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long Arm Dodge Lifting - dodge Suspension Install Finished - Photo 43830863

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  • 9.With the suspension completed, the truck was lowered back to the ground. The suspension will continue to settle one or two inches with some driving after a vehicle is newly lifted. Also, don’t worry: The owner of this Dodge did not escape ridicule for the stick-on chrome plating that adorned the side of his Dodge.
9.With the suspension completed, the truck was lowered back to the ground. The suspension will continue to settle one or two inches with some driving after a vehicle is newly lifted. Also, don’t worry: The owner of this Dodge did not escape ridicule for the stick-on chrome plating that adorned the side of his Dodge.
The 6-inch BDS long-arm kit comes with Pro-Ride coils, long-arm brackets and greasable arms, sway bar links, and either blocks or optional leaf spring packs for the rear. The owner of this Mega Cab opted for full replacement springs and Fox shocks. This kit can also be ordered with optional SS brake lines and a replacement track bar, but they’re not necessary to complete the kit. 2. The upper arms have multiple bends in them to clear the tires at full steering lock, whether you use aftermarket wheels or factory wheels. 2a. BDS’s four-link long-arm kit retains the factory front suspension geometry for optimum performance both on-road and off-road. 3. Without question, the most difficult part of this install was the addition of the long-arm brackets to the frame. 3a. While a few existing boltholes are used, others have to be drilled. Then nut-serts have to be installed in the frame holes to hold the long-arm brackets in place. Some people find it beneficial to tack-weld nut-serts in place when used in a suspension application. 4.To account for the 6 inches of lift, BDS supplies a drop-pitman arm and a new track bar frame bracket to keep steering and track bars in the correct geometry. 5. BDS offers Fox Performance Series IFP shocks as an option with the 6-inch kit. The shocks are completely bolt-in and come with factory-style stem mounts and double-shear bushing mounts so no modifications are necessary to equip your lifted truck with Fox shocks.
6. Six-inch-taller Pro-Ride coils provide front lift, while the new Fox shocks are installed in the stock location. 7. We used full-replacement spring packs from BDS in the rear. This is always a better option than using blocks, and the BDS springs come with an overload leaf so an owner can still tow with his or her truck. 8.New sway bar links are included in the BDS kit, but so are sway bar link relocation brackets. 8a. It varies from truck to truck, but some need the factory sway bar links cut off the axles in order to clear the steering linkage at full steering lock. If this is the case with your truck, then the included BDS relocations brackets will be the only way to retain the factory sway bar. 9.With the suspension completed, the truck was lowered back to the ground. The suspension will continue to settle one or two inches with some driving after a vehicle is newly lifted. Also, don’t worry: The owner of this Dodge did not escape ridicule for the stick-on chrome plating that adorned the side of his Dodge. 10. After the suspension was completed, the owner made sure to carefully drive a couple laps around the shop to ensure that everything was installed correctly.
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