The Carli Dominator is the true Jack-of-All Trades shock package. The dominator rides better than any other system on road while boasting uncompromising off-road performance.
Dominator Carli Tuned King 3.0 Shock Package
The Dominator is pinnacle offering in boasting front Carli Signature tuned, King 3.0" remote reservoir shocks so large, we needed to engineer mounting systems front and rear for them to cycle properly. As the old adage goes, there's no replacement for displacement. In an effort to provide customers with the best product, we do not sell off-the-shelf King 3.0s. We designed a custom piston to determine proper base flow rates to ensure the shock works well in the heavy duty truck platform; we then tuned the shocks around the custom pistons based on seat-of-the-pants feel. We round off ALL our King shocks with shafts machined and polished from a solid piece of 17-4 Stainless. Unlike King's standard shafts, there is no coating to wear off, weather is far less likely to hurt them and if there is a small chip, you can round the edges with emery cloth to ensure the seal housing isn't damaged as they're not brittle like the stock, hardened shafts.
In the front, the shocks utilize a 3.0″ King with a large Pintop Bushing to secure them to the factory location.
The front, lower shock mount - we provide a 1/4″, boxed replacement for the weak, factory stamped, half-welded mount. The top index included in the side specific mount servers to locate the shock mount off the axle's radius arm mount. Once the factory shock mount is removed, the Carli shock mount will be welded in place providing peace of mind and as much space as possible to cycle the 3.0″ diameter cylinders of the Dominator shocks.
Even slightly offsetting the lower shock mount, the factory brake lines that come over the top of the radius arm need to be relocated to prevent the wiper cap (blue cap on the bottom of the shock body from which the shaft extends) contacting the factory lines. We provide extended Stainless Brake Lines and routing brackets to clear the brake lines from the shocks completely.
Another weak point…. The factory coil buckets offer very little support for the isolator - and thus, the coil - beyond a small hole to index its fitment. Combine this with a lower coil seat that's angled forward and inward creating a spring pressure that induces both forward bowing and slipping coils. It's not uncommon to see flattened isolators and springs that look like they're going to slide forward and out of the bucket. Compound this factory shortcoming by adding big shocks, extended travel, and a heavy right foot off the pavement and additional support for the coils becomes cheap insurance against a coil re-installation off-the-grid! Machined from a solid piece of mild steel, these supports require front suspension disassembly, cleaning of the factory coil bucket, welding, priming and painting. Once in place, they appear factory as they're nearly completely covered by the factory isolator. With these installed, your coil spring will not budge.
ISOLATOR NOTE: There are two potential spring isolators spec'd in Ram trucks, the Standard 2500/3500 - PN 05168566AB, and Power Wagon - PN 68268825AA. Functionally, they're interchangeable in MOST situations; however, when welding in our isolator supports, standard isolators MUST be installed in place of the Power wagon isolators, if equipped. The Standard isolators have an internal diameter of 3.875″ while the Power Wagon isolators run 3.25″ as they brace against the short "cone" to center the isolator.
In the rear, we move the shocks from their extremely limiting factory location inside the frame-pocket. The tubular rear frame crossmember exits through the outside of the frame serving as the perfect location to which to weld our replacement upper shock mounts.
The bottom shock mount sandwiches the factory mount utilizing 2 existing holes in the mount as well as the factory shock mounting location with the provided hardware. The mount extends forward and cants outward to align perfectly with the new upper mount while providing optimal tire clearance.
Because the shock position changes, the factory bed support must be modified, we provide a bolt-in solution to support the bed laterally from the factory control arm bracket once the factory support it removed.
Last but certainly not least, the e-brake routing bracket. It's simple, a bolt, spacer and a couple insulated P-Clamps to ensure the factory E-Brake cables don't run into your massive, new shocks!
There you have it, Folks! Everything needed to SAFELY install 3.0″ shocks on your 2014+ 2500 already equipped with a Commuter, Backcountry or Pintop Systems.
