Anyone Puttin' Hydraulics on their Project?

[53GMC]

YouTube- lowered chevy truck

Thought you guys would just like to see a low rider i saw on you tube...like the sound at the end when the back is going down, sounds like a bomb fallin from the sky

[addicted2dunes]

That's not hydraulics, that sounds to me to be air bagged. Hydraulics don't vent to the atmosphere.

[napaaaron]

air bags the best way to lay it out!!!

[5150]

Looks awesome to me!!!!

[LEEVON]

hydraulics:

[tpimuncie]

Old thread but I am doing hydraulics on my 59 apache

[tpimuncie]

[69l46vert]

I'm doing old school hydraulics. Going on an NP205. For a dump bed. Also going with a belt driven hydraulic pump on the motor for a snowplow.

[joedoh]

years ago I had a juiced nissan, it rode like a square wheel UNTIL...

I bought some nitrogen charged accumulators and installed them. just installing the accumulators transformed the ride to plush but taut, it lets the cylinder act like a strut with dampening characteristics.

I have thought about running a hydraulic kit on a project lately, they are very attractive in pricing for a no bones systems

http://www.hydroholics.net/2-4-kits.html

the thing that keeps me from doing it is the battery charging, one thing I remember about my nissan was hooking it up to a charger every so often. they make 24/36v chargers that run from the battery/alternator, but they are expensive.

[tpimuncie]

Originally Posted by 69l46vert

I'm doing old school hydraulics. Going on an NP205. For a dump bed. Also going with a belt driven hydraulic pump on the motor for a snowplow.

Cool!

Originally Posted by joedoh

years ago I had a juiced nissan, it rode like a square wheel UNTIL...

I bought some nitrogen charged accumulators and installed them. just installing the accumulators transformed the ride to plush but taut, it lets the cylinder act like a strut with dampening characteristics.

I have thought about running a hydraulic kit on a project lately, they are very attractive in pricing for a no bones systems

http://www.hydroholics.net/2-4-kits.html

the thing that keeps me from doing it is the battery charging, one thing I remember about my nissan was hooking it up to a charger every so often. they make 24/36v chargers that run from the battery/alternator, but they are expensive.

very cool ive had hydraulics in the past before but never used accumulators well lets face it I was a kid and liked the bouncy ride but I do plan on using some on this build.
ill post some pics of the custom pump set up im getting made but yes you are correct it is expensive

[tpimuncie]

Its a 2 pump gravity fed set up with external pump heads.

[tpimuncie]

[tpimuncie]

https://youtu.be/QIxK92e9WW0

[joedoh]

outstanding! love the whammy tank.

[mr48chev]

A couple of friends who are seriously involved in the local lowrider community run hydraulics on their AD trucks because it is the traditional way they do things.

I'll never in this lifetime build anything that "lays frame" as I think that is about the silliest fad that ever came along but I have been looking at ways to gain a few inches off the static ride height of my truck to clear speed bumps or rough driveways . I have got hung up on a parking lot entrance a couple of times in the past and I don't plan on having a static ride height that is any higher this time around. 

[tpimuncie]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

A couple of friends who are seriously involved in the local lowrider community run hydraulics on their AD trucks because it is the traditional way they do things.

I'll never in this lifetime build anything that "lays frame" as I think that is about the silliest fad that ever came along but I have been looking at ways to gain a few inches off the static ride height of my truck to clear speed bumps or rough driveways . I have got hung up on a parking lot entrance a couple of times in the past and I don't plan on having a static ride height that is any higher this time around. 

I had mine set up for air bags but decided to go hydraulics because well i wouldnt of been happy. Mine does not lay rockers its low enough for me i drive it alot