Let’s talk air bag suspension

I have a 2014 Crew Max with a 7 inch BDS stage two lift sitting on 18’s and 37’s. I recently purchased a travel trailer and I want to put an airbag suspension on the rear. Was wondering if anyone else had done something like this? Or any recommendations for airbag kits.

 

You have a couple of options:

Firestone ride ride 2445
Airlifter 5000
Pacbrake
Amazon and eBay special sold under the brands Torque and various others; they are Chinese knockoffs of the first one kit.

Firestone ride rite is my choice, but I have a very gently used PacBrake kit I’d sell you for cheap After 7 years or so if use with the Firestones, I had a bag start to fail; after some easy communication with Firestone asking for a part number and where I could purchase them, they warrantied both bags for me free of charge. So they have my vote. The kit is also pretty great.

The Pacbrake kit is overbuilt in a good way. Brackets are heavy duty plate steel that’s powdercoated, bags are built with 1/2” thick aluminum end caps, etc.

Airlift bags are also a good choice, but when I was looking to add them, they kit was only offered with an internal jounce bumper/bump stop. This allows you to run the bags at zero psi, but puts the bump stop closer to the frame.

A couple of guys have run the Torque bags without issue, but I there isn’t any long usage reports on them

So for me, it’s Firestone or Pacbrake.

Since you are lifted, you may need some additional parts. If your rear lift is achieved with lift blocks under the springs but retain the stock leaf pack, the above kits should be bolt in. If you have a new leaf pack with more lift/arch to the springs, you would need a spacer for the bags. I don’t recall who makes them but they aren’t anything special - just a steel slug or platform that lets you relocate the bag mount up from the leaf pack.

 

Thank you for the info. Very helpful. Started looking to see what I could find. Definitely gonna stick with the brands you suggested once again thank you so much. I really appreciate the information.