budget air bag set up... need help from those who have been there

[xceleratemaro]

hi, i am ready to embark on my bagged truck and would love some help. I am planning on buying the 2500/2600 air bag's off ebay for 209.00 shipped, i would like some info on where to buy the plates and i want to cut and weld cups in my a arms and c notch the frame but im not sure where to buy the c notch kit from and the plates, also how do you know what compressor to buy, im trying to do a clean budget build shop truck thank you in advanced for your help

Chris from south carolina

[VA72C10]

check out ***************** for the bags and plates together as a package. They run some great deals on those. People like Viair or Air Zenith compressors compared to others that don't have as good of reputation. POL (performanceonline.com) or CPP (classicperformanceproducts.com) have C-notch kits and sometimes have them on ebay for under 100 shipped.

[firedog]

start on your local craigslist i bought most of my set up there and for further info check out the suspension board or do a search

[custom70]

I bought the front bag and bracket kit from suicide doors.com nice quality parts

[Hottrucks]

I agree with everyone all good ideas and vendors...check my build for a budget air ride build ..and feel free to ask and questions

Jeff

and welcome to the madness.....we are all pic junkies so lets see it!! now and after??

[panhandler62]

I got stuff from AirRide Tech, ***************** a lost eBay store (it's probably still there.. I just lost track of it) GMC Paul, the 67-72 parts board and Porterbuilt for my setup.

I'm going with a pair of 2600s in back with Porterbuilt's trailing arm setup and a static 5" drop in front using 3" drop spindles and loosing one coil off the stock springs. I got a simple manual valve kit with a small pump and 5 gallon tank to regulate the rear.

The cost for this was just about $2k altogether (about half of that being the new trailing arms/c.member and related.) I'm not done putting it all together but I'm estimating about another $500 or so in bushings, joints and whatnot (lots of little whatnots do add up) to complete the suspension.

I am pretty much replacing the whole suspension though so you can probably get by with less $$$ out front for a similar setup (or swap out the trailing arm kit for front end air components in your budget.)