4in zone vs 4in rough country

Funkbass said:

Just my 2 cents. I have a rough country 6" lift. Love it. Had a shop install it at a cost of $600. No complaints. Currently have stock struts and springs up front and RC 2.2 perfs and springs for the rear. I cannot complain about the ride quality. It all feels normal, even after I added my Go Rhino bumpers and winch! My advice is if you go with RC, make sure to get their front struts and rear shocks. It's $1399 w/ rear struts, and I think $1600 with front ones here in the US. Where are you located that the lift kits border legality?


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Prince Edward Island east coast of Canada

arsenault408 said:

Prince Edward Island east coast of Canada

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Ha my truck originated in Canada before it wound up in Miami, FL where I purchase it and drove it to my home in Port Jervis, NY.

I'm not well versed in Canadian law. What about the lifts could make them illegal?

Budget is always an issue, but if it's possible for you to wait and save up more, I'd go with an ICON kit. Coil-over Struts w/ reservoirs, shocks, springs and everything else is included for $3500 for 4.5" lift.


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Funkbass said:

Ha my truck originated in Canada before it wound up in Miami, FL where I purchase it and drove it to my home in Port Jervis, NY.

I'm not well versed in Canadian law. What about the lifts could make them illegal?


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Think it's only the province I'm in that only alouds us to go 4in over stock bumper height which is stupid cause when I first saw my truck for the first time it had a levelling kit and it looked likes a stock 2500 from the front and cause they say it's too dangerous for you and others

arsenault408 said:

Think it's only the province I'm in that only alouds us to go 4in over stock bumper height which is stupid cause when I first saw my truck for the first time it had a levelling kit and it looked likes a stock 2500 from the front and cause they say it's too dangerous for you and others

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Sounds like it! here in the States, the 2500s have a taller ride height which appears to me to be about 6" higher than the 1500.


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arsenault408 said:

Who makes good wheel spacers

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Motorsport Technology, the are custom machined to fit your specific vehicle and wheel manufacturer.

I ordered the Motorsport Technology 10mm spacers for added insurance.

I don't need them now, but I will with the next set of tires!

I have the Zone 4" lift and love it. Also running stock rims with 2 " BORA spacers with zero problems.

Zone/bds almost identical kits. The only real difference is the warranty.. Bds's warranty is the best in the industry. Parts & labor if anything happens.. And the 5 year 60,000mile drivetrain protection is a very nice bonus.. If anything goes wrong in your drivetrain and the dealer blames your lift, zone/bds will flip the bill.. That's how confident they are in their product..

clays laramie said:

Zone/bds almost identical kits. The only real difference is the warranty.. Bds's warranty is the best in the industry. Parts & labor if anything happens.. And the 5 year 60,000mile drivetrain protection is a very nice bonus.. If anything goes wrong in your drivetrain and the dealer blames your lift, zone/bds will flip the bill.. That's how confident they are in their product..

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Give the BDS warranty department a call and let me know how that works out If you get past an answering machine that has no employee name or a call back I'll be surprised.

Ive been talking to bds all week.. Customizing my kit. Also they have a canadian distributor/shop in my city that will fix anything that goes wrong.. Did u have a bad experience with them, or just a rough country sucker?

You're talking to a salesman on the phone who's job is to make a sale.

I've owned both of the lift kits RC on my 12 Ram and BDS on my 17 Ram. Call me names all you want. I didn't say one was better then the other, you just jumped to your own conclusion. I could give you my opinion on both lift kits ride, quality and easy of insulation. Since I did install my lift kit myself.

You're talking up a warranty that you have no clue if it's good or not.

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I could give you my opinion on both lift kits ride, quality and easy of insulation. Since I did install my lift kit myself.

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I'm interested in hearing your opinion on quality and installation

I didnt mean to call you names, i was just asking if you were suckered by rc. I had a rc kit on a 13 f150 and it was bad. Terrible ride, creeked and cracken when in the bush.. I was not a happy camper.. RC said that it was the shop that installed it must have made a mistake.. It was an off road shop that installed lifts daily.. The shop had told me that the rough country lifts were junk compared to others on the market.. Mabe it was just a bad unit, but i will never buy another rough country product... I didn't meen to bash you personally bud..
Cheets

So please share your thoughts on the 2 kits.. I would like to hear your reviews on them..
Cheers

Zone or BDS is all I would ever use. Zone and BDS is basically the same kit.

What about superlift kits? Comparable with Zone or BDS?

The front half of all the kits are pretty much the same. The back half is where they start to differ. The 4" kits

BDS/Zone - have pinion angle correction brackets the mount to the rear axle. The Panhard bar also mounts to the rear axle. They also have option such as 2" coil spacers or 3" coils. Rear sway bar end links are at a slight angle instead of straight up and down.

Front - sway bar end links have a better design IMO then RC. Comes with an optional strut preload spacer to gain almost a full inch of front lift.(on my truck)


Superlift/Mopar - Panhard bar relocation bracket mounts to the frame. I liked this mount better then the BDS/Zone bracket. Comes with dual rate rear coils. Also has a Bilstein struts/shocks upgrade.

Front - sway bar end links have a better design IMO then RC.

Rough Country - Has no Panhard bar or pinion angle correction brackets. Also only has 2.5" rear coil spring spacers as an option. The rear sway bars end links have a nice offset so they are vertical to the ground and the metal isn't as thick as BDDS/Zone. Finish on parts for the kit isn't the best.

When i was running my 12 Ram with the RC lift I bought the Spohn adjustable Panhard bar along with the Superlift Panhard drop bracket. I also bought Superlift coil springs to eliminate the rear spacers. I installed the Bilstein rear shocks as well but they were to firm for my liking. I didn't do much off roading but the lift preformed fine as a daily driver. I have never driven a Mopar/Superlift to comment on ride quality or front installation.

^^Thanks for the detailed info. Hope someone else with Superlift experience will chime in.