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Has anyone made a 4 link air ride on their truck

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Old Dec 12, 2020 | 10:13 AM
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Default Has anyone made a 4 link air ride on their truck

I want to dab up my own air ride suspension but also lift it and there is no kit that I have found for a 2nd gen ram
 
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Old Dec 12, 2020 | 11:46 AM
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I want to dab up my own air ride suspension but also lift it and there is no kit that I have found for a 2nd gen ram
Are we talking triangular 4 link and air instead of shocks?
 
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Originally Posted by MoparFanatic21
Are we talking triangular 4 link and air instead of shocks?
I think air instead of springs.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2020 | 10:38 PM
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I think air instead of springs.
yes air instead of springs
 
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Originally Posted by Dylan Jones
yes air instead of springs
For the rear? Sort of. I did a triangular 4 link and got rid of the springs. If you don't do triangular 4 link you have to do a 5 link (now they call them 4 link parallel). Where you have a track bar (panhard bar) like the front. It's doable, but there isn't a kit designed specifically for these trucks. The biggest issue is the fuel tank.
 
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For the rear? Sort of. I did a triangular 4 link and got rid of the springs. If you don't do triangular 4 link you have to do a 5 link (now they call them 4 link parallel). Where you have a track bar (panhard bar) like the front. It's doable, but there isn't a kit designed specifically for these trucks. The biggest issue is the fuel tank.
yes I want to do the rear and front and I am kinda passing it off the Kelderman lifts and yes I know they do not make a kit for the truck that’s why I’m just going to fab it up myself
 
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yes I want to do the rear and front and I am kinda passing it off the Kelderman lifts and yes I know they do not make a kit for the truck that’s why I’m just going to fab it up myself
That's what I did. You doing a 4 or 5 link
 
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There are at least one aftermarket 4 link conversion kits out there you could pick and choose which paces of you wanted to use.

Carli used to have a long travel air baig kit for the rear that used their brackets and some of the linger travel Firestone airbags but I think the recently quit making it. You might be able to find old stock on it if you are lucky.

The other option is all the airbag companies sell replacement parts for their kits and there are a few companies out there making mounting bracket odds and ends for diyers.. You could piece together something pretty cool from the catalogs. All the airbag companies make some sweet long travel airbags you could use oif you could fab up your own brackets.
 
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Kelderman makes front and rear air for these trucks. Their rear sets you back almost $4k though.
 
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