{"id":456,"date":"2009-09-14T09:31:43","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T14:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bds-suspension.v1gkatq8-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=456"},"modified":"2020-09-17T15:02:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T20:02:04","slug":"2002-2005-dodge-high-clearance-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bds-suspension.com\/?p=456","title":{"rendered":"2002-2005 Dodge High Clearance Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2002-2005 Dodge 6 inch kit has been completely reengineered to wear the High Clearance badge for its improved ground clearance and suspension geometry.  Traditional lift kits have dropped the torsion bar cross member to make the lift design easy, we put in the extra hours (more like weeks and months) to make our kit truly unique.  While this kit performs better on and off road, it also installs much easier.  There is no longer a need to drill any holes in the frame rails for the torsion bar drop brackets or compression strut mounting brackets.<\/p>\n<p>We took this 2004 truck with the BDS High Clearance 6 inch lift through our test course to demonstrate the amount of clearance.  A stock truck would have been high-centered on some of the smaller obstacles.  A classic torsion bar cross member drop kit would have the torsion bars dragging in the dirt.  The BDS HC kit gives the most clearance and allows the truck to get up and over stuff most IFS trucks could never think about clearing.<\/p>\n<p>The final product is one that looks the best, performs the best, and carries the best warranty.  Check it out in action.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eHxg_h3tH2o\" data-rel=\"lightbox-video-0\">2002-2005 Dodge HC Video<\/a> &lt;&#8212; youtube link<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-456 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/eadn-wc04-6979468.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/clearance-2.JPG' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/eadn-wc04-6979468.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/clearance-2.JPG\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/eadn-wc04-6979468.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/clearance-1.JPG' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/eadn-wc04-6979468.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/clearance-1.JPG\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/eadn-wc04-6979468.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/clearance-3.JPG' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/eadn-wc04-6979468.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/clearance-3.JPG\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2002-2005 Dodge 6 inch kit has been completely reengineered to wear the High Clearance badge for its improved ground clearance and suspension geometry. Traditional lift kits have dropped the torsion bar cross member to make the lift design easy, we put in the extra hours (more like weeks and months) to make our kit truly unique. While this kit performs better on and off road, it also installs much easier. There is no longer a need to drill any holes in the frame rails for the torsion bar drop brackets or compression strut mounting brackets. We took this 2004 truck with the BDS High Clearance 6 inch lift through our test course to demonstrate the amount of clearance. A stock truck would have been high-centered on some of the smaller obstacles. A classic torsion bar cross member drop kit would have the torsion bars dragging in the dirt. The&hellip;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.bds-suspension.com\/?p=456\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rd"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2002-2005 Dodge High Clearance Kit | BDS Suspension Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.bds-suspension.com\/?p=456\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2002-2005 Dodge High Clearance Kit | BDS Suspension Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 2002-2005 Dodge 6 inch kit has been completely reengineered to wear the High Clearance badge for its improved ground clearance and suspension geometry. 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