Installed Firestone Air Springs and the factory front air dam from an Armada. One of my few criticisms of the truck is that it has really soft rear suspension. It sags when loaded and towing even with my Equalizer distribution hitch hooked up. My father's '06 F-150 4x4 doesn't even move when towing my car trailer with a standard weight-carrying hitch. The install was straight forward and all bolt-in. The most time consuming part was figuring out exactly how to bend/fish the "nut on a stick" through the frame rail hole to hold in the rear part of the upper bracket; that was a PITA and took 1/2 the time.

Passenger side bag


Driver's side bag


Air lines run holding license place in... no extra holes drilled


The air dam is the OEM part from an Armada. Most of the holes are already there, but you have to drill 3 in each of the painted end caps. IMO it completes the front end and has the potential to increase highway MPG via better aero, but I'm not holding my breath.






Should tow even better now

 

needs moar tapout sticker

 

Fixed for the tards on the Titan forums.

 

don't forget rattlecanned black wheels, and goofy ass lamp replacements. and the chrome "TITAN" overlay on the third brake light.

 

Damn you've got it down

 

front looks (even more) like a minivan.

what do you think of the air stuff?

 

helladent in the front, what happened?

 

That's pretty slick. Excellent job.

 

^Yeah that.

Very slick.

 

Eh... I like how the truck looks, don't see any similarity to any minivans out there. As for what I think of the air stuff? That's pretty general... do you mean the Firestone kit or air helper springs in general? Overall, I like air springs vs. say an add-a-leaf because you can air them down when not needed and when using them the more air you put in them the higher the spring rate. Add-a-leafs are one and done and there's still potential for sag if you put more weight in than the AAL can handle.

I had Airlift bags on the Canyon and loved them. I went Firestone this time because they are more robust than the Airlift and seem to be higher quality (better spring design, better rubber, thicker brackets). The Firestones provide a max of 5000lbs added support vs. only 2000 for the Airlift and are a no-drill install vs. the Airlift which require drilling 3 holes in the frame on each side.

Was there when I bought the truck... it's in excellent condition other than that. A new bumper is a bit over $200 and I'll probably buy one eventually.

Thanks... I wanted to do this on my Canyon but the spare tire was too close to the back of the bumper in that spot so I ended up drilling 2 holes. Xavier had them done this way on his Tundra when I saw them at the track last weekend so I made sure to see if it could be done on this truck.