there's a alot of support on this site to lift these trucks along with other mods,seems like there's a tipping point though,lift it,sell it.if it were mine i would take the side steps off and enjoy,they look like the biggest after market thought gm could come up with to pull in the blue hairs,speaking as a blue hair i would'nt buy a hummer or anything that has been lifted,i thought about buying a set of those wheels,just too expensive,resale,resale,resale....you already have the diesel engine,,,congrats on the purchase,