Adding a Rough Country front leveling kit to a SRW 2022 3500 w rear air suspension

[Chriss626]

Looks great. What size rims are those? Any rubbing?

 

[Dmacmilitant]

20x9 with a 0 offset. +20 is what’s recommended for less trimming, but 0 works fine too. I did have to cut the metal pinch weld off the backside of the front fenders, and then cut the plastic out, but that’s it. Didn’t do anything to the front of the fenders. Zero rubbing.

 

[Chriss626]

Do you have a photo from the front showing if the rims stick out over the fender flares?

 

[Chriss626]

I have a Longhorn mega and I can’t decide between a 20x9 +1 offset on 37’s or a 20x10 -18 offset on 37 with aftermarket fender flares to cover the tires. I have the Carli 3 1/4 inch pintop lift.

 

[NewGTGuy]

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I went with the Thuren 1.75” front coils and left the rear air suspension alone. It now sits dead nuts level on 37’s. I also included a pic of the truck stock, although, it’s not a very good side view to show how it sat stock, but hey, more pics are better I guess. The rear air suspension trucks definitely sit lower in the rear than non air. Let me know if you have any questions.

Wow! Your truck looks bad ass! What a difference those 37s make! Congratulations! Excellent choices across the board...

 

[NewGTGuy]

My 3500 Limited is scheduled to arrive on 3/10. I'm also considering the full Carli Pintop treatment. I might wait a bit before dropping another $10k+ after spending almost $100k however.

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

I wouldn't put Rough Country anything on a truck this nice/expensive.

What do you think their steel blocks are different than others?

 

[Dmacmilitant]

Do you have a photo from the front showing if the rims stick out over the fender flares?

Here ya go.

 

[Chriss626]

Nice looks like you just convinced me to go 20 x 9

 

[Dmacmilitant]

Nice looks like you just convinced me to go 20 x 9

I would definitely go 20x9 with the +1 like you stated earlier. The 20x10 -18 would stick way out and I would imagine you would have some difficulty trimming to make those not rub. There are also some wiring harnesses behind the fender liner that I actually relocated on mine, and I would imaging you could get in a situation where you would absolutely hit the body of the truck with a -18. The wiring harness I relocated was on the driver side, and it simply slid right off of it's mounting rivet and I pushed it up and zip tied it with one that was located a bit higher. Very simple to do. I'll shoot a quick video and see if it will let me upload it here to show you the trimming that I did.

 

[Dmacmilitant]

I would definitely go 20x9 with the +1 like you stated earlier. The 20x10 -18 would stick way out and I would imagine you would have some difficulty trimming to make those not rub. There are also some wiring harnesses behind the fender liner that I actually relocated on mine, and I would imaging you could get in a situation where you would absolutely hit the body of the truck with a -18. The wiring harness I relocated was on the driver side, and it simply slid right off of it's mounting rivet and I pushed it up and zip tied it with one that was located a bit higher. Very simple to do. I'll shoot a quick video and see if it will let me upload it here to show you the trimming that I did.

Nice looks like you just convinced me to go 20 x 9

 

[Brewbud]

17x9 +20mm with 37s for reference.

 

[slvrsix7]

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I went with the Thuren 1.75” front coils and left the rear air suspension alone. It now sits dead nuts level on 37’s. I also included a pic of the truck stock, although, it’s not a very good side view to show how it sat stock, but hey, more pics are better I guess. The rear air suspension trucks definitely sit lower in the rear than non air. Let me know if you have any questions.

Truck looks great. I have a 22 3500 w/ air on order and looking to go the same route. I'm curious does the air suspension still level out correctly with heavy load after the front was lifted?

 

[Dmacmilitant]

Truck looks great. I have a 22 3500 w/ air on order and looking to go the same route. I'm curious does the air suspension still level out correctly with heavy load after the front was lifted?

Mine has been fine. I hooked my travel trailer up this weekend and the back came up nicely. It’s about 900 pounds of hitch weight on the very end. Also had some fire wood and other luggage in the back. Probably not as level as unloaded, but when I hit bed lowering mode it came way down, so I know the load was heavy enough to sag it quite a bit.

 

[98Superstock]

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I went with the Thuren 1.75” front coils and left the rear air suspension alone. It now sits dead nuts level on 37’s. I also included a pic of the truck stock, although, it’s not a very good side view to show how it sat stock, but hey, more pics are better I guess. The rear air suspension trucks definitely sit lower in the rear than non air. Let me know if you have any questions.

Love the look of your truck level lift! I will be ordering the Thuren 1 3/4's for mine as well

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

I wouldn't put Rough Country anything on a truck this nice/expensive.

This ^

Also Guys you can’t order a lift/level without the truck in your driveway. You’ve got to measure your truck to get it right, they don’t all sit the same. Just because it’s marketed as a level kit does not mean it will level your truck. Many of us found out that a 1” level kit is the right amount by measuring

 

[AH64ID]

Mine has been fine. I hooked my travel trailer up this weekend and the back came up nicely. It’s about 900 pounds of hitch weight on the very end. Also had some fire wood and other luggage in the back. Probably not as level as unloaded, but when I hit bed lowering mode it came way down, so I know the load was heavy enough to sag it quite a bit.

Is that in ALT ride height or Normal height?