BDS 4" vs. Rough Country 5" for 2020 Air Suspension

[Johnnyd75]

Mine is a 2020 but everything you want to do is what I did. I would go 1” or 1.5” spacers in the front. I did 2” all around and it looks great but I had rubbing issues in the front that required me to trim the inner plastic. Not a big deal but also not ideal.

Great looking truck. Are you saying wheel spacers? I have the same truck but just have Daystar level spacers and RC brackets. Stock 22”s with 33” x 12.5 Open country AT3’s. How much did it run you to have done?

 

[paulmarsh22]

Has anyone attempted or know someone that has both the RC 5" air suspension lift and a 2 - 3" body lift installed? I saw a 5th Gen 1500 the other day that was at least 3 or 4 inches taller than me on 37s. It definitely had the 5" spacers on the airbag struts but idk what else he had done. Didn't stuck around to ask since this was in a mall parking lot. Just curious as I'd like to run 37s in the future and wasn't sure if anyone else also threw a body lift on with the 5 inch lift or what issues that would even cause.

 

[kcchief_fan]

Anyone with the RC 5” kit have overall height measurements? Trying to compare for fitting through the car wash

Overall Measurements BDS 4"

Overall Measurements RC 5"

As you can see both lifts are about the same I don't believe either's claim of lift height.

 

[ExT]

Has anyone tried to installed the 2020 BDS 4” kit on a 2021 limited 1500. if so, how did it go?
Thank in advance.

 

[I35it]

What’s up everybody. I went with the BDS kit with 35” tires on 20x10 wheels. The ride is pretty smooth from what I can tell since Hawaii has some crappy roads. There was rubbing when in normal mode and I corrected that by removing the little mud flaps. The tires barely catch the wheel liner while in aero mode. I posted pics of the truck in the different modes.
1. Entry/exit
2. Aero
3. Normal
4. Off road

What size rims do you have on?

 

[I35it]

I know the kits say you have to run a 20" rim, but could you run an 18 with say -18 offset and be good?

 

[aimlowrobin]

Has anyone tried to installed the 2020 BDS 4” kit on a 2021 limited 1500. if so, how did it go?
Thank in advance.

Had it put on my 2021 yesterday. Bds finally declared the kit to work for 2021s a few weeks ago.

 

[Aaron987]

What’s up everybody. I went with the BDS kit with 35” tires on 20x10 wheels. The ride is pretty smooth from what I can tell since Hawaii has some crappy roads. There was rubbing when in normal mode and I corrected that by removing the little mud flaps. The tires barely catch the wheel liner while in aero mode. I posted pics of the truck in the different modes.
1. Entry/exit
2. Aero
3. Normal
4. Off road

which tires are these?

 

[Jr22]

I got the wheels I ordered from back in December of 2020 a few weeks ago. Ordered the 4inch bds lift it was a 10 week at the time. Expected around 2nd or 3rd week of September to get everything installed. I am little torn between my tire options I am stuck between ridge grapplers or the recon grapplers

 

[ExT]

Had it put on my 2021 yesterday. Bds finally declared the kit to work for 2021s a few weeks ago.

Nice. Been waiting for awhile. Do you have any official link that I can show to my shop? How long did it take you to have it delivered?

 

[aimlowrobin]

Nice. Been waiting for awhile. Do you have any official link that I can show to my shop? How long did it take you to have it delivered?

They confirmed via phone call by my shop. They said it would be 8 weeks but only took 2 weeks.

 

[evillrdnikon]

Does anyone with their limited have any issues with the trucks feature (adaptive cruise control, lane assist, park assist, blind spot detection, etc)? With your big tires and lifts has anyone noticed an impact to any of those features?

 

[paulmarsh22]

Does anyone with their limited have any issues with the trucks feature (adaptive cruise control, lane assist, park assist, blind spot detection, etc)? With your big tires and lifts has anyone noticed an impact to any of those features?

I don't use lane assist or park assist so I can't speak to those. But I've had no issues with ACC or blind spot detection. Everything still works as intended.

 

[ReLLIK75]

I've got the RC 5" lift going on next week. Does anyone know the stock length of the air suspension links so that I can give the measurements to the shop doing the work? I don't have my factory links anymore--only my adjustable ones. Going to need to give them the factory lengths so they can change the lengths on my adjustable links.

 

[NewTruckWhoDis]

Does anyone with their limited have any issues with the trucks feature (adaptive cruise control, lane assist, park assist, blind spot detection, etc)? With your big tires and lifts has anyone noticed an impact to any of those features?

ACC, LKA, proximity sensors, blind spot, and autopark all still work same as stock. The only thing I noticed was the "seams" on the 360 camera don't seem to line up as well.

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[NewTruckWhoDis]

I've got the RC 5" lift going on next week. Does anyone know the stock length of the air suspension links so that I can give the measurements to the shop doing the work? I don't have my factory links anymore--only my adjustable ones. Going to need to give them the factory lengths so they can change the lengths on my adjustable links.

Air Ride with DAYSTAR and REVEL Links!

Installed on my Limited yesterday. My biggest issues were: 1. After trimming getting a couple of the extenders to thread on. I used the old nuts as cut stops so I know the threads were cleaned and deburred. I did not have a tap and die but for that size. It’s it’s a little tough getting it on...

5thgenrams.com

This post shows 7.5 mm from center to center of the plastic caps.

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[ReLLIK75]

That covers the fronts! Thanks! What about the rears?

 

[barney3990]

The offset is -18. Unfortunately I can’t take any more photos due to being away on business. I was surprised as well.

Blah

 

[Jr22]

Ordered my 4inch air BDS kit in 1st week of August still waiting. Called BDS they said it could take up to 10-12 weeks. Which puts my new ETA between Oct 16 to the 30th.

 

[MK81]

which tires are these?

35x12.50 nitto ridge grapplers