Rear Suspension Air Bags for my truck

Flapper wrote:
Just mounted Firestones on my smaller rig. Used to get about 5-6" of sag at the rear bumper. Never an issue "bottoming out", even on rough roads before, but I didn't like the "uphill" feel of the truck, nor having to use the jacks to take up that sag before I could unhitch. Currently have only pumped them up to 30lbs when on hitch, and only have done a very short drive. Sag is now 2". Handling was fine. Off hitch, have been running the 30lbs for a couple of weeks. Not a lot of difference - a bit stiffer in the rear, but nothing my wife or anyone else has noticed. Using a bike pump, and while it does take a bit, it only takes about three times the number of strokes that my high pressure bike tires take. For the few trips a year, I can justify it as exercise. I'll play with pressure, but it may not need much more.
I didn't know about air-rides (I think that is the brand with the internal bumper) before I bought the Firestones. I might have considered. But so far, I have no issue with the Firestones. BTW - buy the separate air line Tee made for them too. That way you can fill both at once, rather than having two fill valves. Air-Ride Tees are cheaper than Firestone and work on the 1/4" air lines too.
And...I originally used the "no drill" bracket for the fill valves, that straps to the vehicles hitch. Location made it hard to attach the pump to the valves. I drilled a hole next to the license plate for the single valve, and it works well. I've seen examples where the valve replaces one of the plate screws, making it almost un-noticeable. But on mine, I would have had problems with getting the pump onto the valve.
The big test - leaving next week for a 1 month, 4.5K trip, so that will tell the tale!

Some seem to be happy will manually filling. I too went with manual filling on my first airbag setup, that actually lasted just one trip. Airing up, and down loading, and unloading my fifth got real old real fast. Didn't care to leave them aired up after unhooking.

I also like the ability to adjust air pressure on the fly, which I do on occasion .

Installed a compressor as soon as I got back home, and never looked back. I have had both Airlift ,and Firestone products, and would recommend either. I bought Airlift on this last truck, and took advantage of their rebates. The system has worked great on my Ram 3500. I installed the wireless air system ,and the airbags with the jounce system .