Complete air spring suspension
11-20-2005, 10:56 PM
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Complete air spring suspension
Does anyone know of a kit to completely replace the springs (both coils in front and leaves in the rear) with airbags? I realize you'd have to have some sort of trailing arms or links in the rear to locate the axle if you get rid of the leaf springs.
11-20-2005, 11:06 PM
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11-20-2005, 11:14 PM
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Not quite what I'm looking for. That system add two bags to the rear of the rear leaf springs. I'm looking for something that completely replaces the leaf springs.
11-20-2005, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Mechanos
Not quite what I'm looking for. That system add two bags to the rear of the rear leaf springs. I'm looking for something that completely replaces the leaf springs.
11-21-2005, 12:10 AM
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i havnt seen one for a 2500 short bed yet you might have to go custom fab either a do it urself or pay somebody like ekstensive in houston to do it for ya
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11-21-2005, 12:39 AM
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Why do you want a full air ride? Ride quality or load handling? I've seen the kelderman system up close on two 3rd gens and I'll have to say that it's very, very, very, very impressive. Big, beefy brackets, big beefy bags, big beefy hardware, the whole kit is big and beefy.
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11-21-2005, 08:45 AM
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Ride quality, but without sacrificing any load capacity. I didn't say the Kelderman system isn't a good one, I just don't like it. Too much stuff hanging below the frame at the rear of the truck. I'm looking for something along the lines of a 3-link with panhard (couple of fairly heavy trailing arms for the two lower links, a single upper link offset just to the side of the diff to control axle wrap, and a panhard behind the axle.) or a 4-link with panhard (basically the same as the 3-link, only with two upper links spread out on axle to control wrap. The bags would go between axle and the frame, but not centered on the axle.... they'd be biased towards the rear.
11-21-2005, 02:11 PM
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They do have a system listed on their website "4-Link Rear 4WD (remove leaf springs)" which sounds like what I'm looking for, but it is listed for the long box. They DO NOT have a similar system listed in the short box section.
11-21-2005, 10:24 PM
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www.ridetech.com - - check out the AirBarHD
11-22-2005, 08:37 AM
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That AirBar HD is pretty much what I'm talking about. However, reading about it on that website says that it's design to slam a 1-ton, but retain the load handling capacity. Sorry, but I have no desire to slam my 4x4 14" and drag the bumpers in the weeds. Now, if I could find a similar setup that retains the original ride height.....
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