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I have an '01 Dodge and was thinking about the BDS 5 inch lift for the truck because I have heard it has the best Flex. I want the truck to be all twisty when it needs to be without being overly tall or twisty on the road. you guys have any thoughts?

 

The BDS is a great kit from what I have seen of it. And it has a no-questions-asked lifetime warranty too. I think it is worth the extra money to upgrade to the long arm setup though, especially if you want a lot of flex.

 

The long arm kit is what I was looking at. Trying to figure if I can install it myself here on base at the auto hobby shop or just have a local 4x4 shop do it for me. I am going to do gears and a rear arb at the same time so I might just drop the coin to have it installed all at once.

 

I think installation is pretty straight forward. I don't think there is any welding required, basically bolt on. The installation instructions can be seen at there website I believe.

But yeah, if you are having somebody do gears/locker, and don't have the time/space to do it, it would definitely be easier just to fork out the coin to have someone do it.

 

Do the lift yourself. Not that difficult when you look at it and will save you around $500. The gears on the other hand would be worth it to have someone install that knows how to.