The UP INVINCIBLE 2.5-Inch Lift Kit Is Here, and It Changes What a Cybertruck Build Can Be
The wait is over. Unplugged Performance is now shipping the production version of its UP INVINCIBLE 2.5-Inch Lift Kit, the first serious mechanical lift for the Tesla Cybertruck. It took more than two years of development, survived a redesign forced by a failure at the Mint 400, and landed at a starting price of $9,995.00. For anyone planning a proper off-road or overland Cybertruck build, this is the foundation piece the platform has been missing.
Sure, it’s an eye-watering price, but given the amount of development, engineering, and testing Unplugged Performance has done on this kit, it’s also one of the most complete off-road solutions that money can buy for this truck. And yes, it’s been broken, tested, run on some extreme off-road courses, rebuilt, redesigned, and thoroughly tested back again. Orders are open now, with kits shipping directly or being installed at Unplugged Performance’s Hawthorne facility near Los Angeles and its Fremont location in the Bay Area.
A Real Lift, Not a Sensor Trick
Cybertruck owners have known from day one that the truck’s integrated systems make it uniquely resistant to traditional modification. Air suspension, ride-height sensors, steer-by-wire, and rear-wheel steering all communicate with each other constantly. The shortcut some builders have taken is to fool the ride-height sensors or stretch the air suspension beyond its comfort zone. That approach adds height on paper while quietly degrading the truck’s behavior.
Unplugged Performance built the opposite of a shortcut. The UP INVINCIBLE kit lifts the body and the battery pack a genuine 2.5 inches through revised suspension geometry, not sensor manipulation. Factory air suspension, ride-height adjustability, steer-by-wire, and rear-wheel steering all continue to work exactly as designed on AWD and Cyberbeast trims. You get the height without giving anything back, which is the whole point.
The Hardware
The core of the system is a set of high-clearance front and rear upper control arms machined from 6061-T6 billet aluminum with stainless steel hardware. The arms are shaped to clear obstacles while keeping the air suspension sensors in their factory-correct positions, and the kit includes everything needed to maintain proper alignment and suspension function at the new height.
The control arm redesign also solves a problem that only shows up when a Cybertruck is used hard: under extreme off-road compression, the factory upper control arm becomes the limiting factor. The revised geometry removes that ceiling. Combined with the added clearance, the truck gains real capability in rough terrain instead of just a taller parking stance.
What It Means for Your Build
For this community, the lift is bigger than the 2.5 inches suggests. Extra clearance under the battery is protection for the single most expensive component on the truck. Improved approach, breakover, and departure angles open up trails that stock geometry cannot handle. And for anyone considering wheel-and-tire packages, a properly lifted truck with intact ride-height adjustability is a far better starting point than a stock-height truck or a sensor-hacked one.
Unplugged Performance expects the kit to serve as the foundation for a wide range of builds, from dedicated overland rigs to aggressive street trucks seeking a more commanding stance. Because the factory adjustability survives, you keep the low highway setting for efficiency and the high setting for terrain, just shifted upward across the board. That flexibility is exactly what makes this platform worth building on.
The Perfect Pairing: UP-03 Beadlock Forged Wheels
A lift kit is only half of an off-road build, and the natural next step is wheels and tires that can actually use the new clearance. The obvious match from the same catalog is the UP-03 Beadlock Forged Wheels, currently the only true dual-mode beadlock wheel engineered specifically for the Cybertruck, designed to work with Tesla factory lug nuts and TPMS sensors.
What makes the UP-03 special is that it solves the classic beadlock compromise. Most functional beadlock wheels are off-road-only equipment, impractical or non-compliant for daily street use. The UP-03 offers two mounting modes in one forged wheel: mount the tire traditionally with the included Hide Ring for a DOT-compliant street setup that still carries the full beadlock look, or switch to true beadlock mounting for the trail, clamping the bead outside the rim so you can air down to as little as 5 psi for maximum traction in rocks and sand.
Fitment is available in 18×9 ET+16 with a recommended 285/70R18 tire or 20×9 ET+16 with a 285/60R20 tire, both engineered as front and rear fitment for the truck. The 18-inch setup with the taller sidewall is the pick for a lifted trail or overland build; more sidewall means more bead security when aired down and more cushion over rocks. Construction carries over the I-beam spoke architecture and barrel knurling from the standard UP-03 forged wheel, which reduces tire slip under the Cybertruck’s instant torque. Finishes include Satin Black, Satin Titanium, or custom. On a truck riding 2.5 inches higher, with improved control arm clearance, this wheel-and-tire combination is where the lift kit’s potential is actually used.
Proven the Hard Way at the Mint 400
The development story is what separates this kit from vaporware. Earlier this year, the prototype version raced as the only Cybertruck entered in the Mint 400, arguably the harshest off-road race in the country. Under race conditions, an attachment pin failed.
Instead of hiding it, Unplugged Performance treated the failure as free engineering data. The weak area was redesigned and reinforced, and the team cut the total component count to remove other potential failure points. The kit customers receive today is the direct result of that failure, not the version that existed before it. As the product development team put it, they wanted to release the right lift kit, not the first one, and they would rather find the limits themselves than let customers find them.
No customer is going to punish this kit the way the Mint 400 did. That is precisely why the validation matters.
Verdict
At $9,995 plus installation, the UP INVINCIBLE 2.5-Inch Lift Kit is priced to match its precision engineering, and there is no getting around that. But it stands alone right now: no other lift for the Cybertruck preserves the full factory suspension and steering functionality while delivering genuine mechanical height. Pair it with UP-03 Beadlocks and proper all-terrains and you have the most capable Cybertruck configuration money can currently buy. If your build plans involve dirt, rocks, sand, or serious tires, this kit just became the reference point. Buy it as the foundation, then build the rest of the truck around it.
