My 2020 Mega Cab Build - Bilstein Leveled on 37's

[Dmacmilitant]

Hey Everyone,
New to the site, new to Rams, new to diesels.
Anyways, thought I'd share my 2020 Red Mega Cab progress. Bought it two weeks ago and it's coming along nicely. It's a 6.7 Cummins Night Edition, Laramie Level 2, with the 12" screen and Trailer Surround Cam set up. Also came with the power deployable running boards.
Mods I've made:
Bilstein 2.5" level kit with reservoir shocks in the front.
20x9 Hostile Sprockets +0 offset
37x12.50R20 Nitro Ridge Grapplers
Airlift 5000 Ultimate air bag kit
Wireless Compressor kit

I originally did 35x12.50's and just couldn't stand the way it looked. Tires looked too small. So the next day I pulled them off and went with the 37's instead. My wheels are a 0 offset and I like the stance of them and didn't want to go with a positive offset so I removed the fender liners and cut the pinch weld out of the fender, then hit it with a tack weld and sprayed it with frame coating. Put the liners back in, cut the plastic spots out as recommended by CJC Off-road, and zip tied back the front fender liner area. No rubbing whatsoever and I LOVE the way it looks with the 37's. It's an absolute beast. I threw a rubber bed mat in the back and plan on ordering a Retrax electric bed cover tomorrow or the next day. No sense Line-Xing a bed that's going to be covered, and things slide on Line-X after a while anyway. This thing tows my 37 foot travel trailer like a champ. Very happy so far with this truck.
I've attached some pics, let me know what you think.

 

[BlackHillsTire]

Good call on the 37's! Great looking truck.

 

[Eatonpcat]

Looks real good!

 

[Tom716]

very nice

 

[zsqure]

Looks great, how much "poke" is there with the 12.50's and zero offset? Throw up a pic.

 

[JohnandDonna]

Looks great! Love the MegaCabs.

 

[Brewbud]

Good looking truck. I bet it rides a lot better too now.

 

[Dmacmilitant]

Looks great, how much "poke" is there with the 12.50's and zero offset? Throw up a pic.

Now that I took these pics I'm realizing my front axle is shifted a bit, probably from the Bilstein level kit I'm guessing.

 

[Dmacmilitant]

Good looking truck. I bet it rides a lot better too now.

Way better. Even though the 35's had more sidewall than the stock 285/60R20's, the Nittos are just a bit rougher riding. Going to the 37's made a noticeable difference and I'm not noticing much difference in MPG's.

 

[Squatch]

If it is shifted to the drivers side, then yes.

 

[NordicNevs]

Doesn’t Carli make a brace of some sort to shift back into true?


19 DDSRT
19 Ram 3500 Laramie Megacab HO (patriot bus)

 

[Squatch]

Adjustable track bar, I’ve used Carli and rough country, if I had to choose again it’d be rough country.

 

[Brewbud]

Adjustable track bar, I’ve used Carli and rough country, if I had to choose again it’d be rough country.

Adjustable trackbar will definitely fix that. Anytime you get above a couple of inches in is a good idea to add one. Curious Squatch, why would you go RC over Carli? I have a Carli on my 3rd Gen.

 

[Squatch]

No doubt the Carli is more stout, although they are both better than stock, I like having the ability to adjust its length without having to unbolt the track bar from the frame mount ( I can fine tune the adjustment after it is installed a lot more easily with the RC). They are both good units, not knocking Carli at all. That being said, I would trust the Carli to take more abuse than the RC.

 

[jsalbre]

Truck looks good!

What’s the tongue weight on your TT? That’s a big trailer to put on a 2500 with a Cummins.

 

[elephantrider]

rc bar is super easy to adjust, and as good as any other on the market. always good to get one so you can center the axle.

 

[Dmacmilitant]

Truck looks good!

What’s the tongue weight on your TT? That’s a big trailer to put on a 2500 with a Cummins.

728 pounds. I used to tow it with my 2017 F-150 Ecoboost and the Ram is quite a step up. It's actually 32 feet interior length, but overall is a 37 foot long trailer. It's a Grand Design Transcend 32BHS. Total loaded weight comes in at 9295 pounds.

 

[Dmacmilitant]

No doubt the Carli is more stout, although they are both better than stock, I like having the ability to adjust its length without having to unbolt the track bar from the frame mount ( I can fine tune the adjustment after it is installed a lot more easily with the RC). They are both good units, not knocking Carli at all. That being said, I would trust the Carli to take more abuse than the RC.

Thanks for the info! I'll look into both trackbars.

 

[Graphxdesigns]

Wow your truck looks awesome, I am wanting to level mine too, I was thinking about 35s, but now you have me thinking 37s... Could you measure what you bed height is on a level surface to the edge of tailgate? I have an extremely large dog (150 Cane Corso Mastiff) that needs to able to jump up there...

 

[Cummins3]

While ur measuring what's the overall height of the truck