MatCo Plasma Cutter
Part of the air ride upgrade will require trimming the upper control arm. This will provide additional clearance for the bag bellows to expand outwards when the laid out completely. As it turns out the
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Prepping front bags
Prepping the front bags installations. To provide more room for the air bag, upper and lower cup it was necessary to drop the lower control arm as furthest as it would go. The outer tie
AccuAir manifold stand
I needed a way to mount the AccuAir manifold underneath the bed. I found a nice stand on eBay that would normally be used for a on top configuration. This will have to be mounted
Air management solenoid
The original solenoid setup is working fine but I’ll be replacing it all with a new parts. The Viair 485C Revision 2 dual compressor kit came with a solenoid (active relay). I will still use
Front bag cups
I don’t understand the reasoning for the original owners logic to install the upper cup bolts the way it was done. The upper cup bolt would normally come up through the center shock tower larger
Air tank mount
My buddy Rick owner of “Racks by Rick” came over to weld in the seamless air tanks mounting brackets. We are using 1/4″ stock, plenty of mass and strength to hold the lightweight aluminum tanks
Front air bags
The original front air ride bags were 2 bellows. The replacement Slam Specialties RE-7 series are also 2 belows. One of the characteristics of the SS bags, these will have a increased vertical travel. This
Front bag removal
I began removing the front passenger air bag. The upper control arm ball joint was super difficult to remove. None of the ball joints removal tools I have are large enough to work. The thing
Original air ride system
One thing for certain this was a lot of work back in the day. The amount of plumbing to get the air from the compressors to the tank and out to the bags is nuts.
Air ride upgrade
Starting the air ride suspension upgrade. I’ll be removing the existing setup and installing all new modern components: