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I have a question for you towing guys. Have a Toyota Tundra who needs some air bags for pulling his toy hauler and will admit, I have no knowledge on what kits/brands are good or bad. Would love to hear some of your recommendations on this. Thanks you!
 
I have a question for you towing guys. Have a Toyota Tundra who needs some air bags for pulling his toy hauler and will admit, I have no knowledge on what kits/brands are good or bad. Would love to hear some of your recommendations on this. Thanks you!
Airlift with the remote works great you can level side to side as well a setting back to ride height loaded .
 
I have a question for you towing guys. Have a Toyota Tundra who needs some air bags for pulling his toy hauler and will admit, I have no knowledge on what kits/brands are good or bad. Would love to hear some of your recommendations on this. Thanks you!
Back in the day, Firestone bags were king. I would hope they're still around. They go above rear leaf springs. You can manually add air or the have a compressor kit with controls inside the vehicle.

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I looked and don’t see they apply to Toyota but for anyone else that may be interested. Full Travel Bags have been great on my F350. Best part is they can be disengaged by removing the spacer, retaining ride quality which is usually sacrificed by installing airbags. Just in case this helps anyone else out I figured I’d post here.

 
Are we talking about old leaf springs or multi link springs?
Leaf springs
Back in the day, Firestone bags were king. I would hope they're still around. They go above rear leaf springs. You can manually add air or the have a compressor kit with controls inside the vehicle.

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Thanks! They are still around and they were mentioned by a buddy as well. Thank you.
I looked and don’t see they apply to Toyota but for anyone else that may be interested. Full Travel Bags have been great on my F350. Best part is they can be disengaged by removing the spacer, retaining ride quality which is usually sacrificed by installing airbags. Just in case this helps anyone else out I figured I’d post here.

Awww bummer. These were sweet on your truck. Bummer they don’t have for the Toyota. Thank you sir!
 
Had these air lift on my GMC works great and no wires or hoses in the cab. You inflate or deflate with a fob you can adjust pressure while traveling.
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I have a question for you towing guys. Have a Toyota Tundra who needs some air bags for pulling his toy hauler and will admit, I have no knowledge on what kits/brands are good or bad. Would love to hear some of your recommendations on this. Thanks you!
we install the Firestone ride rite kit and then do the daystar lower air bags cradles for tundras. Depending on the year this is the kit we use


We then drill out the license plate holes and run the air lines back thru the top holes for a clean install. Make sure the customer keeps at least 5lbs of air in the bags at all time.

What suspension does he have on it?
 
we install the Firestone ride rite kit and then do the daystar lower air bags cradles for tundras. Depending on the year this is the kit we use


We then drill out the license plate holes and run the air lines back thru the top holes for a clean install. Make sure the customer keeps at least 5lbs of air in the bags at all time.

What suspension does he have on it?
This. Super simple and works every time. My 350 has light long travel deaver leafs plus firestone bags and it will stand up to way more than it should.
 
As others have said, I've run Firestone bags on my Duramax and they worked great for me. When I get around to it, I'll most likely install a set on my RAM.
 
Got the rear diff fluid done. Took some work to get to the cover bolts. Diff Skid and heat shield for the spare to be removed. Oil was clean after 30k miles but figured it was time. Diff fluid for this truck was a pain in the ass to get at the normal price. Local dealer did not have it and it was $40 a quart 😳
 

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Got the rear diff fluid done. Took some work to get to the cover bolts. Diff Skid and heat shield for the spare to be removed. Oil was clean after 30k miles but figured it was time. Diff fluid for this truck was a pain in the ass to get at the normal price. Local dealer did not have it and it was $40 a quart 😳
What’s so special about that diff fluid?
 
What’s so special about that diff fluid?
I assume nothing other than being heigh efficiency spec. BS to make us pay more. If I were to buy it from a local dealer I would have paid $240 plus tax for both ends. Also not many ship to my zip. NYC I guess. Had it shipped by a dealer from Las Vegas for about $140 all in. Also this is not your standard 75x90 as you can see on the bottle.
 
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