47-55.1 S10 Frame Swap - Air Ride Questions

[mr48chev]

One of the primary attractions of S 10 swaps is that the S-10 did all the homework years ago and the front suspension Uses the same A arms and other pieces as many same year Chevy/GM Cars do.

If you want bags you just serarch for bag kits for the year of S-10 Chassis you have and done.

Still Truthfully these days If you have a good stock 3100 frame to start with under a nice complete truck you are most likely better off to buy a MII style front end that is already set up for bags and a 4 link kit for putting bags under he 3100 and add a notch and done. When the S-10 thing started you could buy a dead S-10 long bed work truck out of someone's driveway for free or a couple hundred dollars an get a few bucks back out of the sheet metal over the scales at the scrap yard. Then you made mounts like one of our members shared the patterns for years ago and got by pretty cheap. Now A donor S-10 costs rea money, then rebuilding the suspension you are going to use Costs $$$ before you ever buy the bag kit that can run into serous money. Then because the rear axle is so narrow you end up buying a S-10 4x4 rear axle unless you are running 15 inch wide rear tires. If you buy the popular frame swap kit that is another 1500 before options.

Still if you don't have a good 3100 frame to use and A Morrison or Roadster shop frame is just way way too spendy the S-10 works.