Air Bag Helper Suspension

10forty2 wrote:
Those that have installed air bags as helper springs.....

Do you have an on-board compressor that controls them or do you add air to the individual air bags with an external compressor?

I'm thinking of installing the Ride Rite system on front and rear, and also am considering purchasing/installing the compressor system to be able to inflate them on the fly. Best I can tell, to be able to inflate/deflate each corner individually, I'll have to buy 2 compressors with the dual control gauges. Each gauge/compressor appears to only control one "set" of airbags, and my installation will be 2 sets of bags....one front and one rear.

Is it worth the extra money to have that kind of inflation control (around $1,500.00, (from SD Truck Springs), for 2 compressors and 2 sets of bags for front and rear)? About half of that without the compressors. If you have the on-board compressor, then how often do you use it to adjust the air bags?

Thanks!!

Answering if it is worth the money is tough because to some folks $1500 is a lot more than it is to others. Also it depends on physical limitations that you have to add or subtract PSI out of the airbags. For an elderly wealthy man in bad health, absolutely the $1500 is worth it. For a young man in good health that is budgeting, $1500 would not be worth it.

Either way though, the ride is always better with airbags :)