it is because of the flip kit. the lift shackles are part of a flip kit, and they are why the bag and bracket are soo far apart. if he still had stock or even drop shackles the bag kit would have bolted up no problem

 

It was no hassle really, the airbags were worth every penny.

Oh, and here's a pic of the control panel I made for the airbags. The guages are in PSI and the one on the left is bag pressure and the one on the right is tank pressure.

I'll have a video on youtube of the operation of the valve soon. It's a clippard valve, push up for more air to the bags and down to vent air out of the bags. It sounds really cool in the cab

 

Alright here's the video I promised:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erR5Mw21gTs

 

man those are some slooooooooooooooow bags

 

ya i couldnt even tell you were filling them back up

 

It's an air assist kit... in the rear only. For more towing capacity etc.


Read the description before you post here, it's purpose isn't to fill up and drain extremely fast....

 

ohh i always thought air assist kits are what made the trucks hop

 

Me likey..... props to you bro

 

Those are hydraulics lol. And the type that can make a truck move around a lot and enable it to drop to the floor is full airbag suspension. But the controls I have there are useful, because the ride to work is a smooth one except this one intersection where the pavement is warped and it violently bottoms out with the bags under 25PSI (Which just happens to be a perfect mix of suspension stiffness and travel for most road conditions). So I just hold the valve up for about a second and the bags are at 50PSI and ready to go. Then after I press the valve down and I have the bags back down to 25PSI again. Ride quality is like day and night with lower or higher airbag pressures.

 

ya i was kidding. you towed any loads with it yet, if so how does it handle

 

Nope not yet.

 

Dredging her back up..... :o

I just put the McGaughy's helper bag kit on my truck. The instructions sucked. I ended up moving the brackets closer to the axle, worked great. Was a pain to drill all those 1/2" holes though. No snazzy air valves and tanks here, this is just for loads, I have a little 12V portable pump that fills the bags up easily. Still haven't driven it yet. I have a 2"x4" drop, so the thing bolted right up. Filled the bags up to 30PSI, gave the truck about 5" of wheel well space in the back.

Hey Arca_ex, how does your bag kit do with any sort of load in the bed? You've surely driven with a load by now.

 

It does really well, the bags can support a LOT of weight when you start getting upwards of 80PSI.

I've hauled some concrete and drywall and plywood/lumber here and there, nothing too serious yet but the bags made a world of difference. I think the most weight I've had back there is maybe 800lbs. which isn't even nearing the bags limits. I think it's either 1 or 2 tons of capacity that the bags add, but don't quote me on that.

 

would like to see how those cylinders installed on there looks like. u could prolly sell em as a kit to people here

 

Well, I took the bags off, since I don't have the McGaughy's drop the brackets hit each other when I aired down. I am currently seeking a rear flip kit and will be getting bag spacers similar to the setup gilbertma has, only I want a 4" flip so the bag spacer will be an inch smaller.

gilbertma's setup.