mmomega
AnyTimer
The longer I have had the system, I am in almost 100% agreement with Duane.
I will not recommend this kit to anyone else.
As he had stated, with the trailer hooked up the ride, for me, is much much better. Not riding on a cloud but better.
The kits major selling point is taming the beast of the unloaded 1 ton pickup.
Does it do this? IMHO, it is an improvement but nowhere near how it is marketed. As some passengers have noted, it doesn't jam my spine into my head anymore but it isn't what I would call a major improvement. This is from backseat passengers.
I do notice more body roll than before and like Duane also mentioned.... I don't believe the shocks are working properly. The bags are underinflated sitting at a leveled ride height, sagging down over the lower mount bracket which I do not care for at all. This may be a large problem of the kit.
I haven't tried inflating the bags up to where they aren't rolling over the side of the bracket but even if that fixes one of the problems now I look like a 1970's Camaro all jacked up in the rear driving down the street.
The squeaking that has set in all but drives me crazy, my wife has said she just tunes it out but this gets embarrassing when you have passengers and they ask why your new truck with a $2000 air ride squeaks like an old rusty toy car and before you ask, yes everything was tightened properly and has been rechecked and it is quite random.
One day it will squeak all day long, the next day, maybe once or twice.
I haven't had any problems with the height control valves or air lines.
but
the included air compressor is NOT one that should be included into a 'flagship' product for the company.
It is probably twice as loud as the truck while running and I have had it randomly kick on during a drive 3-4 times.
I am going to try adjusting the height control valves up a bit so the bags have more air to see if that address my unloaded bouncy issues, then I plan on trying the higher inflated bags plus the Bilstein 5100 shocks to see if there is a difference. I am sure hoping that the fix would be that simple.
I am feeling like Duana where I will be putting more cash into the truck to fix the newer problems that the R4Tech was supposed to address in the first place.
If raising the HCV fix the rear bounce/body roll in addition to different shocks, then i'll just get a leveling kit for the front to "re-level" the truck out.
Oh yeah.... customer support at both Firestone and SR had stopped talking to me very quickly after the payment cleared.
I will not recommend this kit to anyone else.
As he had stated, with the trailer hooked up the ride, for me, is much much better. Not riding on a cloud but better.
The kits major selling point is taming the beast of the unloaded 1 ton pickup.
Does it do this? IMHO, it is an improvement but nowhere near how it is marketed. As some passengers have noted, it doesn't jam my spine into my head anymore but it isn't what I would call a major improvement. This is from backseat passengers.
I do notice more body roll than before and like Duane also mentioned.... I don't believe the shocks are working properly. The bags are underinflated sitting at a leveled ride height, sagging down over the lower mount bracket which I do not care for at all. This may be a large problem of the kit.
I haven't tried inflating the bags up to where they aren't rolling over the side of the bracket but even if that fixes one of the problems now I look like a 1970's Camaro all jacked up in the rear driving down the street.
The squeaking that has set in all but drives me crazy, my wife has said she just tunes it out but this gets embarrassing when you have passengers and they ask why your new truck with a $2000 air ride squeaks like an old rusty toy car and before you ask, yes everything was tightened properly and has been rechecked and it is quite random.
One day it will squeak all day long, the next day, maybe once or twice.
I haven't had any problems with the height control valves or air lines.
but
the included air compressor is NOT one that should be included into a 'flagship' product for the company.
It is probably twice as loud as the truck while running and I have had it randomly kick on during a drive 3-4 times.
I am going to try adjusting the height control valves up a bit so the bags have more air to see if that address my unloaded bouncy issues, then I plan on trying the higher inflated bags plus the Bilstein 5100 shocks to see if there is a difference. I am sure hoping that the fix would be that simple.
I am feeling like Duana where I will be putting more cash into the truck to fix the newer problems that the R4Tech was supposed to address in the first place.
If raising the HCV fix the rear bounce/body roll in addition to different shocks, then i'll just get a leveling kit for the front to "re-level" the truck out.
Oh yeah.... customer support at both Firestone and SR had stopped talking to me very quickly after the payment cleared.
