Whos running air shocks?

[spinem]

Anyone? I used to have them on my chevelle, i dont know how they would do in a truck..

[knightowl73]

totally made the diff in my dropped blazer ride quality years ago, i used some that were for a el camino my dad had but they worked just fine. ive heard certain ones arent that good because of the lines not sealing or something. mine were monroe i believe

[54Caddy]

my dad said he had a set way back in the day on his truck. Havent seen anyone running these on a truck in a long while. They also have those air bags for the leafs, ive seen those before used as bags in a way.

[spinem]

Originally Posted by 54Caddy

my dad said he had a set way back in the day on his truck. Havent seen anyone running these on a truck in a long while. They also have those air bags for the leafs, ive seen those before used as bags in a way.

haha yea, same here, i was just curious and hadnt seen them in awhile.

btw, u see that cl ad in visalia about the grill, & chrome pully sets for 50 bucks? i was gonna snag it but my trucks in pieces.

http://fresno.craigslist.org/search/...min&maxAsk=max

[54Caddy]

no didnt see that. thatd be nice for my other engine. Still not back home yet have a few more months here in sac and ill be there. Are you going to danger zone march 27? ill b there might even put truck in for the hell of it.

[spinem]

naaaa. i dont like people seein my shat hha

[72lb4x4]

The problem with air shocks is that they use relatively weak shock mounts to support the weight of the vehicle, which they aren't meant to do...

[78swest]

im ordering air shocks for the front today

[Rogue_Sentinel]

so can you, hook up a air compresser to the shocks ?

[spinem]

Originally Posted by Rogue_Sentinel

so can you, hook up a air compresser to the shocks ?

yes you can, its surprisingly simply, to air my old ones up, there was this valve that looked like a reg. bike or car tire valve, im sure you can mock something up using a dc emergency tire kit pump...

this is no way a sub. to bags. the ride was rough, 3-wheeled a couple of times.

[spinem]

Originally Posted by 78swest

im ordering air shocks for the front today

i thought it was "dangerous" to run air's in the front?

[knightowl73]

Originally Posted by spinem

i thought it was "dangerous" to run air's in the front?

hell back in the day before bags, some youngsters were doubling them rancho ones on the front of ther minitrucks and running a single pair in the back cus it was cheaper than hydraulics and the stiff ride they could deal with. my buddy had a mazda x-cab setup like this with a small walmart air fill tank and like 3 cadillac factory air compressors teed into the tank for thier air shocks. he had guages and manual valves up front to do the front to back and set his ride height. mounted the valves in his custom console and the dumps literally straight down through holes in the floor.
wasnt too bad to me when i rode in it from here to houston. dont know how much i would trust to do this on a squarebody though because of the weight