AIRBAG question(s) for those owning F450's

[Oldcow]

How do 5100 shocks make a difference on the 450?

Oldcow

[msutoad]

How do 5100 shocks make a difference on the 450?

Oldcow

Much smoother ride while pulling! Way different in my rig with the 5100's... Much nicer long haul ride for us in the truck for sure.

[msutoad]

I added Air Lift 5K and the on-board compressor to my F250 and love the flexibility they give me. I pull camper, dump trailer, equipment trailer...... and have the ability to match the tongue weight that is present on any given day. I levelled the truck to clear the 12.5 x 35's, so I use the air bags to keep the truck level (headlights) when loaded.

attempted humor... I really like that the bags added 5,000 pounds of payload capacity to my truck....

Where did you put the air hoses on your rig ? please? Thanks in advance.

[Oldcow]

Much smoother ride while pulling! Way different in my rig with the 5100's... Much nicer long haul ride for us in the truck for sure.

What is the approximate cost? I have a new one coming and will only be towing my TT for now. May be something I consider when we do get a TH.

Oldcow

[msutoad]

What is the approximate cost? I have a new one coming and will only be towing my TT for now. May be something I consider when we do get a TH.

Oldcow

I put them on myself, and I think they were about 220 for the front and 220 for the rear plus tax. No idea if I got a good deal or not, it worked for me and I went with it. Super happy with them for sure. The originals were shot at 26K miles, and I could have warrantied them, but the 5100's out perform my stock ones big time before they were shot, so it was worth the money to me and my family can tell the difference too in the TV.

[Overtaxed]

I put them on myself, and I think they were about 220 for the front and 220 for the rear plus tax. No idea if I got a good deal or not, it worked for me and I went with it. Super happy with them for sure. The originals were shot at 26K miles, and I could have warrantied them, but the 5100's out perform my stock ones big time before they were shot, so it was worth the money to me and my family can tell the difference too in the TV.

Same here. Mine stock shocks were just "gone" around 15K miles. When I pulled them off, you could move them, stroke to stroke, with almost no effort at all. The 5100's were perhaps the most significant suspension upgrade I made on the truck, Sulastics, Airbags both helped, but the replacing the Ford garbage with 5100's was night and day, especially when towing!

[msutoad]

Same here. Mine stock shocks were just "gone" around 15K miles. When I pulled them off, you could move them, stroke to stroke, with almost no effort at all. The 5100's were perhaps the most significant suspension upgrade I made on the truck, Sulastics, Airbags both helped, but the replacing the Ford garbage with 5100's was night and day, especially when towing!

Where did you stub out your airbag inflator hoses?

[Overtaxed]

Where did you stub out your airbag inflator hoses?

Right next to my license plate. With the DEF tank, I didn't have a great place that I could see to do it in the gas cap area, and I didn't want them under the fenders. You can, of course, see them from the back, but I think they make the truck look more serious.

[Pap and Mimi]

Where did you put the air hoses on your rig ? please? Thanks in advance.

The ran the valves through the bottom holes in the license plate. The compressor is on the passenger side frame rail under the rear door.

[msutoad]

Right next to my license plate. With the DEF tank, I didn't have a great place that I could see to do it in the gas cap area, and I didn't want them under the fenders. You can, of course, see them from the back, but I think they make the truck look more serious.

Got pics you can PM me by chance please? Thanks in advance