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    Default Air bag Helpers

    Anyone have expereince with the Firestone Ride Rite airbag helper kits on a 2009 sierra 1500? Need to haul a quad and sled for work and the quad upsets the suspension a wee bit. Would like to level it back out and stiffen the rear a little when hauling.

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    Its a decent kit. I've never been impressed with their brackets as it reminds me of something you'd see on a cheap swingset, but it gets the job done. Personally I prefer the Hellwig bag kits but they havent released one for the 1500 NBS because of a bumpstop issue with their designs. Hellwig uses 1/4" plate steel for their brackets...Firestone kits are a quarter that thickness on most of their designs.

    I have the compressor already under my truck awaiting Hellwigs release of their bag kit.
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    my buddy has the firestone airbags on his F-150 and said they made the world of difference hauling stuff in the bed and towing a big trailor. I say its a good kit
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