Ride Rite on F350

[gorohoff]

Anyone have Firestone Ride Rite airbags on a F350 diesel 4x4 crew cab short bed? Specifically a 2011 or 2012? The kit doesn't seem to work without moving the brake line and electrical lines. Apparently this is not an issue with the long bed.

[Bedlam]

I'll see if I have more pictures later. These were when I did the install:

[jimh406]

I had to make my own hanger for the ebrake cable as well.

[wittmeba]

Make it easy for ya: 🙂 Kit should be the same up thru 2012.

Free shipping:
http://www.jegs.com/i/Air+Lift/022/57212/10002/-1

What you should have - comp Firestone Ride-Rites:
http://www.jegs.com/i/Firestone/385/2071/10002/-1

[gorohoff]

Thanks for the info. I think the kit might be the wrong one for my truck because there is no way to get the bracket on without moving the brake lines, abs, electrical, etc. I was hoping if there was someone with a similar setup as me I could confirm which kit you have, or get a picture of what your mounted bracket looks like.

Bedlam, do you have any pictures of your setup?

wittmeba the pics in your blog post helps, I might need to look into AirLift.

[wittmeba]

Mine is a 2001 short bed. There was a case where I had to push/tie the Emergency cable out of the way along with one of the retaining clips. Airlift and Firestone are almost identical so no concern.

Pics here:

http://www.gotnarcosis.com/brucewittmeier/technical/AirLiftAirBagInstallation.html

[Bedlam]

The older model Ride Rights for Fords replaced your axle bump stops under the frame rail if you had a fifth wheel hitch or bolted to the outside of the frame rail keeping your original bump stops with the standard kit. Are newer ones different? Mine did require using a supplied offset bracket for the brake line only on the driver side of my 2005.