Carli Suspension - Engineering Philosophy

Strong Enough for Baja… Tuned for the Real World

Sage Carli works closely with King Off Road to continuously mature the product line

All of the suspension systems that are born at Carli Suspension are designed for the real-world and real life. Not everybody is going to jump a truck in Mexico. This means that Carli extends suspension solutions that support any condition and use from commuting on a freeway every day, all the way to high performance off-road conditions hundreds of miles from home… or hundreds of miles from anything, for that matter. Carli engineers according to a realistic and customer driven design cycle. Carli's systems are comprised of a component family, where individual components work for multiple systems, even multiple years of the Dodge Ram series. This allows customers to upgrade from system to system at their own pace.

The engineering never stops, its constant. There's always something new being developed to improve durability, eliminate the weak links and offer customers the best suspension solution available. The thinking doesn't stop once a system has been released. Every customer is different and sometimes you just have to go left when you thought you were going right.

Every component is examined for quality and strength with engineers prior to acceptance

Another customer scenario that speaks for this philosophy is a 2007 Dodge 2500 HD, standard cab, long bed, CTD. This truck is carrying a 2,000 lbs camper, permanently and will be seeing thousands of off-road miles scooting around Baja. This isn't something you can purchase an off-the-shelf suspension system for, and certainly, high performance valve profiles do not apply. Another custom solution was the result. There isn't a problem that is overlooked. Patents are pending, products are in development and a true engineer is serving the market. Welcome to the difference.

King Off Road shocks are included with each of Carli's flagship high-performance systems

These products, alone, aren't enough. Stringent engineering and design life cycles render a true “system”. Each component is designed, weighted, valved and cut to work perfectly with one another. Iteration after iteration, these systems are refined through a robust testing and development cycle. No product has gone on a customer's truck without being on, and off, and back on, and off and back on a Carli truck in order to achieve the best possible performance level. King Shock Valve profiles took months, just to get the street ride perfect only to work on the big bumps after that.

Buyers purchase Dodge Ram trucks because of their build quality, capability and performance characteristics. This is an investment that should not be overlooked. Upgrading suspension with a Carli system should mean that customer can do everything better and safer than OEM. This philosophy has lead to several key innovations, such as long travel air bags for example, a world-first technology born from a customer-oriented engineer, Sage himself. This is a hallmark of the Carli Suspension approach. If Dodge Ram owners reduced the truck's towing and hauling capabilities in an effort to maximize the 10% of the time the truck is being mobbed over a desert floor, it would be a compromise that simply isn't acceptable for Sage.

Sage Carli takes the time to listen to every customer's concerns about investing in a suspension system

By focusing on total customer satisfaction, and innovating for a market that has been left hanging by other high-performance suspension providers, world-first products are now available. Only Carli Suspension can offer a customer a truck that can carry more weight than stock, double the wheel travel and safely carry high speeds over rough terrain, all in one. Only after the release of the long travel air bags did the job feel complete, prior to that, the playing field was level.