BDS in 1 month

bwenny247 · Post by **bwenny247** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 8:54 pm

BDS is coming out with a 5" suspension lift in or around the middle of February for the crew cab s10/sonoma models. I didn't see any other posts regarding this and i can't officially verify the time and date, but i have been in contact with them via emails and by phone through a local dealer. so be on the lookout.

Post by **HenryJ** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:14 pm

Keep us informed. It will be interesting to see what they have to offer.

Has the kit been prototyped yet?

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:05 pm

a month late and an inch short

2bunik · Post by **2bunik** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:27 pm

wait 2 monts and come out with a four inch lift kit

bwenny247 · Post by **bwenny247** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:18 am

the kit has been prototyped and debuted in a custom show late last summer, where my dealer saw it. it'll be interesting to compare the nuts and bolts aspect, warranties, prices, and ease of instillation with the superlift. when i find out more i'll let you guys know

Post by **HenryJ** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:06 pm

Sounds good , thanks

I am kind of suprised that this is the first that we have heard of it.

Welcome aboard

top_sgt · Post by **top_sgt** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:07 pm

oohhhhhhh goodie..goodie..goodie!!!!!!! more toys for my truck!!!

adrenalnjunky · Post by **adrenalnjunky** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:43 pm

HenryJ wrote:Sounds good , thanks I am kind of suprised that this is the first that we have heard of it.

Welcome aboard

We did -- back in October:

http://www.s-10crewcab.com/phpBB2/viewt ... hlight=bds

Post by **HenryJ** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:52 pm

adrenalnjunky wrote:...We did -- back in October...

I stand corrected.

First the gray hair ...then the memory...

adrenalnjunky · Post by **adrenalnjunky** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:01 pm

Tell me bout it....I just remembered making fun of Hobie about something lift related

Seriously I thought it was something about Trailmaster being bought by BDS, but a search shows that Perf. Accessories bought Trailmaster and some of TM's people went to BDS or something like that.

I'm rambling....forgive me....

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:24 pm

they must be bored over at BDS to come out with a 5" lift for our s-10.

10 bucks says it dont happen by feb. any takers?

weaselmf · Post by **weaselmf** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:34 pm

It would be nice to get a lift that didn't require quite so much cuting and rewelding...

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:26 pm

weaselmf wrote:It would be nice to get a lift that didn't require quite so much cuting and rewelding...

not possible with IFS

bubaloo1983 · Post by **bubaloo1983** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:40 pm

true dat

adrenalnjunky · Post by **adrenalnjunky** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:03 am

a2b wrote:
weaselmf wrote:It would be nice to get a lift that didn't require quite so much cuting and rewelding...
not possible with IFS

Not like going SFA is any easier

How's the formula toy going Hobie?

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:56 am

HenryJ wrote:First the gray hair ...then the memory...

Don't feel bad. My mind has been gone for years. And I'm not that old either!

adrenalnjunky wrote:Not like going SFA is any easier

If you use a kit like this: http://www.setstr8.com/GM_Sseries.htm then it isn't all that hard either. Just really expensive in the case of the Fabritech kit! I think the 9" kit was like $2300 when I looked at it (probably more now) and that doesn't include axles or anything to raise the rear end. Just the front.

coffeedrnkr · Post by **coffeedrnkr** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:45 am

I will let you guys know how hard it is to do the sas here in a couple weeks or so. I just bought a d30, and we are rebuilding it and trussing it, replacing all of the joints, and the gears are on order, and the leafs are in my garage ready to belong.

I am going to do leaf springs for simplicity

Here are the pics of what we have done so far
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/515961/6

jeffc · Post by **jeffc** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:27 pm

and people tell me i have too much money! isn't your trail master only a few months old? do you plan on going much bigger than you are now or are you just looking to clear your 33's without any rubbing? looks pretty cool so far...you'll have to let us know how much the sfa swap ends up costing you once you get everything all worked out.

coffeedrnkr · Post by **coffeedrnkr** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:12 pm

Ummm, when I did the trailmaster that was all I was able to do b/c I was still learning my way around trucks, and I wouldn't change it for anything b/c I learned sooooooo much by doing it myself. Also back then I didn't have a welder or a friend that could weld.

I am planning on hopefully selling the tm on ebay or something and getting some money back out of it which will offset the cost of the sas quite a bit. I am hoping that I can sell the tm for 750ish considering it is only 4 months old b/c I just put it on this last summer and I would be selling both the oil pan skid and the xfer case skid with the kit b/c they will not work anymore and bubaloo is making me a 1/4 steel t-case skid so I dont break it.

Also I will be selling the 4.10's in the front diff as a whole with the diff. And the superlift upper control arms and superlift torsion keys. and anything else anybody might want like torsion bars wheel bearings and such.

2bunik · Post by **2bunik** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:15 am

Well when you go posting on ebay .. be sure to give members on here a heads up

top_sgt · Post by **top_sgt** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:31 am

yes....let us know when you start selling stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

coffeedrnkr · Post by **coffeedrnkr** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:25 pm

I will be selling stuff as soon as it comes off, you can put in dibs right now and I will sell it to ya, pretty much all of the stuff in my frontend is brand new and good except for those dam ball joints

Actually anything that you can think of that is included or a part of the ifs you guys can ask for it.

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:17 pm

adrenalnjunky wrote: How's the formula toy going Hobie?

good. i got back to it today. i have been gone for 2 months. i have till april to get ready for the first comp. i bought myself a plasma cutter for christmas. its amazing how much faster i can get fabrication done now that i have it.

my site is

http://formulahobie.vze.com

i updated it today.

adrenalnjunky · Post by **adrenalnjunky** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:42 pm

look very cool man - and congrats on the plasma cutter - I'll own one one of these days.

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:57 pm

adrenalnjunky wrote:look very cool man - and congrats on the plasma cutter - I'll own one one of these days.

they are just a grand

well 1200 by the time i paid tax and bought a filter