- Hey guys, Brad here with Custom Offsets.
Got another episode of Lifts and Levels.
This is gonna be a BDS four inch system.
You've probably seen this one before.
This is for a 2016 Silverado 1500,
same kit for the 14 to 18 Silverados.
Let's see, and the BDS one, as you know,
has the replacement struts up front
so we're gonna run through the kit here.
Got the new forged knuckles,
designed and manufactured by BDS themselves here.
They have a nice black powder coat finish on 'em.
Not all manufacturers have a finish on the knuckles
so it's just kinda nice to see
they won't rust up right away.
Movin' along to the front differential drop brackets.
We will see these here and we can measure these up
so we can get an idea of how much everything is dropped.
These measure about four and a quarter inches here
for the diff drop brackets.
That's the one side.
The other side is going to follow similar suit here.
Four and a quarter inches.
Now remember they use the same diff drop brackets
on the six and the four inch kit
so you get the same amount of diff drop,
more amount of lift on the six inch kit.
So what does that tell you?
It tells you on the four inch kit, you'll see flat angles
or on the six inch kit you'll see about
what you'd call, like, leveling kit angles
or about two inches of lift
and we got our CV axle spacers here
'cause the front track width is increased
and these measure about an inch and five eighths
because track width is increased
about inch and five eighths.
So we have those spacers there.
We got our differential brace here.
When it's dropped down, that would be,
oh, gonna get out here.
This piece right here is the front differential brace
so when it gets dropped down,
it actually ties in between
these two lower control arm cross members
which is a nice little touch
to keep everything in place
and prevent it from wanting to move.
BDS gives you new tire rod end links
so you're not cutting the factory ones
which is another nice little option.
We got our replacement front struts
so there's gonna be no spacers up front
and you're going to replace the factory struts
with these new struts here
and they come with new top hats as well
that'll get installed on the new struts.
Lower control arm drop cross members.
These are nice quarter inch thick pieces here
in the traditional BDS, flat color here.
It's kind of a textured finish
that goes along with the radiator splash guard
and then the differential skid plates as well
that are gonna be these two pieces
and they actually bolt to bottoms of the cross member here.
Got the optional Fox shocks of course
on this kit, Fox 2.0s for the rear of the truck only.
If you wanted Fox, we get a lot of questions asking
for Fox shocks up front
and the only way you can get Fox up front
is if you were to get Fox coilovers
because Fox doesn't make necessarily a replacement strut.
They only make coilovers
so you'd have to get to the coilover kit
and the coilovers themselves are about,
I think they're around $1500
for just the front coilovers
so it gets quite pricey.
On the rear of the truck,
it's just gonna be blocks that lift the rear
and as you can see here, the rear blocks
are gonna be about four inches of lift
and we got new U-bolts as well.
And then all the other hardware
to go along with it
and that's about it.
We're gonna go ahead and get installed
and then we'll check back in once it's all installed
and we'll get some shots of the angles
and everything like that later.
All right, guys, we got the BDS four inch kit installed
in the truck here.
We're gonna run through the components.
Got the new lift knuckle installed here.
So, let's see, so we have our end links.
They're the new BDS links
and then you'll notice the new BDS front strut here,
which is gonna provide lift for this particular kit.
There's no strut spacer, no reusing of the factory strut.
You'll see the replacement tire rod ins
here installed as well.
Got a lower control arm, drops, CV axle spacers.
You can see these here along with the new hardware
on the CV axles.
Sway bar, drop brackets up here.
And then another key piece is this differential brace
which is bolted on to the side of the differential housing
up here and then gets braced in between the front,
the front and the rear drop cross members.
The BDS drop cross members.
We got our new skid plates
for the front diff ones lowered down.
We got one up here as well to protect the steering rack
a little bit and then we got the new splash shield
on the front here as well, replaces the factory plastic one.
And that's pretty much gonna cover all
the front end components.
I don't think I'm missing anything.
You gotta move around some brake lines and stuff like that
on this new knuckle but besides that,
there's no drive shaft spacer or anything like that.
Chevys, you don't have to do that on the Chevys,
the spacer on the drive shaft is usually a Ford
or a Ram thing.
And that's going to be it for the front components here.
Movin' around to the rear of the vehicle,
we got the new blocks in the back here.
BDS does offer at least replacement
but most people just go with the standard blocks
so we got the new blocks, new U-bolts,
nice coated U-bolts.
It's got a black finish on them.
The new Fox shocks.
The 2.0 Fox shocks in the rear.
Some brake line relocation going on up here
as well as up here.
You can see the blocks over here as well
and then you gotta move the parking brake cables
around as well and that pretty much rounds out
the back of the truck.
And be the BDS four inch lift goin'
on this 2016 Silverado, 1500, peace.
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