{"product_id":"air-bag-system-carli-03-11-ram-2500-3500-4x4-diesel-long-travel-1-2-rear-lift","title":"AIR Bag System Carli 03-11 RAM 2500\/3500 4X4 Diesel Long Travel, 1-2\" Rear Lift","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeavy Duty trucks ride rough, that’s a fact – that’s where we come in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the endless pursuit to make your 3\/4-1 ton pickup ride like your wife’s SUV, you’ll likely be replacing the factory, immobile leaf springs with a softer alternative resulting in a payload reduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese proprietary airbags are noting from a catalog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSage (Carli) worked with our manufacturer on a no-compromise airbag to meet the demands of OUR customer base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese bags boast BILLET upper and lower pistons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pistons themselves are tapered as is the sleeve of the bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarger upper piston, smaller lower piston means less spring rate ramp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you were to run the same size upper and lower pistons (think every other double bellow airbag kit), you get exponentially increasing spring rate as the bags compress making the rear end short travel, volatile and VERY hard to control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s stiff until it stops, then rebounds (bounces out) VERY hard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’ve ever been in a truck with these style of airbags, you know exactly to what I am referring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur bags are still bags, the rate still ramps much faster than a typical spring would but these are the least of all available evils.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe run tapered pistons and limit the bags to 2,000lb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(each) capacity at their 100psi “working” load.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe get the question a lot; what’s working load?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking load means the bag itself will see MUCH higher loads than the 100psi to which you’re inflating them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrow a trailer on the back – theoretically, let’s say you fill these to 100psi to get the truck perfectly level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrive down the road, hit a speed bump that sends the axle 3″ up the travel stroke and you’ve compressed that 100psi effectively increasing the pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo what pressure can these bags take?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe test them continually – from every batch of airbags, since their release circa 2010, in a LOADED fixer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis means the bag is compressed to working height before inflated to failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn average, they burst between 500-600psi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the bags run in every Carli Long-Travel Airbag kit – we don’t offer multiple bag lengths – just different bracketry to fit these to different applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the Airbag systems, we include all brackets and hardware to attach to the truck as well as air fittings, airline (1\/4″ – can be plumbed to compressors, too) and schrader valves to install these bags for manual fill as this is the most reliable!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carli Suspension","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51722039984410,"sku":"CLICS-DLTB-03-40","price":1379.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/8942\/8506\/files\/61d6kqnE-VL.jpg?v=1771615039","url":"https:\/\/trybeepbeep.com\/products\/air-bag-system-carli-03-11-ram-2500-3500-4x4-diesel-long-travel-1-2-rear-lift","provider":"TryBeepbeep","version":"1.0","type":"link"}