Bagging my '50

[RivRat]

Hey Guys,
I was wondering what i would be looking to spend on putting airride on my truck. I have a 1950 on an '88 all S-10 suspention truck. Im looking to put it on the ground. How much modifications to the frame is needed
The front running board already sits 3.75" off the ground.

[blitz'd]

There are so many variables to that question its hard to answer. Luckily being on a S10 frame there is a huge aftermarket which makes it a lot cheaper to bag. The front is cheap and easy. How much room is there between the rear axle and frame now? I would 1st measure that, then the amount between the rear of the running board and ground. That number will tell you how much notch you need in the rear. If you can get away with a small c notch rather than a full step notch it will be much cheaper.

The rear can be done so many ways on s10 frames just depending on how you want it and how much you want to spend.

[55 on bags]

One thing about having a s10 chassis is that you can find parts every where and it is easy to bag cups in the front and 2 link with a panhard bar in the rear check out ***************** or ekstensivemetalworks.com

[rhd_c10]

my buddy has a 53 on s10.. you dont need to do a c notch.. he is running 22 and his running board are an inch off the ground... so you dont need nothing.. he did bags over axle in the rear... and just s10 plates up front... if u do need that 1" more you can just do those bolt in rear notch...

[rhd_c10]

okay maybe 2" off the floor

[rhd_c10]

[blitz'd]

That's a badass truck but a lot more than 2 inches off the ground. My truck has a small tire 285/35/18s and has a 2.5 inch notch and just barely lays running board. My cab it 4" off the frame. If the OP has a stock gas tank and not an s10 tank there are a lot of better options than the normal S10 stuff.



You can see the notch and how far the frame is from the ground in this picture.

[RivRat]

I was told to budget for $6k. Way too high for my wallet.
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[19fiftybomb]

Make your body mounts as small off the frame as you can. that will sit your whole cab lower. Stock I belive is 7in?

[rhd_c10]

yea thats what by friend did.. his cab almost sitting on the frame..

[19fiftybomb]

sick looking frame, if I was going to put that much time and money into it, I would have it laying on the ground.... just my opion tho.

[cajundragger]

your never done until its flat on the ground.

[54foster]

Originally Posted by RivRat

I was told to budget for $6k. Way too high for my wallet.
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That is way to high, I have spent the last 6 months picking up pieces for my air ride and patch panels for the cab on my 54. So far I have less then $1200 in the air ride and that includes a step notch bridge kit and all the brackets. I want to lay it on the ground so I went with a weld in step notch. If you shop around you can pick of pieces or a kit for a lot less then $6k. Now there are some very expensive kits that work great if you have that kinda of money to spend, but there are a lot of cheaper kits if you can weld that work just fine. Talk to AVS they are a board vendor on the forum.

[blitz'd]

Originally Posted by RivRat

I was told to budget for $6k. Way too high for my wallet.
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That is pretty high unless its some really nice work. If you want something simple you could have it all done for under $3k, even cheaper if you can do some of it yourself. The front is really easy to do, a little cutting and the front setup bolts in.

Originally Posted by 19fiftybomb

Make your body mounts as small off the frame as you can. that will sit your whole cab lower. Stock I belive is 7in?

Mine is 4" off the frame and I had to cut a lot of the floor for the tranny and notch the back of the cab for the drive shaft. I could have lowered the engine a little more and got the cab lower though.

Originally Posted by 19fiftybomb

sick looking frame, if I was going to put that much time and money into it, I would have it laying on the ground.... just my opion tho.

Mine? See the 2nd picture, it lays running board. Can't go much lower than that.

[MMM...BRAINS...]

Originally Posted by rhd_c10

Not to change the subject, but what are these headlights?!?!
i like em!

[RivRat]

man that was easier then I thought. I wish it really was that low now.

[Larry Daehler]

Originally Posted by RivRat

Hey Guys,
I was wondering what i would be looking to spend on putting airride on my truck. I have a 1950 on an '88 all S-10 suspention truck. Im looking to put it on the ground. How much modifications to the frame is needed
The front running board already sits 3.75" off the ground.

Ride height looks good to me, I am putting a 51 on a s-10 frame as was wondering what you did to the s-10 suspention to get your present height?:

[cajundragger]

air management is where the cost is.

you can cheap out and get terrible ride and driving characteristics or spend the money and do it correctly.

[PJF]

Truck is looking great, love the patina style!
Lay that thing out on the ground.

[rhd_c10]

he got them on ebay...

[rhd_c10]

and just put some h4 hids

[RivRat]

Got it done.








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[mr48chev]

Nice work, I've driven over bridges that didn't have that strong of a structure in them.