I see that Firestone has a leveling air shock for the Dodge Ram HD. Has anyone tried these? If so what do you think, are they better then the conventional leveling kits?

 

i seen that also. i believe its called firestone ride rite. i know the rear shock/bag kit is model 2299 for our trucks. ill find the front #. i know it consists of a stock looking shock that has a built in air chamber. you can raise truck to whatever desired height....

 

i found it. right on the firestone ride rite site there is 2 kits for our 2003-2009s. #1004 for the front and #229 for the rear. the front is a shock u add air to.any1 ever try this?

 

any1 with info or feedback?

 

AIR BAG OR SHOCKS ? Only air shocks I ever used broke the shock mounts out of the frame when I hit a big hole.

 

wow. wer ethey firestone ride rite shocks #1004?

 

Air shocks have been around forever. Back in the 70's we used them to jack up the rear of a "hot rod". But, bad things happened, exactly as Hylander said. The shock mounts are not meant to support that much weight. It wasn't uncommon for the mounts to break. I wouldn't use air shocks on to anything to raise the ride height. You can use them to stiffen the ride a bit for better handeling. But not for raising ride height, or increasing pay load.

 

I thank what you are talking about is the fire stone air bags that helps with heavy loads. They do a good job with heavy loads

 

Firestone has them on their website now, a new item for 2009. Myself and Sallyman1 were just wondering if anyone has used them on their 3rd Generation Dodge and how they compare to the normal leveling kits.

 

i have them installed on my 2005 ram 3500 the work great i also had them on my 92 gmc 1500 it hauled a 29f fifth wheel kept it level very much improved the ride i would recommend them highly for your truck

 

i just bought the 2299 kit. i will install it myself. my only question is do i remove the rubber stopper under my frame rail? the jounce or whatever its called?

 

The rubber jounce is bolted on. It is the easiest part of air bag installation.