Carli radius arm drops are constructed out of 1/4″ Cold Rolled Steel and CNC formed steel, and correct axle positioning on 2014+ Ram trucks after a 3.25" Carli coil is installed. They're a key geometry component, and can't be overlooked on a system in the 3-3.25" height range.
While cheaper suspension systems and lift kits use 3" coils only on 2014+ Ram trucks, those systems fail to address the resulting axle angle, coil bow, and caster angle problems. Carli Radius arms drops fix those issues, and get your axle position back to factory specs. 14-18 trucks do not need hardware kit. 19+ drops include a CS-DCM-20-HK hardware kit.
SKU: CS-DRAD-14 / CS-DRAD-1419
- Maintains critical geometries with 2.5-4" Front Lift
- Heavy-Duty Construction
- Bolt-On installation, no welding required
- Fitment: 2014-18 Ram 2500, 4×4
- Fitment: 2013-18 Ram 3500, 4×4
- DOES NOT WORK ON A CAB AND CHASSIS
Customer Reviews
The brackets fit well and fairly easy installation went well no issues, just not sure why I had to pay for the trans mount bolts brackets fit on OE ones and could not remove them without removal of scr etc due to the direction they were installed. Only been a couple days but don’t foresee any problems thanks for a quality product
Quality of the brackets were good, but install was a PITA not having a lift. DiY in driveway.
The instructions were mostly straight forward, But missing torque specs for the upper front bolts, which i had to call CJC for.
The passenger side install was absolute nightmare. The instructions were backwards for that side. In order to get the bolt holes to line up, i had to first put the 2 lower bolts/nuts in, followed by the tapered sleeve. Then i was able to get the remaining bolts torqued. Then, using the jig provided, i did what the instructions said with center punching the hole, followed by drilling using the provided bore hole. Something was not lined up with the jig used for the 1/2” hole, and it did not come out perfectly centered like it should have on the back side. (Jig was clamped)
Anyways, i had to elongate the hole a little on the inside portion of the frame to get the 1/2” bolt thru.
On the drivers side, I decided not to follow the instruction, and I removed the center drill bit from the bore hole bit, put in a 1/4” impact, sprayed wd40 as lube and it cut thru like butter perfectly straight using the drop bracket hole as guide. The jig worked perfectly on that one also.
In the end, it all worked out.
Still rides like a 2500, but oh man it's worth it! It's a new truck small bump compliance is better (I only have the lower stabilizer). Where it really shines are the bigger bumps at speed. This system will eat a lot. I also upped to 37"s at 45F/40R a little squish on hwy but that it learning curve. Lifetime ball joints do have a little memory steer, hope that fades with break in.
These drops are super high quality. The welds are immaculate just as you would expect from Carli and CJC. They never let me down. I also added the radius arms as well. I can’t believe how much better my truck handles bumps and smooths out all the imperfections in the road.
I highly recommend the Carli arm drops. Handles and drives really smooth and installation wasn’t to bad. You do have to drill through frame but instructions and drill fixture make it all too easy.
