Picking up my new X15 tomorrow

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(02-01-2019 )mj9770 Wrote:  I also got the air ride front end and it rides great! I’m having some trouble getting the dual leveling valves working just right. Have been told I can just go to one.

I have experimented with all sorts of things including only using one leveling valve in the front of my air-ride system. -- Conclusion: Not a good idea to use only one leveling valve.

Set the height on each side separately by measuring the distance from the bottom of the frame rail on each side to a decent flat shop floor. both sides should be the same height off the floor.

After you get it where you want it,.. take a paint marker and mark the front shocks on both sides so that you can see if one side or the other gets out of adjustment when doing your inspections.

Some things that you can do that will benefit you if you have front air bags...


Install a small needle valve + a bycycle-type Schrader valve using a "t" fitting in the feed line right at the top of the bags. Close the needle valve almost all the way until it takes about 10-15 seconds or so for the bag to inflate. This reduces the bags reaction to the road significantly and helps a ton in cold/inclement weather, rough roads, etc. You can also close the valve all the way if you ever blow an air bag, or if a leveling valve fails,.. or you can also close the needle valve and inflate the bag all the way up so you can crawl under your truck easy for various reasons.

When the leveling valves react too fast to the roads, turns, ect... it makes the truck feel top-heavy/fight itself around corners and puts too much force on one side too quickly when turning in bad weather. I fought this problem several different ways only to end up with what I described as the best solution to this.

needle valve: https://amzn.to/2DK0mFO

Schrader valve: https://amzn.to/2Ll0yBE

tubing adapter: https://amzn.to/2Jbn3WV

T adapter: https://amzn.to/2Vdhuyu