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- What's going on guys?
Fuller here from Custom Offsets,
Custom Offsets TV on the YouTube.
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Now if you watch this video,
you've probably seen the title
so you already know what I'm gonna talk about
and that is why we run BDS on our trucks.
So I'm driving CO2 which is our lifted white 2500
that we've had for a while now.
We bought this thing brand new in 2015.
We started the build right away.
Went off with some kind of some cheaper components
'cause we wanted to see what can we build
and still stick to a budget.
So we went with Rough Country lift
and things like that
and then later on, we decided, all right,
let's pull that out.
Let's go with some top-of-the-line components
and really get this thing riding like what we really want.
So, we swapped all that out
and now, it has a 6.5 inch BDS.
You guys have probably seen.
We've done some videos on it before.
We just really wanted to dive into
why we decided on the BDS versus some of the other
lift kits that are out there on the market.
So the first thing that comes to mind
when we're talking about why we went with the BDS,
it's kind of trivial or kind o' silly if you think about it
but you gotta pay to play.
So what we mean by that is
if you wanna hang out with other Lamborghini owners,
you've gotta own a Lamborghini
and the same applies to suspension.
So by owning this BDS kit, you kind of have
an elevated social status in the truck community.
Now it's not something that you should be going out there
and bragging about
and it's not a huge deal
but it is something to be just aware is
when you own one of these high end components
or a high end lift kit
or you've got American Forces,
people with similar products tend to hang around you
and then you just, you're really just elevating yourself.
Now, like I said, it's kind o' silly if you think about it
like that but it is one of the reasons why we wanted
to go with the BDS.
Because they have that name recognition,
everybody knows them.
With their options, you can select the Fox shocks
or get the Fox coilovers on some of their kits.
That's a huge name.
People just know and understand that
that name is a good name to be associated with.
The second biggest thing that you've heard us talk about
before in other videos is the ride quality.
And when we first put this kit in,
something to note is we wanted it to be tall.
So, we put it in, we cranked the keys up as high as possible
so that could fit these big wheels and tires we got on here
and we were kind o' disappointed.
That's only because we had it cranked up so high.
So we learned that even if you spend the money
you get a really nice lift kit,
but you crank it up all the way,
you're probably still going to
run into some ride quality issues
and be a little disappointed.
So, these kits are really made to ride where BDS
and where these factories are telling you to run them
so this set right at six and a half inches.
We had this thing cranked up to like seven and a half
or eight I think Cody was saying
basically by how tight he was cranking those keys in here
to bring that front up.
And that's not something that we wanted
but we just wanted to see if we could fit the wheels
and tires on there.
And yeah, they fit a little better
but we really sacrificed ride quality.
It was very stiff in the front end
and just not fun to drive.
Now that we've got it turned down to the proper settings,
it does ride really well.
When it comes to city driving or anything in town
or even on country roads that are 45, 55 miles an hour,
this thing rides really good.
Obviously, you still see a bit of camera shake
in the videos that we're making
because it's still a lifted truck.
It still drives like a lifted truck
but it's smooth and comfortable,
a little more refined than what you'd get
out of a cheaper kit that's not as well engineered.
So the whole thing, BDS stands for Better Design Suspension.
If you talk to Corporate or Big Dick Suspension,
if you talk to not corporate but they really do focus
on putting together a better design lift kit
so that you have correct angles.
You're not ruining your ball joints.
You don't have to worry about wheel bearings and such
which really with lift kits, you don't have to worry about
that too much.
It's more the wide wheels and the tires
that'll make you go through wheel bearings faster.
But, it's not something that we ever notice on our vehicles.
It's like, you're not changing them every year.
It's still every couple of years depending on how many miles
you put on them.
So back to the lift kit thing though,
ride quality.
We just find that it rides better with a BDS
than it did with the Rough Country.
The other nice thing about this kit and all BDS kits
is they put a really nice finish on their products
and we know they're gonna last.
Now, since we've had this for a couple of years
and we're now turning it into a winter beater
and buying a new vehicle,
it's gonna get ran through the winter.
It's gonna be in salt.
It's gonna be exposed to the elements
so we wanted the kit that's gonna stand up.
This particular one, you're gonna see that.
We powder-coated it white so we can't say that
the BDS finish is better on this kit
because we already went through and powder-coated it.
But, on all the kits that we sell on the website,
they come in the standard black finish from BDS.
They really do a nice job
of getting everything evenly coated
and that finish holds up extremely well.
And it's not only the finish
but it's the testing behind their products that we know
it's gonna last for a while, good longevity
because BDS puts a lot of testing in place
so that their kits work with the factory stability control
systems and everything like that
to keep you on the road.
So that's just a quick update on where we're at with CO2
and why we went with the BDS over the other kits
that are on the market.
If you guys have any questions on lift kits
or anything, drop them below in the comments.
We'll definitely do our best to answer those
or head out to our website customoffsets.com/lifts
and you can check out all the lift kits
that we offer there.
Peace.
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