Air Bags

[b-real]

Has anyone put air bags on their Tremor yet? I always use the Firestone Ride Rite 2582 kit on my F150s. Kit says it is for 15-22 except Raptor, and I can’t think of any reason it wouldn’t work on the Tremor.

 

[Wyothing]

I was thinking about doing it too. Let me know how it works out.

 

[Kenn]

I was thinking about it too but I’m afraid of it limiting the articulation and stiffening up the ride. I’ve had the Firestone bags before and they worked great.

 

[b-real]

I was thinking about it too but I’m afraid of it limiting the articulation and stiffening up the ride. I’ve had the Firestone bags before and they worked great.

Having had them before I have never noticed them changing the ride as long as I run them at 5psi or less when not towing. I can’t think of any reason they wouldn’t work on the Tremor, but since mine is still on order I can’t verify yet.

 

[romerT]

I spoke to the dealer I bought my truck from yesterday and they use the firestone bags exclusively. I stopped at another well known local custom shop and he sells both Firestone and Airlift but highly recommended the Airlift. When I asked why he said he's run into a lot of warranty issues with Firestone lately.

 

[BigEasy44]

I have a Pacbrake kit waiting to be installed on mine. Looking forward to seeing how it performs.

I will be towing a 7000# boat during the summer season. I have a 2.5 RC level kit so I knew bags would be necessary.

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[Marooned]

Just ordered Air Lift Loadlifter 5000 Ultimate Plus+ and the WirelessOne + EZ Mount Compressor kit. Will be having it professionally installed by an Air Lift dealer. I'll let you know how it turns out.....

 

[Fozzy]

I was thinking about it too but I’m afraid of it limiting the articulation and stiffening up the ride. I’ve had the Firestone bags before and they worked great.

Buy the Daystar cradles and use 3-5 psi and you won't know they are even there installed off roading or normal driving. Air them up for towing and they act normal. I did the Air Lift 5000's.

Left to right- Lift spacer, Daystar cradle, Air lift 5000 bag no jounce bumper, brackets.

 

[Wyothing]

I went ahead and did the AirLift 5000. I didn't use the Daystar cradle but just what Airlift provided. The install was extremely simple. They are awesome. Don't know its there until I need them. I run 5lbs per the manufacture recommendation for minimal pressure. I pulled a car hauler with a 5000lb vehicle and it was amazing. I have 10k miles on it and it seems lately my fuel economy has improved. I didn't really care before but I pulled a lighter trailer today 300 miles and got 16mpg. Don't know if the bags helped but I am loving this truck!

 

[heavyfoot]

Hey Fozzy…will the daystars cradles work on a stock ride height setup…and with what bags? I heard there was an issue with them crowding the bags too much unless you have a lift of some sort?

 

[Fozzy]

Hey Fozzy…will the daystars cradles work on a stock ride height setup…and with what bags? I heard there was an issue with them crowding the bags too much unless you have a lift of some sort?

If you don't off road you will be fine without the cradles. The Tremor does flex enough you could pull the bag apart without them.

The cradles are 3/4" thick. With the added height of the Tremor they should be perfect. But there is a problem if you are tight on the bag and have the jounce bumper in the bag. You will be bouncing off of it all the time. I found that to be true even without the cradles on previous trucks. That's why I went with the regular bags with no built in bump stop. If I feel I need the bump stop I will just put a little more air in them. I had a Raptor and don't plan on leaving the ground that often in this truck, so it should be fine. They will work with all the conventional bags like the Air Lift 5000, Firestone and PAC. They will not work with the bags that go on top of the spring then to the frame like the Air Lift 2000's.

 

[Fozzy]

If you didn't see my built thread I ran everything to the power point spot in the bed. Super easy to get to and work on. They take so little air you can fill them in seconds with a bicycle pump. Added a twin needle gauge just for fun. I'm not constantly hooking and unhooking trailers all the time to need the compressor that is only good for the bags.

 

[Kenn]

I lowered the rear end of my truck by taking out the original 2.25" block and replacing it with a 1" block. If I put in the Airlift bags with Daystar do you guys think it'll raise the back end if I'm using just 5# of air?

Also, is the 57355 the correct model?

 

[edwardlynch]

If you didn't see my built thread I ran everything to the power point spot in the bed. Super easy to get to and work on. They take so little air you can fill them in seconds with a bicycle pump. Added a twin needle gauge just for fun. I'm not constantly hooking and unhooking trailers all the time to need the compressor that is only good for the bags.

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That looks awesome. Great job!

 

[PlumbTremor]

If you didn't see my built thread I ran everything to the power point spot in the bed. Super easy to get to and work on. They take so little air you can fill them in seconds with a bicycle pump. Added a twin needle gauge just for fun. I'm not constantly hooking and unhooking trailers all the time to need the compressor that is only good for the bags.

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I'm looking to install a set of airbags soon. Was curious how the guage works with the 2 separate airbag fill ports. I'd love a guage for mine but not sure how to read the bag pressures independently

 

[b-real]

I'm looking to install a set of airbags soon. Was curious how the guage works with the 2 separate airbag fill ports. I'd love a guage for mine but not sure how to read the bag pressures independently

If just towing a trailer where air flowing between bags won’t be much of an issue, many people run a T connector and have both bags tied together off one fill port.

If going to be carrying lots of weight in the bed then keeping the bags separate might be a good idea.

 

[PlumbTremor]

If just towing a trailer where air flowing between bags won’t be much of an issue, many people run a T connector and have both bags tied together off one fill port.

If going to be carrying lots of weight in the bed then keeping the bags separate might be a good idea.

After a lil more digging I've seen people put 2 tees and a ball valve between to link the lines together or fill individual if needed. Think that's the way ill go

 

[Fozzy]

I'm looking to install a set of airbags soon. Was curious how the guage works with the 2 separate airbag fill ports. I'd love a guage for mine but not sure how to read the bag pressures independently

The gauge has two needles one is black and one is orange. There is two air inputs on the back of the gauge. I always put the same in both bags so its hard to see the other needle in my pic.

 

[PlumbTremor]

The gauge has two needles one is black and one is orange. There is two air inputs on the back of the gauge. I always put the same in both bags so its hard to see the other needle in my pic.

Well that is totally awesome lol I'll have to find one of those. Tees and valves just equal more leak points to me I'm a plumber, simplicity in piping is key

 

[MOTREMOR]

Buy the Daystar cradles and use 3-5 psi and you won't know they are even there installed off roading or normal driving. Air them up for towing and they act normal. I did the Air Lift 5000's.

Left to right- Lift spacer, Daystar cradle, Air lift 5000 bag no jounce bumper, brackets.
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Nice set up Fozzy....I'm looking to buy the Air lift 5000 with wireless one EZ mount . Don't do much off roading, would I be fine with either one of there air lift kits.... regular bags or built in bump stop?? Also what's the lift spacer there for I don't see that as part of there kits ???
there stainless bag kit seems to have everything for $525.00
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