FireStone Ride Rite Install
#31
Originally Posted by Quickerthanu
x2 on the setup.
I plan on getting the kit for my lowered 4x2. However I'm just gonna pick up a compact 12 volt air compressor like this (link) and just keep it in the truck and all times.
Alot cheaper solution than the $100 on-board compressor.
Thanks for the write-up on the install!!!
Andy
I plan on getting the kit for my lowered 4x2. However I'm just gonna pick up a compact 12 volt air compressor like this (link) and just keep it in the truck and all times.
Alot cheaper solution than the $100 on-board compressor.
Thanks for the write-up on the install!!!
Andy
#32
Originally Posted by Quickerthanu
x2 on the setup.
However I'm just gonna pick up a compact 12 volt air compressor like this (link) and just keep it in the truck and all times.
Andy
However I'm just gonna pick up a compact 12 volt air compressor like this (link) and just keep it in the truck and all times.
Andy
Kit Includes:
- Powerful Air Compressor (300PSI !!!)
- Tire Gauge (10-50psi)
- Air Hose (18")
- Power Connection (Plug into lighter adapter 14")
- Power Connection (Clip to battery : Alligator Clips 14")
- Power Connection (Pre-Wire to Battery, direct pre-wire : 14")
- Main Harness with Fuse (Plug into Power Connector: 8')
I got one at Pep Boys with a 10 foot power chord and a 10 foot air hose that works nicely.
#33
Originally Posted by slimshady0479
good luck with that one
Kit Includes:
- Powerful Air Compressor (300PSI !!!)
- Tire Gauge (10-50psi)
- Air Hose (18")
- Power Connection (Plug into lighter adapter 14")
- Power Connection (Clip to battery : Alligator Clips 14")
- Power Connection (Pre-Wire to Battery, direct pre-wire : 14")
- Main Harness with Fuse (Plug into Power Connector: 8')
I got one at Pep Boys with a 10 foot power chord and a 10 foot air hose that works nicely.
Kit Includes:
- Powerful Air Compressor (300PSI !!!)
- Tire Gauge (10-50psi)
- Air Hose (18")
- Power Connection (Plug into lighter adapter 14")
- Power Connection (Clip to battery : Alligator Clips 14")
- Power Connection (Pre-Wire to Battery, direct pre-wire : 14")
- Main Harness with Fuse (Plug into Power Connector: 8')
I got one at Pep Boys with a 10 foot power chord and a 10 foot air hose that works nicely.
#34
Originally Posted by hllon4whls
The reason that the on-board compressors are more expensive is quality and duty cycle. I would find a compressor better than the one you pictured. Try to get a decent one with a piston design instead of a diaphram.
Originally Posted by slimshady0479
good luck with that one
I got one at Pep Boys with a 10 foot power chord and a 10 foot air hose that works nicely.
I got one at Pep Boys with a 10 foot power chord and a 10 foot air hose that works nicely.
Originally Posted by i.ride.suzuki
OK, you just buy one of these and have a power point at the back of the truck...
#35
#36
I put these on my truck this summer and now I can haul my camper with out any tortion bars and it handles better loaded. I put them on and didn't even take off the wheels, just backed up onto ramps and used a jack under the hitch to lift the body. It is a simple mod and the results are great. Ran the air line thru the frame to keep it out of harms way and also swapped the fill valve for a single on a T since my weight is always centered on the hitch, but before I did that I did notice a better cornering due to the rear not leaning. Nice truck by the way.
#38
#39
Not even a tweak of anything to tell you the truck. The way the brackets are made its hard to believe you would have to bend anything. They are made precisely to fit in both top and bottom locations.
Now I have owned other brands like Air Lift and Goodyear where I had to fab up brackets because the ones that came with were junk, or didn't fit correctly. But those were different trucks and different stories. Firestone FTW!!!
Jesse
Now I have owned other brands like Air Lift and Goodyear where I had to fab up brackets because the ones that came with were junk, or didn't fit correctly. But those were different trucks and different stories. Firestone FTW!!!
Jesse
#40
That's Fantastic to hear. I wonder why I've read that some with 04-06 f-150's have had to modify the bracket. (at least I think they were 04-06's)
I have a set of the airbags sitting in my garage right now. Just waiting for my Rancho Quicklifts and 9000XL shocks to show up so I can put everything in at once.
Thanks for the great post, always feel better when someone else is pleased with a product that you have just bought. Mind you if it wasn't for this board I wouldn't be buying these things
I have a set of the airbags sitting in my garage right now. Just waiting for my Rancho Quicklifts and 9000XL shocks to show up so I can put everything in at once.
Thanks for the great post, always feel better when someone else is pleased with a product that you have just bought. Mind you if it wasn't for this board I wouldn't be buying these things
#42
Originally Posted by Extreme Justice
Did any of you have to "Bend/hammer/grind" the brackets to fit. Reading other posts, it seems that this is a common thing that has to be done. Just wondering as I didn't see/read in your post.
Thanks
Thanks
#43
Originally Posted by Extreme Justice
Did any of you have to "Bend/hammer/grind" the brackets to fit. Reading other posts, it seems that this is a common thing that has to be done. Just wondering as I didn't see/read in your post.
Thanks
Thanks
#44