Lift kit and a set of gigantic wheels wrapped in low-profile tires transforms the look of this small Silverado.
Our “Lifted Truck Tuesday” video comes to us from the Uda Chupadita YouTube channeland it features a Chevrolet Silverado from the 2016-2018 era getting a facelift from a lift kit and some new shoes. The regular cab, short bed Chevy truck is transformed into a show-stopping cruiser with these upgrades, allowing the smallest of the layouts to fit in with the bigger trucks.
Silverado Gets High
The video begins with this white regular cab, short bed pickup truck sitting on jack stands with the wheels removed, presumably in the process of getting the lift kit needed to fit a huge set of wheels. Those wheels come from Intro, with the 26-inch by 14-inch billet rollers looking sharp on this new Silverado, wrapped in a set of 37-inch, low-profile tires. They look like the kind of rubber that could handle any off-road situation, although we can’t imagine that this truck is going to do much traveling in dirt and rocks.
However, a lift kit and those huge wheels take a relatively pedestrian truck and turn it into an eye-catching street truck that would probably be helpful in the many locations around the United States that are facing deep flood waters.
Hitting the Road
After the Chevrolet Silverado on 26-inch Intro Billet wheels is all buttoned up, it hits the road. We get an array of rolling shots of the white Chevy truck looking great with the big wheels, but more importantly, we get a look at the pickup making a series of turns. In some cases, adding huge wheels and tires will reduce the turning radius of a truck, but this high-riding Silverado is able to make a U-turn and quickly back into a parking lot along a busy street.
In other words, it looks great without losing any of the driving function, likely making this Chevrolet Silverado a fun daily driver.
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