Truck 3 '07 GMC Sierra Denali

Brand new 07 GMC Denali mint. Truck has everything, including the 6.0 liter vortech MAX engine. Black/black. Installed 8 inch BulletProof Kit. Adjustable coil-over upgrade, uni-ball style upper ball joints with new tubular upper arms, Fox chrome reservoir shocks in the rear, AFE cold air intake, RBP 4 inch cat back exhuast w/ 6 inch tip, AMP power steps, FlashPaq engine management.

Truck is sitting on 18" Black RBP wheels with 37" toyo mud country tires. I had to crank the coilovers to the sky to prevent the tires from rubbing the inner fender. Fox coilover reservoir mounted horizontally on custom mounted bracket.

His lifted Denali next to my dropped Chevy. +8 inches vs. -6 inches

Truck 2 '07 Toyota Tacoma

Presenting truck #2. Here we have your basic cookie-cutter lift kit. This is a Pro-Comp lift kit, with the adjustable coil-over upgrade. Pro-Comp is owned by the sister company of 4Wheel Parts so I am very familiar with this kit. They are easy and actually fun to install, because everything is included, and no extra fabrication required. I completed this kit in about 4 hours and wowed everyone. :) These Tacomas actually run pretty well, with the full TRD package and the big v6, very very solid. Running on 35" toyo's, 18" wheels. I think the truck had only 1400 miles when it came in.

http://www.explorerprocomp.com/

Truck 1 99 Chevy Siverado 12" lift

This is the first truck I built for the new company. Not the ideal first truck by any means. This fool came in with just a 3 inch body lift, and purchased another customers 12" Bulletproof kit. We had to remove the 12" kit from the 2nd Silverado and basically swap suspensions. The donating truck had to be put back to stock condition because he was trading the truck in, and the dealer wasn't ready to accept a truck with a 12 inch lift kit.

This first picture shows the front end built. Notice the optional dual shock set-up. These are upgraded Fox shocks with the external reservoirs. Looks nice, but lots of extra labor and money. The shocks connect the upper control arms to the frame-mounted shock hoop. These shocks had to be recharged with about 150 psi of nitrogen gas. Custom compression strut mounts had to be fabricated by me, not shown in picture. Marginal fab job at best. :(

This second picture shows the rear end components installed. The entire rear axle was swapped from a donating truck which already had upgraded to the 5:11 gearing. This makes the truck accelerate like it had before the lift was installed. The rear also has the dual Fox Reservoir shock system, which required removing the stock upper and lower mounts, and welding in new tabs for the shocks to mount. Not fun, not easy. Did i mention good luck returning this one to stock? I also installed this cat-back exhaust, with 6 inch chrome tip.

This is the completed project. Truck has the 12" Bulletproof Kit, with a total of 8 chrome Fox Reservoir shocks. Stacked with the 3" body lift, shes sitting at 15 " total lift. Tires are 44" Super Swamper Truxus tires, which make a ton of noise on the street. Wheels are by RBP, chrome 18s. Fun to drive around in, but tough to see little cars stopped in front of you. Nobody cutting you off is a major perk also. Girlfriends and moms would have problems getting into this one.

After just a week of driving, this customer received 3 tickets for the lift being too large. He has since installed semi-truck mud flaps to the rear to limit road debris from being thrown onto other cars. Notice the balls hanging under the hitch,, nice touch, real classy. Below is the truck sitting next to a stock Toyota Tacoma,, big difference.

http://www.bulletproofsuspensions.net/

http://www.btwperformance.com/

stay tuned, more to come..

Start up

I have created this page to share all my work accomplishments with people who wonder what i do all day. I work on trucks, installing lift kits and performance products. My job is not easy and I go home exhausted everyday. I started building trucks in July of last year for 4Wheel Parts. This company is not ideal by any means, but provided a stepping stone for me in this industry. Trucks built at 4wheel parts were considered to be, for the most part, "bolt on". This means that all components of the lift were included in the 5-6 box kit. Most kits take anywhere from 8-16 hours to complete, in most cases up to a week. The average lift for any Fabtech or Pro Comp kit is around 6 inches. I am now working for BTW Performance in Azusa, CA. The trucks lifted here are mostly all custom jobs, meaning lifts are created from scratch. It is here where the lift size depends on what your willing to pay. 15-24" lifts are not uncommon and each customer tries to go bigger than the one before him. There are fabricators to do those types of jobs, but my focus is on the bolts-on with some lite fab work. When upgrading an entire suspension and replacing all components, other factors come into play. First off, when lifting a truck its a given to install larger tires to compliment the lift. The average over sized tire is maybe a 35" tire, but I've done up to 44's. Installing larger tires means a steep decline in power. To resolve this, customers have the option of "gearing" their trucks to a higher ratio. This means, with the new gears installed, the customer can expect more off-the-line power, but a lower top speed. Another problem is safety. Every guy out here wants the biggest truck, but none consider the negative handling effects that truck lifting causes. The high center of gravity kills what little cornering capabilities the vehicle once had, and forget about executing any emergency maneuvers. Is a huge ass truck cool? Yes, but be prepared to spend extra on alignments, ball joints, bushings, GAS and tires, which need replacing every 10,000 miles or so.