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How to Install a 2007-2013 GM 1500 7.5-Inch Suspension Lift Kit

Rough Country

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Watch the install of Rough Country's 7.5" Suspension Lift for 2007-13 Chevy / GMC 1500 pickups. This big lift gives your truck an aggressive stance and the ride height to run up to a 35" tire on factory wheels.

Key Features:
Front and rear high-clearance crossmembers with the "RCX" logo
Heavy duty upper strut spacers and a lower skid plate
Differential and sway-bar drop brackets, made from 100% laser-cut materials
Rear 6" fabricated anti-wrap lift blocks to help combat axle wrap
Nitrogen charged N2 shocks with 10-stage velocity sensitive valving, tuned for this application

Get yours: http://www.roughcountry.com/gm-suspen...

Designed by Rough Country's in-house Research and Development team for the best possible fit.

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20 Comments

@keithnichols7339 5 years ago (edited)

8-10 hours the direction say...2.5 days in the average joe garage, even with a sufficiently full set of tools and that's assuming you don't sleep the first night. If you want to get this done in 8-10 hours, they should ship that second dude to you in the box so he can hold everything while you unbolt it. The main dude in the video barely has grease on his hands. By the end of of day one, the bums outside of the auto parts store didn't want to get near me because I looked too dirty.

@RyanFrasier-d2k 2 years ago

Just want to say that i just did this lift on my buddies truck. Good luck getting the knuckle and top control arm to connect. I was 2 inches away and thought they sent the wrong struts. We used the 7.5 lift struts instead of spacers. I called rough country and ran all part numbers. I finally got it but had to use strut compressors. Pretty sure i almost met god, but i did get it.

@midwestcatz5896 6 years ago

7.5" lift kit in 20 mins .. now that's a fast install

@oAuzzy 7 years ago

Can you replace rc rear shocks with billstein or something else? Or Are they taller than normal, thanks.

@oliverindustries2917 7 months ago

Love how the kit says no drilling required and that it's an easy bolt on kit😂😂

@Crazycookson1115 8 months ago

It helps if you get 4 inch lift control arms

@Romi.Frentescu 7 years ago

Losen and remove the vehicle completely. Lol

@mega730dude 3 years ago

Of only there was a place around here in ft wayne Indiana that installed lifts

@Sacredo0 9 years ago

Ok two things. I wish there was a live install video for the Tahoe, Suburban, Avalanche 7.5 lift kit. The Animated one is ok, But i feel like a live one would be better suited and 2. What the heck is up with the cat meow every now and then. had me lookin for a cat in my room haha

@nickrossi6821 7 years ago

I had a miserable time getting the upper control arm into the knuckle after the lower ball joint was installed. I had to use ratchet straps to pull the control arms towards each other just to get enough thread on the upper ball joint to grab it and suck it into the knuckle. I didn’t loosen the upper control arm during install, it would have most likely been easier that way, but there was barely any compression in the strut/spring assy to allow for installation

@stevenmchenry9276 5 months ago

This is a great video

@Iflagum 5 years ago

If your going to cut the outer tie rods why not replace them with something you can grease. As this stuff gets older I see that as a problem. I would have included new inner and outer ends in the kit. Pretty cool otherwise. Sounds like it would fit a Tahoe as well?

@hasanzero 7 years ago

Assassins creed ost in the background ♥

@jasonraper5096 4 years ago

I bought my truck 09 GMC Sierra and I’m not sure the exact lift I have but it’s a RCX Lift kit installed!! My rear blocks are 7” and front strut spacer is 6”.. 🤷🏼‍♂️

@North_Coast_Hvac 5 years ago

Wish RC had a sponsor budget.

@boogazincorporated 8 years ago

itd be nice to see a 00-06 tahoe rough country lift video, cant find one anywhere

@Wesleymyers-32 7 years ago

I have a 2008 Silverado 1500 that I bought that came with a 4 inch suspension lift and I added a strut spacer so basically a leveling kit to make it a 6 inch lift now my CV angles are at an angle and was told I need to drop the front diff down more but called rough country and the front diff block spacers are the same for a 4 inch lift and the 6 inch lift? A suspension shop told me I had to just take the lift off because there was nothing I could do. I just didn’t get how a 4 inch lift and a 6 inch lift use the same size of front diff drop bracket and how the CV angles wouldn’t be different then with the larger lift ?

@elbotas6097 1 year ago

Worse thing to do is to cut out for the crossmember. Had my lift for. Few years now looking in too dropping it back to stock… fuxked up thing is that no shop will tell you this.

@dallasasher6878 2 years ago

Everyone is asking questions that can be answered by going to their website

@kingofhearts4395 6 years ago

I just picked up my 7.5 lift for my 08 GMC 1500 yesterday Tue/April/6th and I am so disappointed in it that I will be returning it. I got the old styel strut spacers, the ones that had the problems with the welds cracking when tightening the bolts and not the new styel ones, You guys really cut corners on the welding of the components, their should have been more welds, And I have never seen orange peel on powder coating so even the powder coating is the shits. I would be scared to even put this lift on my truck.