Airbag setup for towing heavy with 7.4" lift

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jaredb909

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Ive got a 2013 express with a rough country 6" lift and bilstiens set at 1.4"

I'm looking into air bag setups for the back but I'm torn on what to get. Airlift told me a 12" bag is the biggest they make so it will only help a little.

Ive looked into the totalloadcontrol bags but they dont make any for lifted trucks. I thought about buying that kit anyways and just making the brackets bigger for the bags but im not sure if the travel is different with the rough country springs vs the stocks ones. If its more which I would think it is, id think it would smash the bags .

Is there any other options out there ? I'm on the verge of maxing this truck out so I need something to help with the sag.




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If you have a 1500 regular bags will. Work just get a few hockey. Pucks and stack them at the top with a. Hole drilled in the middle to take up the space over a factory spring. Worked great on my 09 I had

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jaredb909

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Was this a kit you modified? Or just generic bags?

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I have a 6 inch BDS lift with airlift bags and they work great, just towed a 23 foot center console boat to the beach and back with no issues. Set the bags to 25 and hooked up the trailer. Had very little sag (if any) and the truck felt stable and had little bounce.
 

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If you have a 1500 regular bags will. Work just get a few hockey. Pucks and stack them at the top with a. Hole drilled in the middle to take up the space over a factory spring. Worked great on my 09 I had

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^ This may sound a little ghetto, but Airlift sells kits for other applications where they include a hockey puck-like spacer with a decent hole in the center. I would only add that if you need a few pucks I would PL or RTV them together so they don't shift around. Good advice!
 
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