Installing 1999-2006 GM 1500 6-inch Suspension Lift Kit by Rough Country
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Gain incredible ground clearance and uncompromised performance with Rough Country’s 6-inch Non-Torsion Drop Lift Kit for the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 pickup trucks. This innovative kit features non-torsion drop brackets which keeps your torsion bar cleanly tucked away, offering more ground clearance, better geometry, and a much improved look over torsion-drop kits which leave your crucial components exposed.
A set of high-clearance crossmembers offer unmatched ground clearance, using an innovative low-profile design that gives significantly more room than other designs. This setup makes it easier to traverse off-road obstacles with no hang-ups, while promoting the proper geometry to maintain a smooth highway ride.
This kit also includes durable lifted knuckles, differential drop brackets, and a beefy skid plate for superior protection. A set of rear, fabricated lift blocks provide rear lift with an anti-wrap design that prevents binding or axle wrap issues. Also included are a set of four Rough Country N2.0 Shocks. These Nitrogen-Charged shocks offer an amazing blend of smooth highway ride quality, and off-road performance. Includes Rough Country’s Lifetime Replacement Warranty.
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I've never had vehicle components come off so easy. If it was this strait forward I would cry tears of joy.
After watching this video i stepped outside and realized how beautiful my truck looks stock
Lol 😂 same here
Lmao
Ain’t that the truth 😂
okay boomer
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Well i guess this cured any dream I had of doing this.
Tazzspaz right lmao. Maybe 3 inch lift is all I'll go.
Tazzspaz ha ha same
How much labor cost is this ???
@@tylerbabbitt6135 Its probably cheaper to just buy a used truck that someone else already raised.
Do it your selves... all the steps are given.
1 minute in and decided i will pay someone else to do this shit
Exactly 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Same here
Lol
Samee
Thank you Rough Country! I lifted my 07 Sierra Classic and it was flawless! This video is epic and helped me a great deal. What a great company having such a detail video to help. The kit went in NO issue and truck looks great!
Anyone else just watching along passively then have a giant eye opening cringe when he said "cut the frame with a sawzall" 😂😂
Yep. Got my attention.
thats when i knew....
It ain't too bad.
Speaking out of experience: if you don't own one, rent one from Home Depot or your local hardware store. Be sure to buy the better quality torch blades from Milwaukee or any brand really, just make sure it's a high end blade. I went through 3 of them. Put on some eye protection and music and get to work 👍
Oh yeah. I’m my head I said. Oh shoot , this is serious now.
That was right when I decided I’m not gonna do it myself
Watching this video makes me appreciate how easy it is to lift my jeep.
DCSHEEP158 your build like a lifted jeep
DCSHEEP158 IKR! Solid axles are way more simple to lift, compared to the independent suspension systems.
i have dealt with rough country for years I have this lift on my 02 Silverado very happy with it well worth the money took me 3 days all by myself.. not as hard as it looks outta all honesty. I recommend also getting the steering stabilizer an hd tie rods for another $80
How much did you pay for the kit?
Thanks I'll take that into mind. I know 100 something pound tires I'll definitely need new tie rods
Lynn Mckenney it's still $1000
Do the HD tie rods fit a 02 GM sierra 1500?
Man, I gotta hand it to you!!! You really did a great job with this video! You named all the size sockets, wrenches and torque specs!!! I did mine from the instructions and only stumbled across this jem of a video afterwords... Great job!!!
currently doing this lift kit with my dad. not as hard as everyone is making it seem like, couple bumps in the road but we are almost finished. Great and very helpful video. and the most important, bonding time with deddy
I’m getting this lift done this weekend does it look good on your car
LilUSBport i repainted everything on my truck the whole underneath is black and it looks brand new i haven’t finished it yet but i’ll update you
LilUSBport update: it looks good and everything is strong highly recommend
Skeebo05 I spent 4.7k on the lift tires and wheels today lmao
Replace ball joints and tie rod ends at this time too. It will be worth it in the end.
I thought the same thing but also thought might be smart to change cv shafts, rotors and brakes as well that truck looks like it most likely hasn't been serviced properly with all the rust and shit
Cheap insurance for sure!
I had the same thought
And cv axles
U joints should have also been replaced
I have just installed this kit on my 2007 Silverado classic and it took me roughly 20 hours to get it completed. I live in Michigan so everything was seazed together and rusty. Additionally no suspension components had ever been replaced due to it having 50000 miles on it. I regret not sending it to a shop but in the end I saved roughly 1000 dollars that I can use to do other modifications. Looks amazing when it's done though!
Step one...move to a southern state so you don't have a bunch of rust under your truck.
Step Two: So you've moved to the South. Now find a truck that has no rust. Good luck it's a painful process
Step 3: you found the right truck but the guy wants to much for it. You wait for him to go to bed and take his truck.
If you think that’s rusty come up here to the great white north. That still has paint on it. It’s mint by my standards lol
haha as a Canadian I felt this...rust never sleeps here.
I'm in Texas and my 1999 silverado has maybe 5% of rust on it. Looks almost like a brand new truck underneath
Wow crazy how you can install a 6 inch lift kit in under 10 minutes.
With the magic of video editing, you can do all kinds of things.
lol took us all day
Yeah its just that simple!!😂
@@RoughCountryTV 6 hours for my canyon 6" lift kit was flawless
@@SECRETGOVERMENT2012 you worked it an inch an hour haha
don't forget to torque down the muffler bearing as well
and change your blinker fluid.
there is such a thing as muffler bearings.. turbo charged cars use them.
I forgot to do that and my windshield turned blue
I used a metric crescent wrench 😁😁😁
Disconnect the flux capacitor first! I almost killed myself one time
Step 1, own a shop and a lift.
I got that i just dont have an Arsenal of odd ass metric tools like a 35 millimeter deep well socket
@MJBclassics i have metric tools but not big ones like a 30 something millimeter the biggest metric I have is like a 25 millimeter
Harbor Freight
You had me up to i seen all the 10mm bolts. Ill spend more time looking for my 10mm sockets and wrenchs than i ould on the labor lmfao
Lol I know what you mean. 10 mm and 1/2” are always MIA
Wow,, I honestly can say I have never heard the words "Remove" and "Install" used more in 8 minutes anywhere.. IN MY LIFE !!,,, I can check that off my list now...
i got this lift kit, man did it make my truck drive better then new, make sure you do an inspection of the front end and replace any worn out parts otherwise you will have a bad time. get the front stabilizer.....
mine was put on by mooses 4x4 in hartford wisconsin 2 years ago and i couldn't be happier
I honestly figured it'd be way harder. This is pretty straight forward, at least theres no welding involved.
call me stupid but damn i didn't know this much work went into a lift
I thought the same thing. I will NOT complain about the price. I will gladly pay the shop for all that work. Wow!!
That's why you see so many blocks, pucks, and reclocked torsion key lifts.
I was shocked when he said something abt a 35 millimeter deep well socket bc I definitely won’t have a metric that big
The 4 inch ones are way easyer
bro its so easy they just sped it up and freaked you guys out
The amount of times he says "remove"... looks like a shops doing this and not me..
exactly what i was thinking
He mentioned cutting on the dif.. defiantly going to shop.
Andrew AW Way too much butchering of factory components. Lots of custom fabrication required. The bad thing with cutting is that you can't undo it.
Andrew AW it looks very hard but it's actually simple if you follow the instructions
RYTHMIC RIOT I'm not going to cut anything that has the word frame in it.
It make look scary in the video but I did it and I’m 18 lol. You definitely need to have a lot of patience. Just take your time and read every step and it went awesome.
How long did it take you
Doing this lift in my driveway right now on jack stands. Not that bad. Dropping the front diff to get it to the shop for 4.56's so I can reassemble. Then drive it there so they can regear the rear
“If you have any questions about installing your lift, give us a call…” 😂😂😂
I was thinking about doing a 6-inch lift on my Denali you really have deterred me after watching this video there is a lot involved 😲
I watched this video, and it was a little daunting, but my friend and I completed the job in a driveway with jack stands. It would have been very easy by comparison with a proper lift, probably cutting out time in half. We spent about two hours attempting to remove the OEM knuckle, as the ball joints were extremely resistant to removal. After two hours, we gave up on us lightly tapping and using gravity, and borrow a ball joint removal tool from AutoZone. With pressure on the ball joints, and less than a dozen hammer hits, the knuckle was free. Looking back, I would have wanted to install longer brake lines and do brakes and tie rods while we had it in the air, so that I could have just gotten the first alignment right. Center of gravity didn't change too much. RC recommends 17+ inch wheels, which I was not aware of, and I was a bit frustrated because the 2000 GMC Sierra I installed on came with stock 16" wheels. I had asked if I would need to change anything on the vehicle or if stock would accept lift with minimal mods. We also had to wrench a lot, where an impact gun would have again cut down on time a lot more. Cheers.
Hey just wondering, did your 16 inch stock wheels fit the 6” RC lift kit? How did you go about it?
@@elementsk8erq I called them and asked if I would be able to do it with 16" wheels. I was assured that there would be no way 16" wheels would clear. Put the lift on, put the 16" wheels on. Spun them in the air. Had 7/16" clearance to the brake caliper bolt. Been about 80k since then.
@@northlanderco196 nice! Thanks I’ll give my 16in wheels a try as well then!
@@northlanderco196 did you "retighten kit components every 3000 miles" as the video instructs? Lol
@@IWillSmurfYou I have enough reason to be under the truck about that often, but have only ever found one fastener that loosened at all. If you do your own oil changes, might as well throw a wrench on just to be safe. I definitely can't say I followed the instructions to the letter.
I love videos that are straight to the point no gibber gabber about a bunch of irrelevant stuff, great video
My imagination
Step one: take off wheels
Step two: plut in lift kit
Step three: get bitches
I started installing this kit on my truck without reading the instructions, after removing the alternator and the A/C compressor I didn’t know what to do, so I watched this video.
lmao
I will never ever ever install a lift kit in a 1500, but I watched all the way through, idk why but it was a nice video. I enjoyed it
I’m doing this tomorrow wish me luck fellas
That moment you think you’re going to lift your truck yourself until you watch this video then you’re like “fuck that I’ll let the pro’s do it”.
never in my life would I try to do this on my own.
remove the checkbook from ur pocket to pay someone else to do it
Everything went perfectly, just like this video.
almost done with my lift gotta have patients and a lotta cussing i’m 16 😂and i did it with all hand tools y’all got this
When I first got the idea of doing this I watched this and almost didn’t but, I finally finished doing the front yesterday after 2 days of painstaking work, easily the hardest thing I’ve ever done, every single step of the way will be a battle, every nut, bolt and bushing will fight you especially with a truck from Wisconsin. It doesn’t help I did it in the Arizona heat on a driveway. Some things I’d say to help someone else is just buy some ball joint removers for the stock ball joints, and rent a 1/2 impact it will make your life easier, soak everything with wd40 and remember there’s no going back.
Just ordered one today. Hope it goes well. 👌
Came in yesterday, 9/24/19,
Today, today 9/25/19, i was almost done with the front end, when i installed the skid plate, I was missing 3 washers, and 3 locking nuts. So it's half way on right now. When I got to the cv shafts, the bolts didn't line up properly with the spacer for the dif on both sides, only 5 bolts were able to be bolted down, so will try something tomorrow, may have to open the hole a tad bit. When I got to the sway linkage, I'm missing a bolt, some washers and 1 locking nut, both are installed but not torqued down, just in place till I call RC tomorrow.
I have a 99 gmc sierra 1500 4x4. 6" lift kit.
I sure do hope the rear end doesn't become a problem.
3.5 stars.
Take a shot every time he says remove or cut
Take my keys. I am too dru.... *Blacks out*
Chug the whole bottle when he says cut the frame
Its a good video though when you get the 6 inch kit. It does not have good labeling for what bolt is used for what. But I just finished mine. Started in the rear and then the front. Took about 2 days total. No shop, no garage, and no air tools. Just a drill and angle grinder and half my tool box laying everywhere. All in all its freaking awesome.
Just simply remove the torsion keys. Unless you live in Canada. Break out the torches. And the hammers. And the cursing. And about 2 days.
moo12111 that truck was actually pretty rusty. And things seemed to come apart good
Don’t forget about us maple syrup lovers in West Virginia
So wait are we installing a suspension kit or looking for drugs?
I literally lol'd on that one...thanks for the laugh.
I just bought a Tuff Country 4' Lift for my 2008 Duramax... this video actually helped a lot !! It seems simple, just many steps...a big one not mentioned here, is usually the steering gear may be worn out and need replacing from the bashing taken from over cranked torsion bars.. I just bought a Blue Top steering gear box and Cognito steering stabilizer... this will add another 5 hrs to it.. yuk!
This isn’t a tuff country kit ?
This is by one of the easiest lift kit to install
That was exhausting...I think my Tahoe is just fine stock...
i wish all my hardware came off this easy, took me an entire day to do the lift
And it's as simple as that!
I now have absolutely no problem paying humans thousands to do this while I have a few cocktails. Incredible video, I wish you showed the final product.
I feel like he’s explaining it fast to purposely confuse us and make us want to take it a mechanic to help all his fellow mechanics😅🤣
You had me for about a minute, then you used the words carefully remove with a sawzall then I was out!
I’ll get straight onto that tomorrow . Shouldn’t take long . 👍🏻👍🏻😂
Bro never came back
@@christopherhamilton4373 😂😂😂
Seeing all this cutting makes me scared so I'll probably just save up for a few months and have a shop do the lift and then align it so I wouldn't mess anything up hahaha.
Good choice! :)
Dude I said the same thing but then everyone wanted 900 or more to install so I went for it myself. I did it all by myself with floor jacks and stands in my garage in 2 days. The cutting and grinding is easy, the only hard part was lowering the differential by myself, I just used another jack to lower it. then I self aligned it until I got to a shop, it's all easy man and you learn a lot doing it yourself.
+__DarkBubble__ do u live in Cleveland I will pay u to install mine 216-972-8472. I have a 3' body lift and 6' suspension lift
Sorry, I live in Michigan.
Mayshun Hall I live in Cleveland and I can do it
And this boys and girls is why you don’t see many trucks with torsion bar suspension that have been lifted.
as a sport tuning guy recently into trucks, i had no idea how much work went into a lift lol... i could still DIY but not sure i want to. Anyway great install video!
well I will definitely have someone do this for me. I had some hopes of trying myself... but this might turn into a month long project.
Well looks like I’m getting a leveling kit.
Should make a video on how to install one on a truck that’s been driven in Minnesota winters for 20+ years
When the sawzall was brought out I’d seen enough 😂😅
After watching this video I stepped out side and started jacking up and stripping my truck apart in my gravel driveway to install my 6in lift
Wow I change my mind my trucks the perfect height
I'm having trouble getting my lower ball joint out yours came out with ease.
Spray with a lubricant or penetrating oil and hit the knuckle with at mallet where the ball joint is seated
+Rough Country I've tried every thing still won't budge
+V8outdoors use some balls. It will come out.
I used went ahead and used a pickle fork and it came out
There is a magical spot.. the metal around it in that area is thinner...u can try a b.f.h. or if you have a matco air hammer with a blunt tip anvil. Hit it....in my shop..we take a bolt of the same diameter and thread pitch...put two nuts on it so the one nut threads only half way.the next nut locks the first nut on...then know the hell out of the bolt head...this works for tiered ends also...hit it like a man...not like ur swinging a purse
Try that on a Minnesota truck.. bet you burn it to the ground after a few of those 10 mm bolts snap off.
Ralph Church my 06 is a mn truck, I installed mine with no problems. Granted mines rust free being it was garage kept and washed every week😂😂
torque to spec he says......but he uses an impact.....
K4H SneakyChevy that’s the spec 😂
Haha and at one point he said "torque to 11 ft lbs using a 10mm wrench"
Impact torque gun haha
Glad to see new CV went on. When you said save those old ones for later I cringed. They were shot
Wow Im glad there is only a few steps....
Well.....seeing how my family messed my garage up and lost my tools, I'll have a shop do this for me.
Video pops up in my feed
Me: Oh baby, I've always wanted to do this!
3 minutes into video
Me: ....nevermind
Hahaha 😄
I'm about to buy a really well taken care of '06 Silverado. I'm gonna put this lift on it. Very clean look. 33s. Not 35s.
Ok so i'll make the appointment and have this done
After watching this i don't trust anyone installing lift kit. Too much "remove" and parts that they will cut corners or forget S thing.
Who else was expecting to see the truck it self after it was done ✋ wtf i want to see how it looks Damn!
Did you watch the first 6 seconds of the video? That is the finished product.
This video makes it look like the hardest thing about installing this kit is buying it awesome. Now about that $1000 I lose around bill time every month. Lol
Oh , the fun I will be doing next month
nice work boys but uhhg lol life's so much easier with a solid front axle!!
pro tip: dont forget to fill up blinker fluid afterwards.
Man there’s a lot of people in this comment section that make it sound like they can’t change a tire... I could do this kit in my driveway with a floor jack and hand tools. Except everything would be torqued to “f#%king tight”...
Lol! Right on!
Oh no, it's work😲😲
There’s no such thing as too tight, as too tight only applies when the bolt breaks 🤣
Adventures of Will and Shelby that’s when you back it off a quarter turn and you know your ready to go. Who needs bolt heads anyways
That moment when youre tightening a nut with the cheater bar and the nut gets real loose...
Welp, 2” for this guy! I like how he just whips out the sawzall in a tiny cut scene and says, “just cut the frame”.
lol. this is why you get a solid front axle vs. IFS
that's some danaan instructions right there can't get no better at lunch
I like that bent rear axle.
I want to get one for my 1998 2door Tahoe. And this will complete it.
all i wish is that they slow down just a bit cuz im new at doing a lift. there isnt any other video on this lift kit for 2000 chevys on youtube
Once I heard "cut the frame" I decided a leveling kit would be a better option !
a3 or 4 inch lift doesnt require cutting
holy block
Just finished this lift and it ended up taking me 20 hours, keep that in mind before buying
time for a new rought country 6 inch kit that deletes the torsion bar
This video came on after installing the bull bar, started flipping the fuck out at taking the tires off (halfass paying attention to the intro to the video) was thinking Jesus Christ y'all, for a goddamn bullbar?? True story
I felt confident about this install until we started cutting the frame and grinding down cooling fins haha, very helpful video to have tho. I will be pausing this alot when I install my lift. Not likely Rough County tho as I ordered a lift for an s10 from them and waited 3 months after being told the kit was in and out of stock, AFTER they had processed my payment. I gave up waiting and was able to get a refund eventually. But they were dodgy about it, stopped answering emails regarding refund for a bit, not impressed! @Rough Country
hm watching this during lunch, i guess i can have it done by supper -_-
Great video, informative and well done. I'll be doing a similar lift on my Nissan titan. Figured it would be straight forward and if it's like this, it shouldn't be bad.
I'm about to order a 4 inch lift kit for my 97 1500 Chevy Silverado, heard you guys are the best and yall are pretty cheap
Kobra Plays rough country is good...but their kits aren't reliable unless your truck just use on the road and not anything intense.
Did you get all that? Ok Go!!
just bought this 3 days ago and i just found this video i’m fucked🤣
I'm doing this right now and boy I wish I saved $ for someone else to do it
@2:50 yea you got me there…
You forgot to remove piston 4
Me before watching this video: hell yeah ima lift my tahoe get some big mud tires and be ready for the apocalypse ...
Me after watching this video: hopefully there wont be an apocalypse with lots of off road stuff, stock is ok
Wow that’s all I gotta do? Challenge accepted lol
Baha they make it look so simple and easy...lol wait till you tackle your 20 year old rust bucket lol.