Best leveling kit for ride?
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Best leveling kit for ride?
So I have a 2018 f250 and wanted to level it so I put with some 2.5 blocks and I hate the ride so now I wanted to do it right and put on new 2.5 carli coil springs and Fox shocks.. aka the commuter kit. I am just chasing a great ride, I don’t do much off roading, I just want the best on road ride... can I have some opinions on this carli kit or should I go with thuren ot and suggestions please? Thanks y’all
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I just ordered the Commuter Kit. Everything I've read is that the commuter kit, plus 17-18" wheels & larger tires are your best route. Read this article for how tires & wheels affect ride:
Tires and Wheels: How Do They Affect My Ride? ? Carli Suspension, Inc.
I am starting with the commuter kit & bumping to 37" tires. Down the road, I will upgrade the rear springs to full Deaver leaf packs & then eventually the King Pintop shocks.
I've driven a 17 f350 with the carli pintop kit - It's absolutely amazing on and off road. pricey, but you'd never guess you were driving a 1 ton. It rides as good or better than my old Ram 1500, and it rode like a Cadillac.
I think you're on the right path. Carli is top notch.
Tires and Wheels: How Do They Affect My Ride? ? Carli Suspension, Inc.
I am starting with the commuter kit & bumping to 37" tires. Down the road, I will upgrade the rear springs to full Deaver leaf packs & then eventually the King Pintop shocks.
I've driven a 17 f350 with the carli pintop kit - It's absolutely amazing on and off road. pricey, but you'd never guess you were driving a 1 ton. It rides as good or better than my old Ram 1500, and it rode like a Cadillac.
I think you're on the right path. Carli is top notch.
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Yup, jrwinger has it nailed. The commuter with the full deavers in the rear is the best on road ride I think you'll ever get out of SD without going all out on triple bypass shocks and custom springs front and rear. You should be really happy with the Commuter and 18's. If you have 20's, itll ride better, but not as good as it would with 18's.
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You could also upgrade to fox or king shocks with compression adjustments. Check out accutune off-road for shocks with compression adjustment (that way you can firm up the valving when you are towing.
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I recently (January) did the Carli Back Country with full Deavers and upgraded the shocks to 2.5" Fox resi's all the way around. I plan to do airbags next but overall, it's the best riding truck I've owned...even over stock. I'm running 37" Ridge Grapplers on 20" Hostile Alphas. Love this truck!
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Carli 2.5" spring in the front
Also put on an adjustable track bar and adjustable radius arms to clear my 37's with no trimming
Rides great on 37's on 17's - couldn't be happier
I know the deavers in the rear would be a huge improvement but couldn't take the payload hit and wasn't interested investing in their $900 air bag kit for the deavers to fix the payload problem.
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quality rear shocks make a MASSIVE improvement without even touching the rear springs, i also deleted the rear sway bar and that definitely helped. Cannot stand a rear sway bar on a solid axle leaf spring truck. and yes i tow 18k lol
i don't think you'll be disappointed with the carli kit, you'll probably need to let a bunch of air outta the tires cause the shop will wanna throw 80PSI in those
i don't think you'll be disappointed with the carli kit, you'll probably need to let a bunch of air outta the tires cause the shop will wanna throw 80PSI in those
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Yup, jrwinger has it nailed. The commuter with the full deavers in the rear is the best on road ride I think you'll ever get out of SD without going all out on triple bypass shocks and custom springs front and rear. You should be really happy with the Commuter and 18's. If you have 20's, itll ride better, but not as good as it would with 18's.
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All carli prices are fixed. I ordered mine from CJC Offroad, mainly because of the customer support.
After getting my my buddy (former gm master mechanic) to help put mine on in the driveway, I don’t think I can give a good price for install! I don’t think I would want to do it again...
After getting my my buddy (former gm master mechanic) to help put mine on in the driveway, I don’t think I can give a good price for install! I don’t think I would want to do it again...
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If you go commuter you might want to go with the add-a-pack leafs as that’s what Carli tunes that kit for. Also the commuter is the only kit tuned for 20” wheels so if you do go 20”s you won’t be sacrificing much ride quality.
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There may may be a bit more for the airbags, I installed those myself in under 2 hours.
Look at the commuter kit on carlis website for pricing, I don’t recall off the top of my head, but I think it was about $3100-3200 with the Deavers
add 500ish for a good airbag setup from firestone and about $75 for some daystar cups (they allow the airbags and rear leafs to fully articulate).
So call it $4500-5000 rough estimate
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carli commuter
I just ordered the Commuter Kit. Everything I've read is that the commuter kit, plus 17-18" wheels & larger tires are your best route. Read this article for how tires & wheels affect ride:
Tires and Wheels: How Do They Affect My Ride? ? Carli Suspension, Inc.
I am starting with the commuter kit & bumping to 37" tires. Down the road, I will upgrade the rear springs to full Deaver leaf packs & then eventually the King Pintop shocks.
I've driven a 17 f350 with the carli pintop kit - It's absolutely amazing on and off road. pricey, but you'd never guess you were driving a 1 ton. It rides as good or better than my old Ram 1500, and it rode like a Cadillac.
I think you're on the right path. Carli is top notch.
Tires and Wheels: How Do They Affect My Ride? ? Carli Suspension, Inc.
I am starting with the commuter kit & bumping to 37" tires. Down the road, I will upgrade the rear springs to full Deaver leaf packs & then eventually the King Pintop shocks.
I've driven a 17 f350 with the carli pintop kit - It's absolutely amazing on and off road. pricey, but you'd never guess you were driving a 1 ton. It rides as good or better than my old Ram 1500, and it rode like a Cadillac.
I think you're on the right path. Carli is top notch.