Carli Starter System and What Else?
07-21-2011, 07:45 PM
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Carli Starter System and What Else?
It's about time again to spend some money on the truck. I tricked my wife into thinking I needed new shocks with 100K miles on the truck and it was a safety issue. She doesn't know shocks only cost about $50 each.
Anyway here is my current configuration, suspension is stock and I was thinking of the Carli Starter system. I looked at the Kore systems but based on feedback from the various Dodge Diesel Forms, Carli seems to be the better system?
Like I said above I have 105K on the truck with no problems now. Once I start switching out front-end suspension components I'm sure there will be problems so being pro-active what else should I consider in addition to just the Carli Starter System?
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Anyway here is my current configuration, suspension is stock and I was thinking of the Carli Starter system. I looked at the Kore systems but based on feedback from the various Dodge Diesel Forms, Carli seems to be the better system?
Like I said above I have 105K on the truck with no problems now. Once I start switching out front-end suspension components I'm sure there will be problems so being pro-active what else should I consider in addition to just the Carli Starter System?
Thanks!
11-28-2011, 10:17 PM
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Anyway...
Carli Ball Joints
Carli Track Bar
Carli Sway Bar
Carli 3 Inch Coils
New Drag Link Assembly
Carli Add-A-Pack Leaf Springs
Bilstein Steering Stabilizer
Bilsteins 5100s Front/Rear
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Carli Ball Joints
Carli Track Bar
Carli Sway Bar
Carli 3 Inch Coils
New Drag Link Assembly
Carli Add-A-Pack Leaf Springs
Bilstein Steering Stabilizer
Bilsteins 5100s Front/Rear
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11-28-2011, 10:51 PM
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Huge difference in ride, it corners better, stops more level, things like road markers and expansion joints are barely noticable.
It changed the driving characteristics end-to-end, I wish I had done it sooner. I've put over 1,000 miles on the truck since the upgrade and it's only been about a week. I just love to drive my truck now.
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It changed the driving characteristics end-to-end, I wish I had done it sooner. I've put over 1,000 miles on the truck since the upgrade and it's only been about a week. I just love to drive my truck now.
Donato.
12-08-2011, 08:40 AM
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LOOKS AWESOME! I am wanting to do the same thing. Those are the Rockstar Wheels by XD correct? Are those 20" wheels with the +10 offset? What size tire are you running?
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12-15-2011, 04:24 PM
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Thanks, yes they are the Rockstar XD 20s with standard offset, I don't remember exactly what that was. Also the tires are Michelins LTX A/T2 275/65/20 E, they measure out to just over 34 inches.
The lift was 3 inches in the front and 1 1/2 inches in the rear.
Let me know if you have any other questons.
Thanks Again,
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The lift was 3 inches in the front and 1 1/2 inches in the rear.
Let me know if you have any other questons.
Thanks Again,
Donato.
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This was my first time out with the new Carli upgrade and I don't know where the Four Peaks off road trail in Arizona falls on a scale of 1 to 10 but the trail was giving my new Carli suspension a real workout.
The truck was just flying over some pretty rough terrain at speeds that would have destroyed my truck and me in its stock configuration. When Carli states they tune all these components in a package to work together you can really feel it working, it was actually very cool.
Even my wife who knows nothing about nothing said she could tell the suspension was really absorbing all the shock that would have been trasnfered to the truck and eventually to us. Also, even though I tried to hide the cost on two diffrent cards she still figured out I spent almost $5k but she's over it now.
I'm happy I didn't go with the $90 leveling kit my buddy was trying to sell me on.
Donato.
The truck was just flying over some pretty rough terrain at speeds that would have destroyed my truck and me in its stock configuration. When Carli states they tune all these components in a package to work together you can really feel it working, it was actually very cool.
Even my wife who knows nothing about nothing said she could tell the suspension was really absorbing all the shock that would have been trasnfered to the truck and eventually to us. Also, even though I tried to hide the cost on two diffrent cards she still figured out I spent almost $5k but she's over it now.
I'm happy I didn't go with the $90 leveling kit my buddy was trying to sell me on.
Donato.
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