New cheap lift?!

[stonetrail]

found this guy on ebay, any of you heard of him.

http://stores.ebay.com/McBay-PERFORMANCE_Truck-Lift-Kits_W0QQ_fsubZ2042230QQ_sidZ62425290?_nkw=trailblazer

[Zero]

It looks like he is selling knock off smaxx kits or something. In fact I believe that in one of those photos is an smaxx spacer.

[Trail X]

The front lifts have Smaxx stickers and it states they are "Suspension Maxx" brand.



(When did Smaxx switch to aluminum spacers instead of the plastic ones?)

The rear lifts apparently are McBay brand... but it's only because we share the rear perch design with all of the following vehicles:

CHEVROLET
* 2001-2009 Avalanche 1500 (includes Z71)
* 1978-1987 El Camino
* 2003-2006 SSR
* 2001-2009 Suburban 1500 (includes LTZ & Z71)
* 2001-2009 Tahoe 1500
* 2002-2009 Trailblazer 2WD & 4x4 (includes EXT)
BUICK
* 2004-2007 Rainier
GMC
* 1978-1987 Caballero
* 2002-2009 Envoy 2WD & 4x4 (includes XL / Denali)
* 2001-2009 Yukon 1500 (includes XL / Denali)
HUMMER
* 2003-2008 H2 (with rear coil springs)
ISUZU
* 2003-2008 Ascender
OLDSMOBILE
* 2002-2004 Bravada
SAAB
* 2005-2009 9-7X

[The Roadie]

They must be a distributor. I'll ask Larry about the change to aluminum.

[The Roadie]

Larry says it's all normal:

Mcbay is marketing some of our products and they are the genuine SuspensionMAXX products and pricing should be close to ours
We have grown into our product line and as the heavier trucks required cast aluminum we are now casting all our products in aluminum so it was a natural to convert the trailblazer as well

[HARDTRAILZ]

Or they copied Mark.

[Trail X]

But mark's is solid, theirs is cored out.

Are these things investment cast? or sand cast? I kinda assume it's just sand cast.

[The Roadie]

Or they copied Mark.

[bartonmd]

Or they copied Mark AGAIN.

Fixed that for ya...

Mike

[DmccartneyFF2TB]

So are they junk?

[TangoBravo]

No they are not junk, They will most likely work just fine, however the company use to make those product from what I would call questionable material meaning not made of any type of metal I am referring to the spacers. So with that being said they also copied a differant persons spacers, most of the guys on here feel the same they would rather get a great product from the original maker then a cheap product from a copy company.

[DmccartneyFF2TB]

I got ya. I was looking at this kit before i bought the rough country kit. I am looking in to spacers for the rear still.

[fishsticks]

Get spacers from Mark on the OS. I have a set of SMaxx spacers and a set of Mark's. They are essentially the same only Mark's are a fraction of the cost.

[TangoBravo]

and seem to be slightly better quality to me anyways.

[DmccartneyFF2TB]

Yea i was going to do my home work tonight. To see what i should do but ill take your word.

[TangoBravo]

yeah IMO you can't go wrong with anything that Mark makes.

[Regulator1175]

with all of the above.

Marks parts are all over my truck and have taken a huge beating. They are holding up wonderfully and I recommend them to everyone.