airlift 1000

hemi_hawk · Mar 31, 2013

not sure if this belongs here, I was looking into these and a hbs 2" leveling kit and what I cannot figure out about this kit is can you adjust the air in the bags from inside the truck ? if so how ?

BAILEY1 · Apr 1, 2013

On a good airlift kit it should come with a remote that always you to adjust it from inside the cab.

audio1der · Apr 1, 2013

They sell optional compressor kits which allow you to inflate (turn on the compressor) or deflate (open a one-way valve) from inside the cab.
However unless you have a tool chest in the bed to install the compressor in, you're left to mount it under the truck. For many of us due to severe weather, salted roads etc that's not an option.

jlb · Apr 1, 2013

I mounted my compressor in the engine bay. Installing my Volant CAI opened up some convenient mounting space where the stock intake used to sit.

rbrumm · Apr 6, 2013

Just ordered my airlift 1000's. Hope they are as easy to install as they make it sound.

mxblaster83 · Apr 6, 2013

rbrumm said:
Just ordered my airlift 1000's. Hope they are as easy to install as they make it sound.

very easy man, just make sure you drop the rear end to open the springs up
i wrapped the end of a pry bar with tape and used that to help put the bags in.
the hardest part was getting the airlines on the barbed ends other then that
1-1.5hr and a few beers later, no more sagging. good luck.

Power247 · Apr 7, 2013

rbrumm said:
Just ordered my airlift 1000's. Hope they are as easy to install as they make it sound.

They really are that easy to put in. I used a12" piece of 1" dowel with the end rounded to help feed the bags through the coils.

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h2oman · Apr 7, 2013

Make sure you take all the load off the suspension. Get the tires in the air if you have to. Cake after that.

audio1der · Apr 7, 2013

I put my bags on top of a heat register and cranked the heat for a while. They folded enough that it was super easy.

Power247 · Apr 8, 2013

audio1der said:
I put my bags on top of a heat register and cranked the heat for a while. They folded enough that it was super easy.

Nice tip. Wish I had thought of that...

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rbrumm · Apr 8, 2013

mxblaster83 said:
very easy man, just make sure you drop the rear end to open the springs up
i wrapped the end of a pry bar with tape and used that to help put the bags in.
the hardest part was getting the airlines on the barbed ends other then that
1-1.5hr and a few beers later, no more sagging. good luck.

Did yours come with two of the black spacer things per bag, and did you use both?

smiley · Apr 8, 2013

Mine only came with one black circle for each side.

$miley

rbrumm · Apr 9, 2013

audio1der said:
I put my bags on top of a heat register and cranked the heat for a while. They folded enough that it was super easy.

That I'm gonna do!!

rbrumm · Apr 9, 2013

Here is what I did. Took about a minute to shove in each spring.

audio1der · Apr 9, 2013

^ that's a great idea.
I didn't have a jack capable of fully getting the springs unloaded, and despite my 80,000BTU heater nearby is was cold as f*ck in my garage; there is no way I would have thought of that. The floor register idea came to me on one of my many trips inside haha

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