Which brand of airbags?

[Henry]

OK, with the 9. 5' S&S on-board and the trailer loaded with quads, I need a little more help than the extra leafs are providing. Are Firestone airbags the way to go, or is there a better option? Keep in mind, I have @ 4. 5" of lift on the truck. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, including where to get the best deal.

 

[Fishin Guide]

I used to run Firestone bags with my 4. 5" kit. I ahve removed the lift, but the bags remain. Never had a problem with them. I made a custom bracket to work with the lift.



I ran the Air Lifts, but I must have gotten a bad set. First one went at 5,000 miles second one only 2,000 later. Firestones have almost 50k on them.



Dave

 

[DBCooper]

Henry, I've been running the same set of Air Lifts for about 60,000 miles on two trucks without a problem. They say to keep at least 5 lbs of air in the bags at all times so they don't tare at full axle flex. I have a very simple set up with seperate air lines to each bag. That way there is less to go wrong. A small compressor with the same 7 pin plug as your trailer to it is all I use to inflate. I bought them from Summit Racing on sale for about 200 clams if I remember right. You may end up making your own brackets for your lift. I put 1" spacers under my lower bracket to get things more in line with what Air Lift recomends because I have a 2" lift. Hope this helps.

Dan

 

[y-knot]

Air Lift or Firestone, it really doesn't matter they are both great and except for the name, basically the same.

 

[BigMike]

I've got the firestone airbags with onboard compressor. Have had them trouble free for about 40k miles. They're fantastic. Got them from Les Schwabs.

 

[EB]

Firestone is what I've used, 300k + on my old truck and over 111k on my 03. Never had a bit of trouble with either of them.

 

[DougL]

I have Air Lift but I think I would go with Firestone next time, I like the design or the air bag better. -- Buy the way if you are as cheap as I am go to a wrecking yard and get a compressor from a cadilac, it's cheap and has a built in air dump valve. They are perfect for air suspension.

 

[Henry]

Hey Thanks! I appreciate all the input. Firestone Ride-Rite it is. Summit Racing seemed to be the best price I could find. I should start getting frequent flyer miles there soon! Thanks again everyone.