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- What's goin on guys, Fuller here with Custom Offsets.
Custom Offsets TV on the YouTube.
You guys said to stop saying that
but I'm not gonna stop saying that
and what I wanted to do was watch a ton
of Donut Media right before so I get super jacked
and tell you about the next episode of
From The Inbox that we're filming today
'cause we keep (inspiring rock music)
getting messages from people
asking us if they can jump their truck after they lift it
and that's not necessarily the case,
so today we're gonna dive into that.
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So, before we kinda dive all the way into it,
what I want to do is explain the differences
between the types of shocks that are out there
and why certain ones are better
for performance or off-roading,
whereas some are better for street driving.
So most modern shocks nowadays
are a nitrogen gas shock, or a nitro shock,
some people will call them,
and it's really similar to that hydraulic shock
but instead of just having the hydraulic fluid in there
there's also a pressurized nitrogen charge
and that helps get rid of that fluid aeration.
So you notice on a nitrogen shock, or a nitro-shock,
if you collapse that tube that extends out of the shock body
as soon as you let go, it's going to re-extend
and that's because of that nitrogen charge in there
pushes that tube back out.
So that's why it's more common nowadays
because that gives you a better ride quality
now, they are stiffer, but it's not too stiff
where it's a harsh ride.
It's just bringing your vehicle back to the original place
that essentially it was resting
so that your vehicle can travel smoothly down the road.
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In addition, the nitrogen charge in there
really helps with that fluid aeration
because the nitrogen basically
eats up the air bubbles I guess you could say
so it's not an oxygen that's in there.
So it helps with cooling properties
and again if you can reduce heat
you're gonna get better performance out of your shocks.
So as these shocks keep cycling,
like I said, it reduces that heat
and you have a better chance
of getting through an off-road section,
or if you're going to jump it,
I guess you're one step closer
to being able to jump your truck,
but I still wouldn't recommend it.
So that's the question, is can I jump my truck
and we'll get messages of people that have installed,
a Rough Country six inch, or I guess
it's not even specific to Rough Country
but any typical spacer lift which is gonna reuse
your stock strut assembly and a spacer.
By adding a lift kit, you've added
no extra properties the help in
the performance aspect of your truck.
The lift kit is simply gonna raise your vehicle
which allows you to clearance larger wheels and tires
as well as you get those axles off the ground
and it's not necessarily the lift kit that's doing it
but by having those larger wheels and tires
you're bringing that ground clearance up a little bit
and that does allow you to get through more rough terrain.
But like I said, it doesn't necessarily allow you
to go send this thing off the sand dunes
because you're really kinda stressing
some of the geometry that in the form of the truck.
So they do make kits that allow you to do that
but were gonna dive into that as we keep going.
So going up one more step passed the nitrogen shock,
the next big upgrade for people is a full coilover system.
One of the most popular ones the we sell
on the CustomOffsets.com website
is gonna be from BDS.
And we've had really good results on some of the kits
that we've installed here on company vehicles,
or guys that work here,
as well as the kits that we've just heard about
from other people that purchase them
that had really good results with these kits.
A coilover is really just a shock or strut
that has a coil spring around it.
And a lot of times on trucks,
there's a separate shock absorber as well,
that goes with that.
So in this example, I'm just gonna be talking
about the coilover itself.
There's a couple different levels,
most commonly if you're going to be off-roading
or abusing your truck
you're gonna want something with that remote reservoir.
So what the remote reservoir does,
is it's holding the same fluid that would
be in a hydraulic shock or a nitrogen shock
but there's more of it
and it's further away from that shock body
which allows it to cool better
and again, like I've kept mentioning
throughout this entire video,
the cooler you can keep something, the better it performs.
As that shock keeps cycling,
as you keep going over these bumps
if you're doing any sort of high-speed off-roading
it keeps that fluid cool.
Coilovers also offer usually
some type of ride head adjustment or adjustable dampening
because as you compress or decompress that coil spring
on the outside more, you're changing
not necessarily the spring rate
but how stiff that spring is around that coilover.
So if you wanna do some mild off-roading
and you still want to keep your on-road performance
a coilover is probably going to be the best set up for you
but again you're not quite to the point
where you can be just sending this thing
90 feet through the air.
If you really want extreme off-road performance
the best way to do that is by getting a long travel kit.
Now we don't sell long travel kits
but I still wanna provide you with
some of the information on what these kits do.
So one of the really popular ones
that are on the market is from Dirt King,
but these things are really expensive.
A coilover set up is gonna cost you
I'm not gonna say an arm and a leg,
but it's gonna be more expensive than your standard lift kit
but these long travel set ups are really quite expensive.
So for just the front, on like a 07-13 Silverado
for example, a two-wheel drive truck,
something that you're gonna be wanting to do
pre-running with or run a Baha type race with,
you're gonna be spending anywhere from three to 5,000
on just the kit which is gonna include
you're upper and lower control arms,
and all the bracketry you need for different shocks
or whatever coilovers that you're gonna put in there.
And like I said, that's just three to five grand
just for those pieces and that doesn't even include
the coilovers that you're gonna wanna use.
So then, if you step up and you buy
a set of King coilovers with remote reservoirs,
like the 3.0 is a pretty common set up,
just that pair of shocks is gonna run you $3,000 there
so you're already talking anywhere from six to 8,000
in front-end components and that's all before labor
just to have the front of your truck capable
to do some mild jumping.
Then you still have to worry about the rear which
is a whole 'nother story.
I have to sneeze.
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Felt that one comin.
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So in general, can you jump your lifted truck?
I guess the answer is yes, you can.
But should you, probably not.
And I definitely have to say for legal reasons,
we can't recommend that you jump your truck at all.
So by installing a spacer lift kit, like I mentioned,
you're not really adding any performance to your vehicle
it's gonna be mostly aesthetic
or just allowing you to run those larger wheel and tires.
So yes, if you want to run it through the mud then go for it
but they're not made to be sent flying through the air.
Now some companies like BDS,
their slogan is use it and abuse it.
so if you do have one of their pull-over kits,
they can handle quite a bit of abuse
and if you're pulling a wheel off the ground
or going over something that's a pretty aggressive obstacle
and you do get the front end in the air,
that's something that those kits can handle.
What we're talking about here, is the viral videos
of the Dodge Ram going through the ditch and just sending it
or the Ford Raptor that goes flying 90 feet,
or the Tacoma the comes across the ditch in a police pursuit
smashes into the ditch, and then jumps into a house,
that one was absolutely crazy.
There aren't kits out there that
are designed to be doing that.
Even the long travel kits,
there's a limit to everything, really.
And you can keep spending more and more money
to get a better and better kit,
but at the end of the day,
you have to really look at the engineering
that goes into the kits, as well as the performance
of the shocks, before you decide to do something
that extreme with your vehicle.
So if you guys have any other questions
that you want answered,
feel free to drop them in the comments.
That's gonna be it for this weeks episode of From The Inbox.
We're gonna keep bringing these to you
as you guys keep asking us questions.
Hopefully, these are helpful to you, peace.
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We're talking about jumping, like jumping your truck
'cause people think oh if I throw a six inch
Rough Country lift kit on my truck,
I'm gonna go off road and I'm gonna send it.
- No you can't do that. - And you just can't.
That's not what it's designed for.
- You just can't do that.
- He doesn't even drive a truck,
he drives cars and he knows.
- Yeah you can't, you can't just do that.
- No.
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So.
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