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Would you order Air Suspension again?

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I have the air. It's been flawless, but I don't like it when I'm towing and the warning light goes on and says I can't change the ride height because I've overloaded the suspension. Nice safety feature I guess, but the guys with the coil spring can just slap on the aftermarket bags and gain a few pounds of margin. Gee, I wonder - has anyone tried that on one of these airride jobs?
 

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Hell Yes!, from cold western Canada. Obviously the 19 and up system was improved. The Debbie downer,s here that keep chiming away about the older system have been proved wrong.
 

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I had a 2014 w/o air & now I have 2019 w/ air.

The good:

1. I have not had any issues with the air. I live in the Portland, OR area so pretty mild temps.
2. I do like the lowering feature for parking garages and transporting elderly relatives.

But I would NOT order air again.

The reasons:

1. The ride difference is minimal
2. Air complicates what you can do with tires & leveling.
3. It is spendy
4. I don't tow.
5. I think air contributes to short battery life because it adjusts when the truck is not running. Had to replace the original battery at 2.5 years/40k miles. Not sure why, could be cheapo OEM batteries.



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I had a 2014 w/o air & now I have 2019 w/ air.

The good:

1. I have not had any issues with the air. I live in the Portland, OR area so pretty mild temps.
2. I do like the lowering feature for parking garages and transporting elderly relatives.

But I would NOT order air again.

The reasons:

1. The ride difference is minimal
2. Air complicates what you can do with tires & leveling.
3. It is spendy
4. I don't tow.
5. I think air contributes to short battery life because it adjusts when the truck is not running. Had to replace the original battery at 2.5 years/40k miles. Not sure why, could be cheapo OEM batteries.



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Surprising, I traded my 2019 Laramie for my 2021 Limited and ride difference was like night and day, which I attribute to the air ride. The seats seem better which may help a little, but everything else should be nearly equal.
 

Genxeration

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No, I'm actually deciding if I want to delete it using the airdelete.com kit or order a 2023 Laramie GT without it. It really frustrates me that Ram will not let us order a Limited without air suspension
 

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I would, yes. I was fairly certain that I would not be lifting this truck, so I chose to order it. The air suspension does some unique things. Pulled a trailer a few times and it adjusts to the load. Cool feature.
 

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Surprising, I traded my 2019 Laramie for my 2021 Limited and ride difference was like night and day, which I attribute to the air ride. The seats seem better which may help a little, but everything else should be nearly equal.
Maybe I just have more natural padding than you do.

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