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Firestone airbag + U-bolt flip + Daystar cradle + Bump stop

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by Goodyear12, Jul 10, 2022.

  1. Jul 10, 2022 at 5:53 AM
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    Goodyear12

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    I was looking at adding airbags to my 2021 Tacoma. While searching it out I came across this thread: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...lip-daystar-cradle-bump-stop-sold-out.638686/. Does anyone know of a similar design, or if anyone else has made a similar product. I have searched all over but been unable to find anything that will work with the ubolt flip kit that I already have installed. Any help would be appreciated.
     
  2. Jul 10, 2022 at 10:53 AM
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    RyanDCLB

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    I have that @badger kit, and it works great! At some point, @Crikeymike was interested in selling them, but nothing ended up happening.

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    Interesting thread about airbags with internal bump stops here, but @Blueberry.Taco used 63" leafs. Maybe look for a different length of that bag that will work with the stock leaf springs?

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    :thumbsup: GL! Keep us posted.!
     
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  3. Jul 11, 2022 at 9:12 AM
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    Crikeymike

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    Yeah, I never got any further on it. I just sell the airbags and cradles which use regular downward facing u-bolts.
     
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  4. Sep 17, 2022 at 5:47 PM
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    Gallowbraid

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    Looking for any feedback as I move forward with a design I'm toying with. I've installed the Firestone bags by drilling a hole in the factory bump stop pad so it's centered over the leaf pack instead of off to the side. Right now I have a piece of rectangular tube underneath the cradle that's fastened using the bump stop holes in the plate.

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    I'm looking to make a new ubolt plate out of a piece of 2x5x.25 rectangular tube. It will be cut at an angle to allow leaf movement and will have holes drilled to mount a bump stop (Wheeler's Superbump in this case) forward of the area where the cradle will mount. Holes in the top of the plate are there to feed a socket down to the fasteners on the ubolts to torque them down to spec.

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  5. Sep 17, 2022 at 5:58 PM
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    Keep me posted I had these bags on my 03 Tundra and loved them. My 20 Taco gets a bit saggy in the ass.
     
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  6. Sep 23, 2023 at 7:42 PM
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    Any update on this?????
    Would love to buy one
     
  7. Sep 24, 2023 at 11:53 AM
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    Got the Firestones installed and they are great.
     
  8. Sep 24, 2023 at 4:19 PM
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    Did some measuring, bought the material and it's still sitting on my work bench. I should probably get back to making this....
     
  9. Sep 25, 2023 at 9:51 PM
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    Let me know how much. Im about to tear apart everything for my new suspension and this would help alot
     

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