Best deal ???? Daystar, Air Bag Cradle Designed For Full Suspension Travel, Fits All 6″ Diameter Convoluted Air Bags, Fits Any Full Size Of Half Ton Truck, 2/4WD, KU09140BK, Made In America, Black ????

6 reviews for Best deal ???? Daystar, Air Bag Cradle Designed For Full Suspension Travel, Fits All 6″ Diameter Convoluted Air Bags, Fits Any Full Size Of Half Ton Truck, 2/4WD, KU09140BK, Made In America, Black ????

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Jo-ee – January 26, 2014

   All I have to say that if you have airbags, you have to purchase these. If you go off pavement these will give you back your articulation and make your ride a lot nicer. Even if you don’t go off road- potholes, railroad tracks, anything you go over that causes the rear suspension to drop down, these will help. I have a 2008 Silverado 1500 4X4 with a 6 inch lift. Everytime I went over something in the city that caused the rear suspension to drop down I was afraid something would happen to one of the airbag components. On the Silverado 1500, the Firestone Airbags only had cheap little j-bolts holding the bracket down to the jounce stop. Well guess what happened when one side of the suspension wanted to travel downward? Those cheap little j-bolts gave and failed causing the airbag, spacer and bracket to get wedged sideways between the axle and top braacket The j-bolts were practically pulled straight.I purchased the Daystar Cradles so the airbags wouldn’t have to be attached to the bottem brackets anymore and were free to let the suspension drop as far as they would go and when the suspension travels back up, the cradle centers the airbags giving it a place to land without letting it slip out latteraly.As for the j-bolts my fix for that was to toss them, cut off the parts of the lower brackets that they bolted to and welded the brackets themselves onto the jounce pads. Now I have an airbag system that works and works well without the worry of tearing the airbags apart, or stretching out cheap little j-bolts causing catastrophic helper airbag malfunction. 🙂

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Amazonshopper0702 – July 2, 2020

   I installed these under my Firestone Ride Rite “Red Label” air bags on my 2017 Ram 3500 4WD SRW diesel truck. (Firestone kit #2705) I take my truck on trails & overlanding trips quite a bit and I immediately knew I needed these when I discovered they existed. The airbags get stretched and greatly restrict the rear axle’s articulation – as well as increasing the risk of damaging the bags. Installation for my setup was quick and easy. I let the air pressure out of the bags, unbolted the U bolt holding the lower bracket to the axle. Then removed the one bolt holding the bottom of the air bag to that mounting plate. Compressed the airbags up out of the way. I then bolted the Daystar cradle to the mounting plate with supplied nut and bold & then that plate back to the axle with the u-bolt. Took about 20 minutes to install both cradles using only a 9/16″ wrench and 9/16″ socket wrench. The added cradle is thick and with the suggested 5lbs psi in the bag it lifts the rear of the truck up about 5/8″ without a load. So I keep the bags deflated when not towing or hauling. Truck rides nice and getting my rear axle’s articulation back while retaining the airbag system is the best of both worlds. So far very happy with these and will update after a year or so of use.

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   FieldBio – October 1, 2020

   I just finished installing Firestone Ride-Rite W217602407 (“2407″) with Daystar cradles on my 2007 Tacoma 4WD TRD Access Cab truck. My truck also has an Icon Stage 4 suspension kit that includes their 51100 add-a-leaf spring pack. My factory helper springs were removed per Icon 51100 install instructions. The Icon add-a-leaf would typically add 1.5″ of rear lift but my truck is outfitted for fieldwork/ camping and has a cab-high shell, ARB awning, Road Shower, custom wood deck, 150W solar panel, crossbars, 125 amp hour deep cycle battery and a Dometic CFX 65DZ fridge. All this junk took its toll on the Icon kit and the truck had a little sag, especially when fully loaded with water and other camping gear. Installation of the kit with cradles instantly restored the lifted ride height with the air springs at 5-8 PSI. The truck is headed out today for two weeks of Mojave Desert field work. I’ll update this review if I have any issues with the cradles.If you are going to use your vehicle off-road, I recommend installing Daystar cradles so that the airbag does not act like a limiter strap, restrict downtravel and get damaged when the suspension droops. From what I read, it is not recommended to use airbag spacers and Daystar cradles together but you should confirm this for yourself.The bottom of the Daystar Cradle is 3/4” thick and does act like a small spacer, adding a little lift even with less than 10 psi in the air springs.When installing these cradles with the Firestone Ride-Rite air springs, the cradle will bolt onto the lower bracket that gets attached to the top of the axle with 4 carriage bolts holding two bracket straps under the leaf springs (see photos). Without the cradle, the air spring would be bolted directly to this lower bracket. Make sure the airbag is in good alignment before you tighten everything down. Firestone lists the torque spec for airs spring to lower bracket as 15 – 20 ft lbs, so I assumed it was the same for the cradle to the lower bracket.Please indicate if you found this review helpful!

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   John K – July 19, 2022

   A must when adding airbags to an offroad rig

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   SamB – August 15, 2022

   Great product and works well for different applications. Just know they are universal so you may have to drill some holes to make your suspension work correctly.

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   YEN – September 23, 2022

   The bolts that came with the product was to long