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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Central florida
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would this rear combination work(4link/notch)
in my never ending mind boggling quest to get my truck done i was looking at rear air suspension and was wondering, could i use the rear bridge kit from suicidedoors
[IMG]http://www.*****************/products/GENERATION-2-BRIDGE-KIT.jpg[/IMG] or [IMG]http://www.*****************/products/bridge-kit.jpg[/IMG] along with this bolt in parallel 4link kit, since its already designed for my truck, from KP components ![]() and this is the description of it Quote:
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as long as the pan hard bar doesnt rub the bags i think it would work fine....
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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The panhard bar shouldn't be even close to the bags. I would recommend a sleeve bag since you'll be installing it over the axle.
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Get KP's complete kit! The cantilever and the 4 link. It works great!
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The parallel set up is a great setup! But the cantilever you don't need to weld brackets to your rearend. And you get alot of lift!
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The only thing is it would be better if one set of the bars were adjustable (but that's just a little fabrication away).
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pretty much i was saying about the parallel setup not being the best is the shifting of the axle dues to the panhard bar eliptical range of movement, and that the triangulated 4 link setup does not allow as much left to right movement, and that theoretically, a watts link does not allow any left to right movement
and as far as the cantliever(lever setup if i remember, is the actual name), about getting between 1.5-2:1 ratio of bag height to lift, and i was wanting to go with the bag over axle or behind axle, just for simplicity, and for $$ reasons |
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If you mount ontop of axle or behind make sure you runa sleeve type bag....ie. F9000.
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why do you recomend a sleeve bag over a convoluted bag, i would think that the convoluted bag would have more stability for locating the axle and frame
unless your talkin like the 3800 tractor trailer sleeve bag where it rolls over on itself |
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Your panhard bar/watts link/wishbone or what ever you will run will locate your rearend. Double convulated ride like crap when mounted in a 1:1 ratio but ride good when mounted in a 2:1 ratio. Sleeve bags...F9000 are the opposite. Double convulated bags wont give you enough lift too. With double convulated bags you got to ride with hardly any pressure in the bags to make them ride decent on the back of a truck.
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Think I could mod this kit to work on my 72 with leafs ? What could the diffirences be ?
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I don't see why not. I would just rebuild everything from the bridge back.
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Join Date: May 2005
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i know of 3 trucks locally that run kp's setup, they work great, alot more lift than conventional setups and seem to be fairly reliable, i would definitly run a sleeve bag though, i believe kp will reccomend that as well.
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