If you're wanting to give your truck an improved ride, better styling and a modest lift, then the BDS 2.5" Coil-over Radius Arm Suspension kit is your ticket! This kit is designed for the person who wants to fit larger tires while enhancing their ride quality without taking away from their payload or towing capacities. Add in the fresh coilovers and dramatically changes the ride to be more plush on the street and compliant through the bumps. In place of the factory coil springs this 2.5" system upgrades to a pair of precision tuned FOX 2.5 factory series remote reservoir coilovers. These coilovers offer vastly superior damping capability to soak up the harshest terrains offroad while offering comfort for your daily commute. They feature a smooth bore and honed seamless alloy body, 7/8" hardened stainless steel shaft, black anodized machined 6061-T6 billet aluminum mounts and remote reservoir and come fully assembled with FOX coil springs. These coilovers are pretuned for optimal performance and preset for 2.5" of lift right out of the box with the weight of the 6.7L Powerstroke diesel engine. They install easily using the supplied bolt-on frame and axle mounting brackets. A set of auxiliary FOX 2.0 IFP performance gas shocks are also supplied to further enhance front performance.
In place of the factory stamped steel arms this kit upgrades to heavy duty BDS radius arms. These brawny arms are built from 1-3/4" OD heavy wall tubing, fully welded with gussets for superior strength to the factory units light weight stamped steel units they are replacing. The heavy wall tubular construction improves strength while correcting caster with a lower cam slot. At the frame mount a large OE-style rubber bushing is used to better isolate of NHVs and allow for quiet operation without any need for maintenance. These bushings offer superior durability and quieter operation than arms with heims and flex joints.
Also offered on this 2.5" system is a high strength replacement track bar designed to recenter the front axle with the lift installed. This bar is built from 1-3/8" solid steel stock with gusseted ends and a fine thread center turnbuckle with pinch bolts. The track bar comes pre-assembled and ready to bolt into the factory location to adjust to length. At one end these use a greaseable, high-durometer polyurethane bushing and the other end a heavy duty ball joint. This setup offer strength, comfort and quiet operation over track bars that use heims. Rounding out the front of these kits are front brake line relocation brackets to allow enough slack in the lines to cycle the suspension offroad while the sway bar relocation brackets to correct sway bar operating angle for optimal performance without sacrificing approach angle.
In the rear, this kit uses a slightly taller 4" replacement lift block and black e-coated u-bolts to net a level stance without the need to stack blocks to do it. The block integrates a bump stop wing to correctly limit suspension up travel and allow you to retain the factory rear springs to maintain tow capacity. Finishing out the rear are a pair of FOX 2.0 performance series gas shocks to compliment the front performance. Take your new Super Duty to the next level with this 2.5" coilover radius arm system from BDS Suspension.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- Coilovers are designed for diesel applications only.
- Mounting larger tires on factory wheels is not recommended due to potential brake line clearance issues.
- Factory track bar mounting bolt requires 405 ft-lbs of torque, plan ahead on how to achieve this torque spec.
- Two options available for traction bar sizing; 3.5/4.0" and 4.5". All F-250's run the 3.5/4.0" brackets. F-350's will need to be measured to see what diameter rear axle is on the truck. 4.5" axles are generally found on DRW trucks but there have been exceptions so please measure to ensure proper fitment.