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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?

 

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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]

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It's obvious.

Fourthed!!

 

[iamdub]

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[Rocket Man]

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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.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

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.

55 is too high.

 

[adventurenali92]

55 is too high.

My tires say max at 80 PSI.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

My tires say max at 80 PSI.

That's because they're LT tires that are capable of a much higher load than your truck (without a trailer) will ever throw down. Have you ever done a chalk test? How is your wear pattern? The MAX psi doesn't really have anything to do with ideal running pressure.

 

[Rocket Man]

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.

No, actually big rims and “rubber band style tires” need more pressure than most any tire. There’s no sidewall so you can’t have any sidewall flex. I run 45 in my rear tires on my Silverado, but 55 is too high for a normal tire imo.
Edit: like @HiHoeSilver mentioned, trucks carrying heavy loads run high pressure like that or more but that’s for 1 ton pickups and the like which either carry big loads or trailers with a lot of tongue weight. I bet your ride is suffering with that kind of pressure.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

No, actually big rims and “rubber band style tires” need more pressure than most any tire. There’s no sidewall so you can’t have any sidewall flex. I run 45 in my rear tires on my Silverado, but 55 is too high for a normal tire imo.
Edit: like @HiHoeSilver mentioned, trucks carrying heavy loads run high pressure like that or more but that’s for 1 ton pickups and the like which either carry big loads or trailers with a lot of tongue weight. I bet your ride is suffering with that kind of pressure.

Yup. Ask @Yuko04 what his road bike runs. I bet 110.

 

[Rocket Man]

Yup. Ask @Yuko04 what his road bike runs. I bet 110.

That’s what I ran on my 26” front rim on my Harley bagger.

 

[swathdiver]

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.

Chase, so you're running 17" wheels on 265-70-17s with LT tires? Load Range C or E?

@iamdub Chris, where's your flotation tires and umbrella man? Looks like you're going to need them and some bilge pumps and generators with lots of fuel and MREs. Let us know how you guys are faring during and after as you're able to ok?

 

[Tonyrodz]

Chase, so you're running 17" wheels on 265-70-17s with LT tires? Load Range C or E?

@iamdub Chris, where's your flotation tires and umbrella man? Looks like you're going to need them and some bilge pumps and generators with lots of fuel and MREs. Let us know how you guys are faring during and after as you're able to ok?

@iamdub you guys can't catch a break!

 

[Yuko04]

Yup. Ask @Yuko04 what his road bike runs. I bet 110.

You damn right...Its EXACTLY what I run!!!
Soooooo fast this year!

 

[Tonyrodz]

You damn right...Its EXACTLY what I run!!!
Soooooo fast this year!View attachment 226560

Cool bench!