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[adventurenali92]

I have airlift bags in my rear coils along with the replacement air suspension in the back as well. I tow quite a bit so I got them for that reason. I keep a small compressor that “says it fills car tires” that I got from DIY. It doesn’t fill my tires beyond about 55 psi. Guess it just isn’t strong enough. But I have a bigger compressor for my tires at home anyways. It plugs into the lighter type outlets and works perfectly to fill my airlift bags when I need to fill them up for towing. I also store in my rear jack storage area, but I have an xl so there’s more room in that jack storage area for me I guess. It works perfect for the bags and that’s what I use it for. Might be an option if you’re gonna do the airlift bags.
Also my suspension compressor only kicks on for maybe 5 seconds tops when I start up the truck for the bladders on the shocks. It’s not very long.

 

[Rocket Man]

I have airlift bags in my rear coils along with the replacement air suspension in the back as well. I tow quite a bit so I got them for that reason. I keep a small compressor that “says it fills car tires” that I got from DIY. It doesn’t fill my tires beyond about 55 psi. Guess it just isn’t strong enough. But I have a bigger compressor for my tires at home anyways. It plugs into the lighter type outlets and works perfectly to fill my airlift bags when I need to fill them up for towing. I also store in my rear jack storage area, but I have an xl so there’s more room in that jack storage area for me I guess. It works perfect for the bags and that’s what I use it for. Might be an option if you’re gonna do the airlift bags.
Also my suspension compressor only kicks on for maybe 5 seconds tops when I start up the truck for the bladders on the shocks. It’s not very long.

You put more than 55 psi in your tires?

 

[Sam Harris]

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[iamdub]

The other thing to keep in mind is that the airlift bags will not be under vacuum, that is to say void of air, so to say that they are 8 times the volume is kind of irrelevant.

I believe the stock compressor will do just fine as far as filling the air lift bags. You have to remember that this is basically the same compressor used on the Trailblazer SS for the air bags that they run which is equivalent in size to our rear springs... which is why they are a direct swap into our trucks. It obviously isn't going to be as fast as if it had 1/4" lines or bigger but I believe it will be adequate for what you are looking to do.

Good points. Once the bags are inflated, they'll pretty much always have something in them and the compressor will be just topping them off. So, it's not having to fill that entire volume, but it is having to fill 5 or 8 times the volume of whatever it has to for the sleeve bags to top them off. I didn't know that about the TBSS bags. That brighten's my ray of hope. I don't need a fast fill time, just one that doesn't exceed the compressor's thermal capacity.

 

[iamdub]

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[tgui]

What emotion is being seconded and thirded?

It's obvious.

Fourthed!!

 

[iamdub]

*Scrolling back through pages to see what it was Nate said that about...

 

[Rocket Man]

*Scrolling back through pages to see what it was Nate said that about...

When you find it let us know...

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Page 2. Lol.

 

[adventurenali92]

You put more than 55 psi in your tires?

Those of us that don’t run on rubber band style tires on gigantic wheels have to run with more PSI! I’m running a 31 inch tall LT truck tire. Lol. Thats what gets me through snow and all the other crap Mother Nature throws at me haha.