Front is done with custom built spring pocket deletes and custom upper cups (very similar to airbagit's set). I wish they made drop spindles for these trucks, not sure if stockers are going to lay out.

 

Use chevy ones and bore the balljoint hole out to fit then you need to use all the chevy running gear.....

 

Maybe, but then I need to look into tie rods, center links, idler and pitman arms, and how far apart the the control arms will be. Would probably be easier to build custom drop lower control arms.

 

Sorry for the belated reply.

Here's a picture of my rear air suspension setup:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuSxs...layer_embedded

 

That's pretty cool, but not low enough!

 

That video just had all but 1 leaf removed and air helper springs installed. He also ghetto rigged the air hose to it.

You need something like this...

or this...

but this is more doable...

 

any more pics of that last one? looks like its a cantilever setup? I wonder how well that would work under a full size truck.

 

No, but i've seen one just like this. That is ALL that is to it. Except maybe a pan-hard bar. Since those bags are good for 5k a peice(some of them) you can use that system and put 3x(maybe more) of the vehicle weight on the bag allowing more travel and a smoother ride.

I think that setup is good for 16 or 18" of lift off the slammed position

 

I started building parallel bars today just for ideas. I'm doing parallel 4 link and bags over the axle.

 

I would like to do this to my truck. I am assumeing that ride quality would improve as opposed to heavy leaf springs.

 

I have one of the old Keldermann single bag set-ups. Its just sitting in the garage never installed it. Its used but maybe some day I will get around to installing it.

 

So we decided to do a ramchager tank and bitg triangulated 4- link. The parallel setup just doesn't seem as good for what I am trying to do which is still be able to haul a car trailer. On another note, we started fabbing up the air ride for the Dakota too!

 

Where are the pics man?

 

updates? more importantly, pics?