Calling all airride guys!!! I need some advice

[Mikem_72]

Hey guys I recently bagged my '70 stepper and I love the ride, stance and everything else that comes with bagging a truck ... but I ran into a problem. I just noticed that my front bags are sitting on the LCA's at ride height. Any advice on how I can fix this other than tubular lower control arms or cupping the ones I have? I did a lot of research before I bagged the truck and didn't think I would run into this issue so any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Specs:

Front:
5 lug disc upfront
2.5" DJM spindles
stock Lower and Upper Control arms
upper bag plate and 2" cup on bags
removed bump stops
Dominator 2600
15" steel wheels 225/70 tires all the way around

Rear:
5 lug drum
1.5" lowering block
Shock relocators
CPP Adjustable trac bar (Bent)
CPP bolt in C Notch
Dominator 2500 bolted directly to the frame and trailing arm

[tinydb84]

Truck looks great.

Clearance the arm with a torch and BFH.

[bbbc10]

Aftermarket or cupped thats it

[Ghostwhite]

You may be able to switch bags as well, diameter changes between different lift sizes. Can you stuff your rear 2500 series bags up front just to see how it fits?

[Mikem_72]

Originally Posted by tinydb84

Truck looks great.

Clearance the arm with a torch and BFH.

Thanks, yeah I could do that

Originally Posted by bbbc10

Aftermarket or cupped thats it

I'm leaning towards the cupped ... if I cupped them would I just mount the bag directly to the LCA or would I just drop it in with the attached cup like it is now?

Originally Posted by Ghostwhite

You may be able to switch bags as well, diameter changes between different lift sizes. Can you stuff your rear 2500 series bags up front just to see how it fits?

Yeah I thought about doing that and Ill probably try it this weekend. I need to play around with it a little more as far as ride height goes, I'm sure I can raise it a little more and get the clearance but I would still be paranoid.

[tinydb84]

They mount straight to the arm. Here is a pic of my arms. You can see the mounting holes on the bottom.

[rincones]

Nice progress Mike