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Old 01-30-2010, 10:02 PM   #1
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1st Try With air bags

Hi every body
I just got a 70 c10 from a forum member last weekend
and I've been working on it.

1st Day in my Garage
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I Need Help In This, after doing alot of reserch in this forum me and my dad decided to intall the air suspension our selfs and this is the end result in the pasanger side only. we still got alot work left, 1 down and 3 to go.
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So I would like to know if we did this correct or not.
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Old 01-30-2010, 10:05 PM   #2
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Old 01-30-2010, 10:09 PM   #3
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Re: 1st Try Whith air bags

nice truck. what kinda bags are those?

oh and the install looks pretty legit lol
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Old 01-30-2010, 10:19 PM   #4
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Re: 1st Try Whith air bags

LOOKS GOOD AND CONGRATS

you know you can cut the lower cups down if you want a better stance
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Old 01-30-2010, 10:26 PM   #5
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Re: 1st Try Whith air bags

The bags are RE-8
Bag in action
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Old 01-30-2010, 11:06 PM   #6
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The bags are RE-8
Bag in action
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Old 01-30-2010, 11:15 PM   #7
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LOOKS GOOD AND CONGRATS

you know you can cut the lower cups down if you want a better stance
x2. I cut an inch off of mine. Makes a big difference in the stance! BTW install looks good.

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Old 01-30-2010, 11:28 PM   #8
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x2. I cut an inch off of mine. Makes a big difference in the stance! BTW install looks good.

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Hey so 1inch all around or @ an angle ??

Sunday morning I will start with the driver side
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Old 01-30-2010, 11:38 PM   #9
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An inch all around no angle.
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Old 01-31-2010, 12:23 AM   #10
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Re: 1st Try Whith air bags

Good start, keep it up.
Just a heads up. In your third picture it looks like your upper control arm has a rust hole in it. You might want to check that out asap cause it could be a serious safety issue if it fails.
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Old 01-31-2010, 09:28 PM   #11
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Good start, keep it up.
Just a heads up. In your third picture it looks like your upper control arm has a rust hole in it. You might want to check that out asap cause it could be a serious safety issue if it fails.
Thats the hole for the brake line bracket.
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Old 01-31-2010, 10:00 PM   #12
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Re: 1st Try With air bags

Ok now some action with 2 front bags but no shocks
we had the floor jack underneath the croosmember becaouse we don't know if the bags should be 100% compressed.

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Old 01-31-2010, 10:14 PM   #13
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looks sweet
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Old 02-01-2010, 12:36 AM   #14
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Thats the hole for the brake line bracket.
sorry, I just realized you had the later style control arms.
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