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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: denver
Posts: 4
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ride quality?
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#2 |
Account Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: over yonder
Posts: 14,270
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Re: ride quality?
gonna be hard to get a truck to ride like a caddy ... regardless of the mods
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: denver
Posts: 4
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Re: ride quality?
ok, what can i expect for ride quality? to my understanding, i thought that bags would take most of, if not all of the impact from the road and make my truck feel like i was riding on pillows? i can handle it riding stiffer than a caddy, i just need to get rid of the truck, rattling, stiffness of leafs. i was thinking of using a bolt in 4-link and bags for the back and leaving the front alone. maybe just getting a pair of drop spindles for stance and progresive rate springs for ride quality. anyone have experiance with airbagit.com and their products?
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: over yonder
Posts: 14,270
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Re: ride quality?
air bags will definitely smooth out the ride, but if you are going to run springs in the front and bags in the rear then you aren't going to see the full benefit from the bags.
as far as airbagit.com ... STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS!!! try www.*****************, better product, better prices, better people |
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#5 |
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: yuma arizona
Posts: 448
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Re: ride quality?
yes stay away from AIM or airbag it or any other names they use... suicide doors is the way to go..
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#6 |
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: denver
Posts: 4
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Re: ride quality?
suicidedoors is a great web site. for the same price i was going to spend else where, i'm going to get great components. thanks! i'm just going to have to wait till i have the money. maybe even start selling stuff that i have lying around the house to see how much i can come up with, but i'll get it done
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Central PA
Posts: 12,201
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Re: ride quality?
I suggest buying a new truck, they ride like cars.... May not be the cheapest solution but it works..
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#8 |
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Riverside CA
Posts: 860
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Re: ride quality?
mine rides a little better after i bagged it but i dont have shocks. maybe if i add shocks, it'll be even smoother. my main problem is that i have slam's in front and i cant ride super low. if i hit a bump too hard, my truck will slam down and the tires hit the inner fenders. but then again, it maybe cause i have no shocks.
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Commander Taco Bello
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Posts: 2,232
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Re: ride quality?
bagging a truck doesn't have to be that expensive.
go get 4 RE7's from SD - $300 get the needed fittings and air line to get from each bag to a single, convenient location, say, under the hood. - $100 Get 4 schrader vavles from NAPA - $15 Get 2 dual needle air gauges from SD - $50 Get 2 cups and plates for your front bags from SD - $80? that's it. go mount your bags in each corner, run the line and put schrader valves on each line. then off you go for under $600. *********** just realized you're in a leaf truck. so you'll want to convert to trailing arms to do this setup. all you need is a set of arms and a T-arm cross memeber to bolt them to. I bet you could find those for $100 at a junk yard. |
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: denver
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