3 Inch MotoFab Leveling Kit and Upper Control Arms on 2018 Silverado

[@MikeBMW]

Mine is leveled with 3" Front level and 1" rear block, from MotoFab and a MotoFab UCA. As well as a Zone rear spring insert. Doing the Zone 1.5 inch body lift this weekend when the rain stops. Might go from 33x12.5 to 35s, not sure yet. I had a 1978 Chevy Short bed back in the day, 12 inches of lift and 44 inch Monster Mudders. I'm trying to remain civil in my old age. :) My daily driver is a 1990 BMW 535i, but the truck fills in for the home rebuilds.

[@jason.godwin]

Awesome bro

[@Airforceveteran100]

i installed the 3 in the front 2 in the rear and man was she bumpy as hell almost like going over moguls at the ski hill, i ordered the UCAs so hoping that helps and not to mention i needed them due to the angles since they were resting on the stops.

[@jason.godwin]

Yessir the UCA’s should help a decent amount

[@Temuba]

Thanks for all the info on this setup. Going this same install on mine.

[@jason.godwin]

No problem 💪🏻

[@robertog4351]

How does the lower ball joint angle look? Any pictures or video on that?

[@jason.godwin]

I got my truck lifted so I can’t take a picture or video of the leveled angles, but from what I remember the angle wasn’t bad at all maybe slightly more angled than stock.

[@robertog4351]

@@jason.godwin ok thanks congrats on the lift hope to see a video

[@jason.godwin]

No problem man, it’s coming soon!

[@brentonstephen9320]

Did u have to do any trimming at all and do u scrub

[@jason.godwin]

This setup will scrub the Sway bar and the UCA depending on what UCA’s you have.

[@danielnunez9293]

What size wheel and tire

[@omarcastillo2792]

It looks nice, I’m thinking of getting a 3 in front and 1in back myself

[@jason.godwin]

Thank you! Your truck will look badass man!

[@scottcraigplumbingrepair7919]

Clean looking truck but how does it do when ur towing something or have a little weight in the bed? I have a 2” leveling kit but I’ve noticed I like the look of a 3” better. But I’m not willing to sacrifice my pulling a boat or a 4 wheeler for it if the extra inch would be an issue. What’s ur thoughts?

[@jason.godwin]

I personally don’t have anything to tow, so I can’t say whether it would effect it. I still have all my leaf springs so I assume it wouldn’t be effected. It’ll just squat a little bit when you’re towing since it’ll be already leveled out.

[@jakes197]

i tow a camper and went motofab 3/2 it squatted a lot till i added super springs to the rear . or you could bag it

[@joshua.johnson]

When I’m an actual adult (I don’t consider myself at 18 an adult yet haha) I am totally getting a 2018 and doing basically what you did to yours!

[@jason.godwin]

They are very good trucks, I got my 2018 Silverado when I was 19 years old. Keep working hard and stay focused it’ll come to you with time!

[@marcosg6406]

Looks like that upper balljoint has no grease. Maybe that's why it looks cracked?

[@jason.godwin]

That could be the case

[@jaluco02]

Did you add the 2” rear blocks from MotoFab

[@jason.godwin]

Nosir, just the front strut spacers

[@Noah-bg1yp]

Your setup is really nice bro 👍

[@jason.godwin]

Thank you! Means a lot. 💯

[@KenzieNj]

Keep the vids up. Just got a Sierra.

[@jason.godwin]

I definitely will man, congrats on the purchase!

[@JorgeHernandez-xs9nu]

What are the size of your wheels and tires

[@losttrucker27]

What kinda tires do you have and are those 22 rims

[@jason.godwin]

The tires are Gladiator XComp M/T’s Rims are 24x10 split 7 Replicas

[@ckoemptgen9]

What size tires are they?

[@robertog4351]

How does it ride ? I want to do the same suspension setup on mine, I’m keeping the 18’s for now just gonna put bigger tires on it until the wheels I want come back in stock.

[@jason.godwin]

It’s rides pretty good for what it is. It is definitely a little more bumpy but that’s expected when you’re doing a strut spacer level. Also, the less sidewall of the tire you have the more bumpy it will be. But sometimes we got to make sacrifices to get the truck looking how we want it! Lol

[@willemrey39]

Do your UCA’s not hit the wheel? I couldn’t put mine on because the wheel had too high of a backspacing with the stock wheels

[@jason.godwin]

I believe it’s the tire rubbing on my UCA’s, it’s very slight.

[@doughboi4sho81]

What sizes wheel and tires are you running and did you have to get major trimming done?

[@jason.godwin]

24’s and 35’s and I have no trimming. This video I’m linking explains everything: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGOwlqCBaLhnhJI

[@adrionclark1388]

You have the Stamped steel or aluminum upper control arms?

[@jason.godwin]

My truck had Stamped Steel UCA’s

[@adrionclark1388]

@@jason.godwin do you know which motofab upper control arms you got? They have both on their website.

[@rjpacheco2195]

How was the ride after the alignment? Would it pull or anything??

[@jason.godwin]

Rode good after alignment

[@rjpacheco2195]

@@jason.godwin would it pull to the left or to the right?

[@jason.godwin]

Only time it pulled was if I went over bumps and it wasn’t really a pull necessarily it was just a jolt because everything in the front end was maxed out with the 3in level

[@kadynf3017]

What kinda of gas mileage around town and highway?

[@Quantedric]

What size rims are those

[@kennethgulledge3836]

Is it still doing good cause I was thinking about getting one for mine ? And doing a build one it all on KZbin

[@jason.godwin]

It did good all the way until I got my lift put on

[@kennethgulledge3836]

@@jason.godwin did you put a lift on it ? Or you still got the moto fab on there ?

[@kennethgulledge3836]

Is that I’mfscrew old 2018 or no ?

[@jason.godwin]

I have a 9 inch FTS on it now. Video will be up soon when I get the time to record. And no this isn’t LMFScrews truck, I’ve had this truck for 2 years. But they are almost identical, only difference is he has 3.08 gears and I have 3.42 gears.

[@Ivan-jc8hr]

how are the uca holding up?

[@jason.godwin]

They held up good, I ended up never replacing the ball joints. Now I have a 7-9 FTS lift with Cognito UCA’s and Fox 2.0 shocks in the rear, thing is humongous!

[@Reviewerguy1228]

@@jason.godwin $?

[@owenpullen6356]

I think you should get some color matched taillights

[@jason.godwin]

I was thinking about doing that when I first got my truck in October of last year before I had the channel and my setup. Lmfscrew beat me to it, but I will eventually get the color matched taillights and I may get clears on my headlights. I got more videos coming soon

[@owenpullen6356]

Jason.Godwin when I saw your truck the first thing I thought was lmfscrew when he got the 24s and 35s I want to do something like that but with 22s how does it ride with 24s

[@jason.godwin]

Honestly it rides great. Only thing is if you’re worried about fuel efficiency, they suck the gas tank dry. I used to get 18-22mpg now I’m lucky if I get 14-18mpg. Riding through towns and stuff it drops down to 10mpg. Overall ride quality is great tho man 22’s would look great with 35 Gladiators

[@owenpullen6356]

Jason.Godwin yeah I just like a little bit more sidewall and I’m used to getting about 13-15 in a lifted 2000 GMC Sierra 5.3l with 22x14s and 35s.

[@jason.godwin]

That ain’t bad for the setup

[@tackhammer222]

What does bigger tires do to the speedo?

[@jason.godwin]

The speedometer is off by about +5mph now with the bigger tires

[@tackhammer222]

Jason.Godwin Thanks!

[@jason.godwin]

No problem!

[@brianraabe308]

@@jason.godwin what size tires did you go with...I have the exact same 3" lift with the 2" lift in the rear.

[@jason.godwin]

@@brianraabe308 35x12.50r24 Gladiator XComp M/T’s

[@papaperc6524]

hard to find a leveling kit for your front end for a 06, it sucks..

[@leonardoreyes2741]

Do you have any problem with the axles leaking grease or something?

[@manuelramos9143]

Beautiful truck! Just pulled the trigger on Motofab kit with the control arms included. Question for you, I’ve been looking everywhere for a white / black bow tie. Where did you get yours? Can only find white and chrome.

[@jason.godwin]

Thank you! I got mine from a company that went out of business because of this “coof”. If you don’t mind me asking you, do you have a link to the white and chrome bow ties? I’ve been looking for them.

[@bigbuckcc1]

What size tires and rims

[@jason.godwin]

24’s and 35’s

[@tyler560]

What's your wheel set up ?

[@jason.godwin]

In this video I had split 7 24’s and 35 Gladiator XComp M/T’s

[@kadynf3017]

What size rims?

[@jason.godwin]

24’s

[@ejayhenderson6638]

Stamped steel or Forged UCA?

[@jason.godwin]

My truck had Stock Stamped Steel UCA’s. The MotoFab ones I put on are tubular steel, made a world of difference over the Stock ones.

[@ejayhenderson6638]

@@jason.godwin okay so do you have a link to the exact UCA? Im having a hard time.

[@jason.godwin]

May be sold out right now, right after I bought them they started getting sold out all the time. Your best bet would be to call MotoFab

[@ejayhenderson6638]

@@jason.godwin okay thanks

[@jaluco02]

How much were those arms bro..?

[@jason.godwin]

I believe $280ish I went over the pricing towards the end of the video on this video I’m linking: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6fIpGyGd7B8bck

[@lspaul13]

You should get the rough country forged control arms there way heavier duty

[@jason.godwin]

MotoFab sent me replacement ball joints for free. Said the place that installed them added “too much grease” to them citing that they are “pre greased from the factory”. I’m not a mechanic so I can’t say whether I believe it or not but they did fix the issue for free and I commend them for that. But I definitely agree that the RC forged ones are heavier duty.

[@jakes197]

where can i get them for a 2017 with stamped arms ? seems to stop at 2016

[@kennybeachum3584]

“lmfscrew has entered the chat”

[@jason.godwin]

True

[@santiagocisneros3002]

Doing the same set up on my 2013 silverado 6 2 LT

[@dontasmith2241]

Are those 35s

[@duran4689]

Did u cut out the bump stops?

[@duran4689]

Also bud I think u can buy the ball join separately if they sell it separately. If not then damn

[@jason.godwin]

@@duran4689 I didn’t get the bump stops cut out for these upper control arms. As far as I can tell, the UCA’s don’t go anywhere close to them. I’ll have to look into it but I’m pretty sure the ball joints aren’t sold separately, which kinda sucks lol.

[@jej3134]

@@jason.godwin Ball joint # moog k6696 summit racing $42.99 a piece. New ones don’t have the red boot they are black. Got the # from motofab . Hope this helps.

[@jason.godwin]

Thank you so much. I’ll have to get some new ones soon

[@EmjayRandoms]

How are the Tires in the rain?

[@jason.godwin]

Not bad tbh

[@christopherbenefield8201]

Do the wheels and tires rub

[@jason.godwin]

Yessir

[@mattgodwin6614]

Nice Truck

[@jason.godwin]

Matt Godwin Thanks 😂

[@buddyb15]

@@jason.godwin this is probably a dumb question but the lift spacer you used for the 3 in lift is 3 inches right. Not sure how suspension measurements work. Thanks

[@jason.godwin]

It’s actually a real good question. No it’s actually like right around 2.3inches or something close to that. But it raises the front end up 3 inches over stock. I would Google the exact measurements to get the best answer but I can tell you the actual spacer is not 3 inches

[@buddyb15]

@@jason.godwin thanks appreciate it

[@jason.godwin]

@@buddyb15 actually man I found the dimension sheet

[@Silveradokev]

Save your money and get kryptonite controls arms , have them on my 17 Silverado no problems at all , build quality is great

[@jason.godwin]

I’ll look into them thank you for the information

[@sanchezmatt54]

Beautiful truck !

[@606pewgram]

Awesome setup man! About to do the same on my 16 Silverado. How is the ride quality now?

[@jason.godwin]

It was very good when I had those rims and tires

[@rodolforamirez2063]

Hey man so for sure I needa get the control arms if I have the 3in level kit?

[@jason.godwin]

You are definitely going to need to upgrade your UCA’s with a 3in level. Otherwise you run the risk of your ball joint busting and doing a “kachow mod” while driving

[@tythesoupguy3702]

Truck is pretty nice !! Great video quality btw. This as big as you wanna make the truck??

[@jason.godwin]

Thanks man! I definitely got plans for it to get bigger and wider when I have the extra money and the time is right! For right now tho, I think the leveled look on 4’s and 5’s is perfect for this body style. But yes I do eventually plan to go big and wide with the truck.

[@johnnylawrence]

Great looking truck. Yes you lose your suspension functionality adding spacers hence the hard jolting when hitting bumps, but dude the bigger issue of jolting is you have those big ol rims with thin ass tires. What are those 22's? Get rid of those and get some 18s or less with fatter 33" tires to take on those bumps better!

[@jason.godwin]

I rode on my stock 18’s and 31’s for roughly 7 months with the leveling kit on it. Same thing was happening when I had them on too. Honestly, this may sound crazy, but I think the bigger rims and tires helped with the jolts. 3 inches on a leveling kit is damn near pushing the limits for all the front end components angles. I’m not surprised that it got more jolty, I was just mentioning how it is more jolty so people who wanted to go with the 3 inch level knew it would ride more stiff.

[@jason.godwin]

Oh and thank you

[@that2doortahoe274]

You're suppose to grease it before installing

[@jason.godwin]

Had a shop install the UCA’s. I’ll have to call and ask what the deal is with it

[@jaluco02]

Did they grease them..?

[@jason.godwin]

MotoFab sent me some brand new ball joints and said from what it looks like to them, the shop over greased them. Which is causing the cracks. They said the ball joints are pre-greased so they do not need to be greased apparently

[@that2doortahoe274]

That's weird never head of over greasing the ball joints, you usually put grease until the grease starts coming out 🤷‍♂️I mean if the ball joints specifically says dont add grease than that would be understandable I suppose

[@jason.godwin]

Same I believe they were just covering their ass

[@saturnsl21999]

😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@FlyEaglesFly19111]

Looks good!

[@sydneybrown7348]

:)

[@BradyGoCrazy]

Copying lmfscrew lol

[@jason.godwin]

BradyGoCrazy Lmao, bro 24 reps and 35 gladiators on a leveled new body are extremely common. But hey if we’re going down the “you’re copying so and so” route, I had my setup about a month before he got his and had all the extra content planned in advance. Just because Lmfs has a larger following than me don’t mean he is the first to have this look or put that leveling kit on his truck.

[@brianraabe308]

I'd say the more videos and opinions about these trucks the better.

[@vexysfr]

What size tires and wheels ?

[@STRETCH98]

Looks good !