The Back Country 2.0 leveling height kit for 2014+ Ram 2500 trucks offers incredible ride quality for the price. Using completely custom spec reservoir shocks front AND rear, Carli is able to produce a system that offers smooth on road ride, but with more control for heavy towing and off road usage than a standard smooth body non-reservoir shock could offer. The Backcountry level height system also maintains stock rear coils, which means you maintain stock payload and towing specs with this kit.
The Carli SPEC 2" diameter shocks with remote reservoirs are custom tuned for the Ram application and around Carli's 2.5" front coils and stock rear coils. The result is a system that delivers comfortable and predictable on road handling, with a massive increase in off road comfort and capability compared to stock. While this system doesn't pack the all out off road capability of the 2.5" diameter King shock level system, it's perfect for people using their trucks for normal on and off road truck usage exploring dirt roads or visiting job sites.
The remote reservoir Carli SPEC 2.0 boasts 6063 Aluminum construction, anodized body for corrosion resistance, 5/8″ hardened steel chrome plated shaft, full serviceability and rebuild ability and are built with 1-peice bushings in the 6061 billet rod-ends. These shocks are spec’d with a premium 5WT oil to balance lubricity, consistent damping and the widest available range in temperature variation. These are backed with a 1-year warranty, serviced by Carli.
If you run larger than stock tires, please note that you need to adjust tire pressure accordingly. This video covers that process in detail, and is key to achieving proper ride quality and tire wear. The addition of a Carli Low-Mount Steering Stabilizer is recommended for any tire over factory size.
INCLUDES
-Front Carli-SPEC 2.0 Remote Reservoir Carli Tuned Shocks with Reservoir Mounts
-Rear
Carli-SPEC 2.0 Remote Reservoir Carli Tuned Shocks with Brake Line Relocation Brackets
-Front Linear Rate Coils
-Carli Track Bar
SPECIFICATIONS
-2.5" Front Lift
-Stock Rear Height/Towing Capacity
-Level Ride Height
-Designed for Diesel Applications Only
| Front Lift | Rear Lift | Front Travel | Rear Travel | Shock Diameter | Tire Fitment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5″ | 0″ | 9″ | 9″ | 2.0″ | 35″ / 37" |
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews
The time coded to do the installation was awfully an accurate. It took much much longer.! Be prepared
2020 Ram Mega Cab Carli Back Country 2.5” leveling kit with sway bar, low mount steering stabilizer, 17” Racelines, 37” Toyo rt trails. Truck looks and rides amazing. Definitely should have done it sooner.
Straight forward install and much better ride quality over stock.
I just recently bought and installed this kit on my 2018 Ram 2500 6.7. Overall shipping was extremely fast, especially being in Canada and over the holidays!
First impressions upon opening each package (split between 4 boxes), the packaging seemed really good, although not sure if it was through transit or what, but the coils had scuffs causing missing paint on them, and the stickers were cut nicked up on all 4 shocks as well. Everything seemed to be in order, but it was missing instructions in a few of the boxes, and I had to print them from online (not a big deal).
For the installation, everything seemed to go really smooth, including welding the shock mounts as recommended in the instructions. Everything seemed to fit nice, although I had a difficult time with the e-brake relocation brackets as they were missing instructions (hard to find online) and once I did find them, Im not sure if it's because my truck was a late build 2018 truck, but the rear drivers side lower control arm bracket was different than shown in the instructions, and I had to buy another P-clamp to make it work (included a photo of where I needed to use it). Also, for the bracket that goes ontop of the rear differential, you may want to pickup a M10x1.5 tap to clean the threads out of the hole that is not being used on the stock trucks, instead of trying to clean it with a spare bolt like I had to. Overall, installation of everything else went good (wouldn't hurt to have included new hardware for the price for us guys in the salt belt, but not a big deal). As long the reservoir stickers didn't line up on either side on the front where the hose sat relaxed, but also not a big deal. I installed the shocks with the shock wrap from CJC as well which was pretty easy with the instructions they give. Only grief I had with it was one of the rear shock wraps was not pre-cut in one section and I had to use scissors to make it work.
After installation, all in all, the truck rides good and sits perfectly level where I wanted it to and looks awesome (aside from the little flaws). It also handles fairly well, but I think I may have got my hopes up too high for a front coil replacement kit only, but overall it's fairly composed (I think it may be better once the weather warms up again, so should be good for the boys down south). I ended up following CJC's recommendation for caster adjustment after trying to max it like in the Carli instructions and noticing it drove significantly better with CJC's recommendation of one mark towards the rear rather than maxed. Also, be prepared to grind the drag link jam nut welds if you've had the recall done and are doing the alignment yourself in the driveway. Overall I'm pretty happy with this kit all in all.
Aloha, I was searching for a leveling kit suspension and can across CJCOFFROAD. I saw they had the Carli backcountry lift and felt that it would fit my needs perfectly.
I installed the lift myself it was very easy and straight forward. I gotta say it looks good and the trucks suspension rides way better than stock.
I would highly recommend this kit.
