"Official" Firestone RideRite + Lift Thread

Yes, but you'll need to build up the bracket, as pictured on this thread.

 

With the daystar cradle?

 

Look at my post 459. See where I added an extension. The bracket is made for the original leafs, before they even added an extra leaf, with tsb so you'll have a small gap. Bigger the more leafs you add. Not a big deal to extend. See my cradles, they're on top, so have no affect on bracket.

 

I did ride around a year with the gap, it's usually not that big a deal. Only remember one post where a guys collapsed down, but he had a huge gap. Mine would just went down like 1\4", but would've been crooked at that point. Call it piece of mind.

 

Without going through all the pages...

How tall are these when they are inflated?

I wanna add a set to the back of my truck to correct the sagginess the fiberglass shell created.

 

I tried to find an answer for this too. Hopefully someone can help.

 

Go on Firestone's site - they have the information you want.

 

You put 10lbs it's going up an inch. Before I added some leafs I believe 15lbs gave me 1.5". They probably go up to 5 inches and tear your damn shock apart if you wanted.

Your not gonna wanna go over 1.5 over stock height. I had 5100 that allowed extra. Now trd pro and aal too, so I leave at 5 and it's still bumps it up. I like them for tops and versatility of even more weight. Still did aal, progressive, for some more height and aired down bags. Little better ride, then using the bag as the lift, but did that for a year. It was fine, just stiff.

Still quite stiff, but it's a truck and now it rides like one and I'm able to use it like one.

 

Oh, let me go out & jack up my truck, inflate the bags fully, climb under, and measure them for you. I'm sure that will be much easier than you actually having to read and comprehend the information contained in this thread.

 

Thank you. Not sure if that isn’t available on their mobile site, I did not see that listed anywhere.

 

It's listed in the install manual.

 

Gotcha. Didn’t realize it was mixed in there. I literally search around their whole page looking for specs.

Appreciate the help

 

From one Steve to another....no problemo!

 

Hi all. I created a thread regarding my ride rites and the rough ride they give https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/air-bag-rough-ride.511877/ I'm not lifted, but hopefully someone can help me out here. Suspension is all stock except for the air bags and 1/4" spacers on front. Truck has a little extra weight all the time-winch and sliders-and sometimes a lot more-RTT and gear. I guestimate 400 lbs in the bed on our trips. Regardless of the load or PSI, the rear end bucks hard when both wheels hitbump at the same time, like a speedbump. It does pretty well with one wheel at a time. I took some video of the rear driving and hitting potholes at 12PSI with no load. Everything seems to be moving fine. Can anyone confirm if there is an internal bumpstop in these bags? The only thing I can think of is that if there is, the suspension is bottoming out and it's just a really hard bump stop. If not, it must be the shock or axle housing bottoming out. Anyone have any ideas? I used to be able to take things like speedbumps much faster. I realize the airbags will increase the effective spring rate, but they hit very hard at the top of travel. Thanks for any help!

 

How good are your rear shock's? Even with an empty bed & 10 to 15 psi mine rides great, I usually run about 8 psi but have done test drives to see what higher pressures are like, No issues, just more ride height.

 

Stock OR shocks with 20k miles. Do you hit many huge potholes, or really bad seams in the roadway? They are a fact of life in SE PA. The travel through the strok of the suspension feels fine, maybe a little stiffer than stock as I would expect. It's just at the top of the stroke where it gets very harsh very fast. I know I bottomed the stock suspension out a lot and it never felt as harsh as this does.

 

The Firestone bags don't have an internal integral bumpstop....

Yes - if you don't have enough shock or enough spring-rate or both..... she will be hitting hard on the axle if you blast through the speed bumps! On my own outfit, the height of the bag (collapsed) and the Daystar seat I put under it, ate up the allowable travel and made the truck bottom out more easily (crummy Toyota stocker springs are still in there). For everyday use (not jumping the speed bumps) as a daily driver - it took about 12 psi to eliminate the bottoming. I figure its going to take some different spring packs and a better shock to lower the pressure.

 

Mine rides like a dump truck too. You get used to it

 

Plenty of potholes around here, especially after winter. I hear them & feel them, but no jarring impact like it was before I got the airbags & new rear Billy 5160's. I was slightly concerned with cutting off the bump stops, but after a few months & numerous bad roads, I have no worries about my suspension.

P.S. I also have the Toyota recall leaf pack on, don't know if that figures into the equation, but it doesn't hurt having fairly new rear leafs without the sag of my 2010 leaf's.