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New Dodge Longarm Testimonial

November 14th, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments
We love hearing feedback from customers on what they think of our lift kits. Shane Hayward of Colorado Springs recently sent us photos of his newly completed 2012 Dodge Ram 2500 Megacab. Thanks Shane, the truck looks awesome!
8″ BDS Long-Arm installed on my 2012 Laramie Longhorn 2500 Mega Cab 6.7L 4X4 with 22″ Wheels and 37″ Tires. BTW I’m 6’2″ standing by the mirror… She’s a MONSTER!!! Thanks BDS your products are simply put… TOP NOTCH & AMAZING!!!!
  1. Chelsea Preet
    January 14th, 2012 at 03:49 | #1
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    The truck looks awesome! :)

  2. Drop Suspension
    January 25th, 2012 at 21:20 | #2
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    You have done a great job with it. I am always pleased to read from your articles.

  3. Nick
    February 2nd, 2012 at 22:43 | #3
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    Can u fit 40″ tires with this lift?

  4. BDS
    February 6th, 2012 at 17:07 | #4
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    @Nick
    40s will fit , but they are tight and the fenders will need to be trimmed to eliminate rubbing. Take a look at our 2012 Ram 2500 with the 8” Long Arm and 40” Toyos http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLEF319A846E4E31CB&feature=player_embedded&v=MeLjRjJRCGU

  5. Matt
    September 29th, 2012 at 11:44 | #5
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    @BDS I love this lift on the mega cabs. I’m getting ready to purchase a brand new laramie limited mega cab and want to put this lift on. I am also planning on putting on Toyo 40×15.50R22′s on it. My only question is this… So when you say that the “fenders will need to be trimmed”, do you mean the plastic or the actual fender? Also, what offset are those bmf wheels? Would 40′s fit with an American Force wheels 22×12 and a -40 offset?

  6. BDS
    October 2nd, 2012 at 15:34 | #6
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    On our company Ram, we run 40×15.50 Toyos on 20×10 BMFs (4.5” BS) with the 8” BDS Long Arm Kit. We swapped the front bumper and trimmed the lower portion of the rear sheet metal. It’s fine around town, but still rubs when we jump it or flex it out.

    22×12 with -40 offset (5” BS) will have the rubbing issues and will require fender mods to allow them to fit.

    The other factor in this is every truck is different, we measured (3) Ram 2500 trucks and the distance from frame to outside of the fender varied by over 5/8” left to right and was different on each truck. That being said we don’t know exact how your truck is centered on the frame and we don’t recommend the 40s. While it can be done, we don’t take any responsibility for any issues related to going larger than our recommended specs.

  7. RJ
    January 14th, 2013 at 16:54 | #7
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    Shane,
    Is this the Dodge Mineral Gray Metallic or have you done a custom paint to it?

    RJ

  8. BDS
    January 16th, 2013 at 17:34 | #8
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    @RJ
    Shane’s truck was running the OE metallic gray paint.

  9. Robert
    April 17th, 2013 at 11:38 | #9
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    First of all, I love my 6″ BDS Longarm set-up. I have a 2012 2500 Laramie Longhorn Limited and am running 35s on 20″ BMFs. I will probably go to 37s soon. While I love the lift, the only issue that I ran into was the mounting brackets for the longarms. The installer ended up having to weld them to the frame as they would “pop” when turning or going over any size bump in the road. This was a common occurrence with the BDS LA kit on any Ram 2500 or 3500. Other than this issue, everything is great!

  10. Justin
    April 27th, 2013 at 20:23 | #10
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    Robert, Ive personally installed about 10 of the BDS Long Arm kits & not a single one pops. I am willing to bet the installer didnt put the spacer washers between the frame & bracket, as each & every truck is different and/or he didnt seat the rivet nuts properly into the frame, which mount the bracket against the frame.

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