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Old 11-28-2004, 06:15 PM   #1
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Illustrated Air Bag Installation Guide

I thought it would be helpful for everyone if I took pictures as I installed my bags.

I'm not running lines and wires yet because I haven't finalized where I'm going to mount everything, but here's some pics of the actual installation of the bags themselves.
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Old 11-28-2004, 06:16 PM   #2
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Lower rear bag mount

mounts with one bolt from the bottom
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Old 11-28-2004, 06:17 PM   #3
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Gotta drill some holes for the top
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Old 11-28-2004, 06:18 PM   #4
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so you drill these holes...
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Old 11-28-2004, 06:18 PM   #5
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bolt it all together and it looks kinda like this
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Old 11-28-2004, 06:20 PM   #6
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Front bag installation

Then you get a set of these for the front...$60 from *****************
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Old 11-28-2004, 06:20 PM   #7
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mark and drill...
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Old 11-28-2004, 06:21 PM   #8
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the plate only fits one way...
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Old 11-28-2004, 06:22 PM   #9
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bolt the cups onto the bags...
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Old 11-28-2004, 06:22 PM   #10
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and then onto the upper plates...
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mount it using the holes you drilled...
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then put everything back together...
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