
- Part Number: CS-DBC20-10-D
- Est. Ship Time: Usually Ships By Next Business Day
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The Backcountry 2.0 system is designed for people seeking the best
ride on and off-road on a budget; basically, the commuter for those that want
to have a little dirt-road fun in their 8,500lb truck without losing the
on-road ride quality or usability for which the truck was designed. You’re no
longer limited to the highway and gravel roads become uninteresting as you can
drive them at speed with one hand on the wheel. Utilizing Fox 2.0” Remote
Reservoir Shocks, we’ve developed a shock tune that delivers all around comfort
and ride quality designed for on-road, in town, highway, towing/hauling as well
as slow to mid speed off road use. The Fox 2.0s boast extruded aluminum construction
with a hard anodizing for corrosion resistance, are fully rebuildable and are
built with hour-glass bushings in the rod-ends. This system was tuned and rides
best with the Full Progressive Leaf Springs.
The Details: Your truck will sit 2.5”-3” higher in the front
(year/cab configuration dependent) with 50% more suspension travel than the
factory platform thanks to the taller, lighter rate coil springs. The rear is
lifted 1”-2” via the customer’s choice of a Progressive Add-A-Pack or Full Progressive
Leaf Pack. The Progressive Add-A-Pack replaces the factory overload with a
5-Leaf, progressive pack that changes the final rate of the spring pack keeping
the rear planted while increasing traction and predictability. The optional
Full Progressive Leaf Pack replaces the entire factory leaf spring assembly
increasing travel and drastically increasing comfort throughout the entire
usable travel stroke at the cost of a 15% payload reduction from a standard
2500. This payload reduction can be supplemented back to factory 3500 SRW
capacity with the addition of the Long Travel Airbags for the best of both
worlds; ride quality and payload capacity/load control.
When pairing added down-travel with the taller ride height, the
position of the factory, front sway bar will need to be altered as well. For
this, we offer two options (unless 1994-2002, then there’s only one); extended,
Sway Bar End Links or the replacement Torsion Sway Bar. The End links are
equipped with ½” FK Rod-Ends and in-house machined 17-4 stainless bodies that
are extended over stock to reset the sway bar engagement points. Factory
pillow-bushings are re-used to assemble the sway bar to the lengthened link.
Carli’s optional Torsion sway bar removes the entire factory sway bar assembly
replacing it with a torsion bar supported by fabricated drop brackets and
delrin bushings. Fabricated sway bar arms and dual 5/8” FK heim end links round
off the package. This is the single best bang for the buck, ride-quality
upgrade offered by Carli Suspension (in close competition with the full
progressive leaf spring upgrade).
When lifting the front end of a straight axle truck, the front
axle is pulled off-center unless the proper linkages are addressed. Three
inches of front lift equates to an axle shifted toward the driver’s side ¾” and
back toward the cab ½”. This system includes an Adjustable Track Bar to push
the axle back toward the passenger side and provide a stronger link with less
deflection for the lifted application. We also recommend the purchase of a set
of extended control arms to shift the axle forward to its new center of travel.
Wheel and Tire: This system will fit up to a 37” tire with
our High Clearance Control Arms and Full Progressive Leaf Springs on wheels no
more than 9” wide with 5.75” of backspacing. If running factory control arms or
wheels; we recommend an All Terrain 35” tire. The more rubber, the better the
small bump compliance will be at proper inflation pressures. The ride will firm
up as you go larger in wheel diameter. For more details, see our article on
wheel and tire selection and tire pressures:
Tires and
Wheels: How Do They Affect My Ride?
Base Kit Includes:
Linear-Rate Coils
Carli Tuned Fox 2.0" Remote Reservoir Shocks, Front And Rear,
Reservoir Mounts And Limit Straps
Track Bar
Carli: CS-DBC20-10-D
