal mod.
Let us know if you have questions.
Let us know what other vehicles you wanna
see us doing this on.
'Cause we should have most of them now.
So, if you just go to our YouTube channel
on Custom Offsets,
or YouTube.Com/CustomOffsets and do a search
NorCal, you should be able to see all the ones
we've done.
Peace.
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