Unplugged Performance has begun shipping the UP INVINCIBLE® 2.5-Inch Lift Kit for the Tesla Cybertruck, a $9,995 system that raises the body and battery 2.5 inches while retaining factory air suspension functionality. The kit is now available to order and install at the company’s Hawthorne and Fremont, California facilities. Unplugged Performance says the system was developed over more than two years of trail driving, overlanding, and racing to work with the Cybertruck’s factory air suspension, ride-height sensors, steer-by-wire, and rear-wheel steering rather than overriding them. The company reports the kit is compatible with AWD and Cyberbeast Cybertruck trims.
Highlights
- Priced at $9,995, the lift kit is shipping now and available for professional installation at Unplugged Performance’s Hawthorne and Fremont facilities.
- The system lifts the Cybertruck’s body and battery 2.5 inches while preserving factory air suspension, ride-height adjustability, steer-by-wire, and rear-wheel steering compatibility on AWD and Cyberbeast trims.
- Front and rear upper control arms are machined from 6061-T6 billet aluminum and paired with stainless steel hardware.
- More than two years of development included prototype testing at the Mint 400 off-road race, where an attachment pin failure led to a redesign that reduced the kit’s overall component count.
Engineering Around the Cybertruck’s Factory Systems
The company says a lift kit for the Cybertruck required more than simply raising ride height. Because the truck combines air suspension, ride-height sensors, steer-by-wire, and rear-wheel steering, Unplugged Performance designed the system to preserve those factory functions rather than work around them. The kit raises the vehicle where the company says clearance matters most — lifting the battery 2.5 inches while maintaining the factory suspension system’s integrity, rather than relying on ride-height sensor adjustments or extending the air suspension beyond its designed range.
The system includes high-clearance front and rear upper control arms built to accommodate the revised suspension geometry while maintaining air suspension sensor positioning, along with supporting components for alignment and suspension function at the new ride height. The company reports the increase in ground clearance improves approach, breakover, and departure angles for uneven terrain, rocky trails, deep ruts, and remote access roads. According to Unplugged Performance, the revised geometry also addresses a limitation the company identified during development, in which the factory upper control arm can become a constraint under extreme off-road compression.
Mint 400 Testing Led to a Redesign
Earlier this year, Unplugged Performance installed a prototype version of the lift kit on the only Cybertruck entered in the Mint 400, an off-road race in Las Vegas. During the event, an attachment pin failed under race conditions, revealing a weakness in the prototype design. Unplugged Performance’s product development team said the company used the failure to redesign the affected area, reinforce the system, and reduce the overall part count to eliminate additional failure points, calling the race the reason the final product improved rather than simply a marketing exercise. The team added that pushing the prototype to failure during testing was intended to surface problems before customers encountered them on the trail.
Availability
Unplugged Performance is shipping the UP INVINCIBLE® 2.5-Inch Lift Kit now, with professional installation available at the company’s Hawthorne facility in the Los Angeles area and its Fremont location serving the Bay Area. The lift kit joins Unplugged Performance’s broader UP INVINCIBLE upgrade package lineup, which the company expanded earlier this year to cover suspension, armor, wheels, and lighting. It follows other Cybertruck suspension components from the company, including a rear secondary shock kit introduced last fall. The company says the kit is intended to serve as a foundation for a range of builds, from off-road and overland trucks to street-oriented setups.
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