Unplugged Performance has released the production version of its UP INVINCIBLE 2.5-inch lift kit for the Tesla Cybertruck, a product that spent over two years in development and survived a brutal off-road race failure before reaching the market. The kit is available now, either shipped directly or installed at the company’s facilities in Hawthorne and Fremont, California, with pricing starting at $9,995. That price tag will raise eyebrows, but the engineering story behind it explains why lifting this particular truck is such a challenge.
Cybertruck’s Suspension Is Not a Simple Bolt-On Problem
On a conventional body-on-frame truck, a 2.5-inch lift is a solved problem. Spacers, new springs, maybe some extended control arms, done. The Cybertruck is a different animal entirely. It combines factory air suspension, ride-height sensors, steer-by-wire, and rear-wheel steering into a single tightly integrated package. Change one variable carelessly, and you can compromise the whole system.
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Some owners have already experimented with manipulating the ride-height sensors or pushing the air suspension beyond its intended range. That gets you height, but it also puts the suspension outside its design envelope. The company went the other direction and built a proper mechanical solution around the truck’s original architecture.
The kit raises both the body and the battery by 2.5 inches while keeping factory air-suspension functionality, ride-height adjustability, steer-by-wire, and rear-wheel steering fully intact on AWD and Cyberbeast trims. That last part matters more than the lift itself. A Cybertruck that gains clearance but loses its adjustable ride height or confuses its steering systems is a worse truck. This one keeps everything working as Tesla intended, just higher.
The centerpiece is a set of high-clearance front and rear upper control arms machined from 6061-T6 billet aluminum with stainless steel hardware. These are not just longer arms; they are designed to accommodate the revised suspension geometry while keeping the air suspension sensors in their correct positions. The system also includes the supporting components needed to maintain proper alignment and suspension function at the new ride height.
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The geometry change addresses a real weakness the team found during development: under extreme off-road compression, the factory upper control arm becomes a limiting factor. The redesigned arms fix that while adding clearance, so the truck gains capability in exactly the situations where the stock setup starts to run out of ideas.
Owners get improved approach, breakover, and departure angles, plus 2.5 inches of additional underbody protection for the battery. For anyone taking a Cybertruck onto rocky trails, deep ruts, or rough access roads, that battery clearance alone is a meaningful upgrade. The battery pack is the most expensive component on the truck, and it sits low.
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The Mint 400 Broke It, and That Is a Good Thing
Earlier this year, Unplugged Performance ran the prototype lift kit on the only Cybertruck competing in the Mint 400, one of the most brutal off-road races in America. During the event, an attachment pin failed under race conditions.
Plenty of companies would have buried that detail.
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