Whats it take?

[YRU351]

Whats it take to bag one of these 67-72 Chevy 2wd trucks? I have a 1970 that i plan on bagging pretty quickly.

Do i just need front brackets, rear brackets, compressor, tank, valves, airline, and the airbags?

Do i need to do a 4 link or can i just 2 link it with the stock trailing arms?

[poorboy]

You can use stock trailing armas in the rear and some of these for the front.
http://*****************/67-87Fullsiz...rtBrackets.php
Plus the tanks,lines,ect

[shifty]

If you search in this part of the forum, there is a huge thread with pictures called "air ride for dummies".

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=183457

There is a plethora of information, including pictures, in both that thread and throughout the forum.

If you check out the FAQ forum, there may be more installation writeups there as well. Search feature is your friend!!

[jimmydean]

Use the Suicide Doors "build your own" and get:
Slam Specialties RE7 bags front and rear
2 ViAir 380 Compressors
3/8 fill/dump valves
3/8 DOT line
at least a 5 gallon tank

You can do it all with the front brackets for about $1200. If you don't want to use drop spindles, then you might want to run a cup in the rear. With a 3" cup in the and Slam Specialties bags, you won't have to notch the frame, but you might want to. If you use stock spindles in the front, then the back will be about 4" lower than the front when aired out.

I have 2.5" spindles with uncut Suicide Doors cups up front and 3" cups in the rear. This is with no air:

[shifty]

Hey jimmydean,

that looks awfully high up in the front. After looking at a lot of other pictures of forum member trucks with bags aired out, it seems like they're about 2-3" lower than that in the front, bumper is about as high off the ground as a tall pack of smokes. Examples:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...&postcount=297

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...41&postcount=7

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...2&postcount=77

Any idea what the diff'ce is?

[jimmydean]

As you can read from my post, I didn't cut my front cups at all. Everyone else has cut them down to about an inch so they just barely sit in the lower spring pocket. I wanted it to sit close to even, that's why I used a cup in the back.

I will do that as well come "Phase II" when I get the upper tubular arms. I am also getting a slightly smaller tire soon, so the cross member will be about 3 inches off the ground.

As it is right now, I have about a half inch of clearance for my floor jack. It's tight, but I can slip it under and that has been a nice "feature"

<edit> looking at the third pic you posted (wink_tim's truck), that is how low (or high, depending on how you look at it) mine sits now. Maybe the angle makes it look higher or something. Also, at the end of wink_tim's thread, he took a picture of his truck AFTER he cut his lower cups and you can see a big difference there.

[jimmydean]

Also, keep in mind I am using Slam's. The internal bump stops keep them from going as low as Firestone's or others. Not sure the exact specs, but I recall the Slam's air out to like 2.5", so you could get up to an inch additional drop with another bag.

After cutting the bumpstops out, I liked the idea of the internals. Just my $.02

[shifty]

I agree. I don't think I understood what cups actually do. I am going tubular with mine (CPP tubular setup), and from what I gather, the bags will bolt directly up to them, and no cup is required. My biggest thing is trying to find someone to help weld-in my C-notch, because I'm not sure if my Lincoln Weldpak 175 will do it, and if it will, I think I need to use flux core because I don't think MIG wire supports that gauge of steel. I basically want to lay my truck out. I know it will look badass when I do. I'm still torn on whether to go 2", 2.5" or 3" on the spindles as well.

[jimmydean]

Using the stock lower arms like I did require the cups. Here's a shot from Classic Trucks that shows the lower cup in the pocket.



Using the CPP arms, the bag bolts right to the arm, so I would guess (and it is a pure guess) that you will be at least 3" lower because of the lack of cup.

Can't wait to see it!