Carli Backcountry Leveling Kit, 2.5/3.5” Lift, 2017-22 Ford F250/F350

Utilizing Carli SPEC 2.0″ Diameter, Remote Reservoir shocks, Carli has bdeveloped a 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 Super Duty Backcountry 2.0 system is designed for people seeking the best ride on and off-road quality 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 while gravel roads become uninteresting as you can drive them at speed with one hand on the wheel. This is a great shock package for those who work their trucks, but want some additional off road capability without sacrifice.

We know, because we have run them for a year on our F350 that tows frequently, carries a constant payload of 1000lbs, and at times exceeding 3500lbs. We wheel this truck frequently on the weekend, have done most of the trails in Moab and frequently eats up Jeep Badge of Honor Trails.

The stem-top bushings are something we’re excited about. In our vast experience with shocks, we’ve become bushing snobs. In an industry obsessed with poly bushings, we’ve always measured against our benchmark – the original rubber Bilstein bushings. In an eyelet style, poly is fantastic – in a stem-top, we’ve not met a poly bushing we preferred to tried and true rubber. They do not seem to handle the forces of the stem-top as well as a rubber bushing. We’re elated to be able to spec a rubber bushing on these Carli Spec Shocks. Elated may be an exaggeration but we eat, sleep and breath shocks – to eliminate such a frequent point of failure is exciting!

The Remote Reservoir variant adds the separate canister to carry the dividing piston and nitrogen charge leaving the entirety of the body available for extended piston travel. Without getting too technical, a Remote Reservoir will have more suspension travel than an IFP with the same mounting dimensions.  In adding this canister, we have spec’d a high quality hose and fittings (better than our Fox offerings) similar to the one offered on our King shocks.

Namely I would like to touch on the experience and the Carli brand. Our commitment to ride quality is second to none. This commitment led us to move forward with the Carli-spec line. Our systems did not ride the way they did because they included Fox shocks; it was Sage Carli’s unwavering commitment to custom valving every truck to optimize the ride of the respective system. This ethos remains; the differentiator between the Carli SPEC and the Foxes they’re replacing is the 10 years of knowledge we’ve gained in working with Fox’s 2.0″ line that we’ll be applying in valving these shocks. We’re smarter today with far more tuning capability than 10 years ago and that’s reflected in the ride quality of the shocks we’ve tuned thus far – every kit gets a bit more refined than the one before it.

Additionally, these shocks are private labeled for Carli providing us full control of the warranty!

The warranty covers manufacturer defect for 1 year from the date of purchase. We service the warranty so you’ll work directly with us for any warranty concerns.