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| | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 7 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 7 | I want to put airbag suspension on my 65' Chevy C-10 where should I start? Where is the best place to buy parts? What am I goint to need for this? Should I buy a kit or just the parts seperalty? I have the pump and a tank so what should I do???????/ | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Check out Air Ride Technologies.
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keep me posted on this
let me know your does and dont im considering this for my 65 im just thinking of putting the bag on and using the air compreeser to raise them when im putting on a load
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 734 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 734 | I did the Air Ride kit on the rear of my '65. I decided for the front, I'm just going to buy the air springs and fab up all the mounting brackets, etc. The rear was quite simple to do. The front kit looks fairly easy as well. If you weld at all, you could probably make the mounting plates yourself and save a bunch of money. When you consider that you can purchase the air springs for $65 a piece and that the shocks they give you in the kit are probably average at best, the price of the kit seems kind of high.
On the rear you'll need an adjustable panhard bar and you'll need to relocate your lower shock mounts farther forward. A "C" notch is recommended for clearance.
On the front, you'll probably wanna shave your steering stops down a bit on the lower A arms. And depending on what your ride height will be, you may have to relocate the upper shock mount. The shocks in the kit are ok for the rear but, I wouldn't want to use them on the front which could mean relocation for optimum results.
-David | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 40 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 40 | Air Ride Technologies are too expensive. look up SilverStarCustoms.com and they are more reasonable and very helpful. We bagged my 52 front and back for a fraction of Air Rides prices and did it all with Stainless Steel tubing | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,756 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,756 | Did mine for a fraction of the kit price. bought parts and pieces from air ride, air lift, and someone that advertised Firestone bags in Classic trucks. works fine on my 62 without big $ | | |
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