AirDelete.com 3” Bilstein kit

[LonghornED]

Can’t believe I waited as long as I did to do this conversion. Had intermittent leak/inflation issues with the factory air suspension since I bought the truck almost 3 years ago. Have gone through 2 compressors, a valve block, both rear spring replacements and Lord knows how many fuses. Finally cut bait and wish I would have done this initially.

Did the Air Delete 3” Bilstein kit with +35% capacity springs in the rear, upgraded UCAs, and new Falken Wildpeak AT3 275/65r20 at the same time. I realize there were probably better/more cost efficient routes but the convenience of a plug and play kit was too much to resist.

Install was very straight forward, took a couple of hours with more time than I care to admit being spent on the damn fender liners. Looks great leveled and the ride quality is very comparable to bags. Maybe sacrifice a little softness for more responsive handling/less body roll, but more importantly, no more headaches.

Highly recommend the airdelete.com lift kit, but DEFINITELY recommend deleting the factory air suspension in general. Good riddance.

 

[olyelr]

Heck yea looks good !

 

[Kingzilla]

I just ordered this exact kit to replace my air that's been bottoming out randomly. Going to have a local shop install. How would you compare the ride quality to the air suspension after having it installed for a few months now? I'm sure it wont be as smooth but hoping its still a comfortable ride.

 

[JamesCrowe]

What kind of weight do you usually carry in the back, and how do the +35% springs handle it?

 

[Kingzilla]

I just got my truck back yesterday evening and drove a hour home on this set up. It felt like a brand new truck! The steering felt tight and responsive while the drive overall was comfortable. You can tell the difference compared to the air, but its nothing that should prevent you from getting it.

 

[Ramulus]

Nice looking truck. I just did the same but with the 2.1" setting, along with Mevotech UCAs. I ordered the UCAs from Amazon because they were cheaper. Which UCAs did you go with? I also went with the +35%/+1 springs in the rear.

I almost went with Rough Country UCAs but since I'm planning to stay at 2.1" I figured those were overkill. The only thing that sucked about the Mevotech UCAs is having to paint them. Painting them was easy enough just time consuming.

Airdelete service was awesome. I had some questions prior to and after the install and they answered my calls and emails every time.

 

[wrench78]

Can’t believe I waited as long as I did to do this conversion. Had intermittent leak/inflation issues with the factory air suspension since I bought the truck almost 3 years ago. Have gone through 2 compressors, a valve block, both rear spring replacements and Lord knows how many fuses. Finally cut bait and wish I would have done this initially.

Did the Air Delete 3” Bilstein kit with +35% capacity springs in the rear, upgraded UCAs, and new Falken Wildpeak AT3 275/65r20 at the same time. I realize there were probably better/more cost efficient routes but the convenience of a plug and play kit was too much to resist.

Install was very straight forward, took a couple of hours with more time than I care to admit being spent on the damn fender liners. Looks great leveled and the ride quality is very comparable to bags. Maybe sacrifice a little softness for more responsive handling/less body roll, but more importantly, no more headaches.

Highly recommend the airdelete.com lift kit, but DEFINITELY recommend deleting the factory air suspension in general. Good riddance.

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Been over a year. Wanted to see if you can give an update? I'm interested in doing this also to my 2017. I tow a travel trailer and the air ride is a PITA. How does it tow?

 

[hubbard]

I just did basically the same thing. Got the 3" Eibach kit from airdelete.com. Fortunately, I did not go through the trial of the air suspension failing for a very long time as the truck became undriveable from the failed four corner air suspension and had to do this suspension conversion quickly or I couldn't even drive it. I was tempted to try and figure out what parts to replace as a "bandaid" measure, but then realized it was a situation where I could be stranded so had to go with the replacement suspension. I can hardily recommend the Eibach setup as it makes the truck kind of feel brand new.