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Old 10-09-2009, 01:50 AM   #1
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Air ride lift

HAs anyone here ever done a lift with airbags? I'm wondering how hard it is to set up the front and rear 4 links. It seems like a 4 link+steering+panard bar is alot to cram onto the front end. I've seen it doen, but only on meag lifted trucks and I want to do something a little more moderate, but want as good a ride as I can get. I figure that with the cost of a 8" lift it wouldn't be much more to do air ride.
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Old 10-09-2009, 02:12 AM   #2
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Re: Air ride lift

On what kind of truck? Alot of it depends I have done rear airbags on a 78 crew cab dually. Plenty of room in the back. I have also put a 3 link in the front of a flatfender that really only has about 4" of lift. Clearances are measured in paper widths.

I don't see a problem with putting airbags on with 4" of lift at all. Just have to be a bit more careful.

Front me 500 and I will do my dually and let you know how it goes

I will be doing airbags all the way around in my 86 crew cab dually
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Old 10-09-2009, 11:33 PM   #3
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Re: Air ride lift

If it got done it would be on a 83 as part of a 2wd-4wd conversion I was thinking I would be able to put the bags in the location of the factory coils then put some perches on an axle and build it up from there.
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