BDS 4” vs carli
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BDS 4” vs carli
I have a 2018 F350 ccsb and I have a 4” bds 4 link lift in it now. How much better is the ride with the carli kits. I want the best ride but to get the entire system is pretty major cash. I have a 2022 on order which should get here sometime in Jan or Feb…. Trying to decide on my plans on it. Carli 5.5 with 38x13.5x18r with method race wheels or go back to the bds 4” with 37x12.5x20 on stock wheels.
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I have not ridden on a BDS lift, but these two kits are the ones I was debating for my 22’ F250 7.3. I went with the Carli 3” leveling kit and added the track bar and upper steering stabilizer, on 37’s. I can compare it to stock and it truly is night and day in ride quality. I’m going to add the sway bar and lower steering stabilizer here soon. Eventually I’ll do the rear leafs. Like you said, if you go straight for the full kit, you can be $7-15k. Worth it IMO
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I run the 4" BDS lift and actually think the ride quality is quite good. I spent a lot of time last year debating and researching different options, but in the end, I found the bang-for-the-buck of the BDS to be the best solution for me.
One thing to note that singles me out differently for a lot of people is the application: I actually use my truck fairly hardcore offroad on a regular basis. A few times per month I take the truck (often loaded with construction gear and supplies) to a remote desert cabin. That drive requires everything from long stretches of (really bad) washboard road, to deep sand, to very rough super-slow rock-crawling for a couple of miles. The BDS system (knock on wood) has performed flawlessly on these excursions in all these conditions.
Further, the on-road driving I do, which is a combo of in-town and highway, is quite good with the BDS. Not a smooth as stock, but absolutely fine.
Finally, FWIW, I find tire pressure settings to have a big effect on ride quality, both on and off-road. Sometimes, just adjusting a few psi on-road (and a few tens of psi downward offroad) can have a profound impact on ride quality.
YMMV...
One thing to note that singles me out differently for a lot of people is the application: I actually use my truck fairly hardcore offroad on a regular basis. A few times per month I take the truck (often loaded with construction gear and supplies) to a remote desert cabin. That drive requires everything from long stretches of (really bad) washboard road, to deep sand, to very rough super-slow rock-crawling for a couple of miles. The BDS system (knock on wood) has performed flawlessly on these excursions in all these conditions.
Further, the on-road driving I do, which is a combo of in-town and highway, is quite good with the BDS. Not a smooth as stock, but absolutely fine.
Finally, FWIW, I find tire pressure settings to have a big effect on ride quality, both on and off-road. Sometimes, just adjusting a few psi on-road (and a few tens of psi downward offroad) can have a profound impact on ride quality.
YMMV...
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