Advice on bagging a truck

[Nemesis8]

installing my 6-link was my first install ever, and it took 2 days . i had a friend cut off all the suspension with a torch. he cut the u-bolts, shock mounts and all the other rivets, oh yea and he cut straight through the shock mounts on the axel.
i didnt use any straps to keep the driveshaft straight. it worried me at first but yea. i kept the tires on too.

have fun!

[gixer_kid]

cool cuz thats usually how i learn everything is just by doing it...its really the only way with no experianced friends and no college education lol. Thats why i laugh everytime i hear a guy say he needs to go get his oil changed. Change it yourself!

[Nemesis8]

ha yea well good luck with those rivets if you dont have a torch! lol its gonna be a bish with out it!!!

[Marcos]

Just cut the heads off, and air hammer them out, if you have access to that equipment, Otherwise it will be a bish. The instructions are dead on and its very simple, pretty much like changing a leafspring only lighter.

And no it doesn't come with notch's

[gixer_kid]

does the kit come with the crossmember? can anyone show me some pics of the rivest being bashed by an air hammer?

[gixer_kid]

oh and marcos when are you gunna get new pics of your trcuk i wanna see them....do you lay frame? and how big are your wheels?

[Marcos]

No the Kp kit doesn't come with a crossmember, I dont have any pics on how to take the heads off the rivets but its pretty simple...

And no all the pics I have are on my cardomain, I only work on it on the weekend's so every monday I update the pictures.

And no I dont lay frame, I chose to keep my bed intact because I still haul a lot of stuff around, and my wheels are 20"

[gixer_kid]

so i take it you made the cross member yourself doesnt look like to much fab is involved? i like how you got 3 tanks UNDER the bed. i guess im gunna throw on some super c's so i can lay. So i take it the coolride setup from ART will allow you to lay out the front if notched/ tubbed for wheels? Do they come with the right cups? Do i still need drop spindles?

[Marcos]

You don't need drop spindles but it helps with the camber on the tires and is easier on your balljoints.

And no, you have to trim the upper cups on the coolride kit... from what I found it, you should go to suicidedoors.com and just get some cups from them, and buys some slam bags, and a shock relocation kit... bam there is all you need besides the shock which can be picked up at a auto parts store.

[gixer_kid]

you would have to weld on the relocater kit fron SD.com though....the welding doesnt bother me its where i put the shock that kinda worries me dont wanna f*ck up the front end. also the way you mentioned doing it, is that cheaper? would the best thing to do is buy the ART uca and lca coolride kit?

[gixer_kid]

yah prolly gunna go the SD way because i am poor....whats the best size spindle 2" i suppose?
Dude does the shock keep the bag from over inflating or what? what if i had all this setup weve been talking about...how do you know when to stop hiitin switches...in other words im worried if i over inflate a bag. IS that possible???

[Marcos]

Well you can actually buy the ART shock relocators from SD.com, but I hear that they break at the welds....

Well I would love to buy ART arms, but money doesn't allow me at the time, but they are nice to have... And yes sd is a whole lot cheaper.

As for the spindle, unless you have a 2500 or 3500, they only make a 2" drop spindles for 1500's

[Chevy_boy911]

ok! I got everything done on the rear and went to sit it down for the first time and the crossmember closest the cab was hitting the drive shaft. Is there any fix for this?

[extremetoy]

notch the crossmember or make a new crossmember

[firechkn]

I'm thinking of replacing my front 1" drop coils with Shockwaves on my ecsb nbs. What type of drop/lift can I expect? I also have 2" drop spindles installed already.

[kpex350]

Originally Posted by Socko

No matter what rims you use you will have to notch the frame somehow, either a bolt in under the bed notch. Or a step/monster notch in order to layout with any wheel. You should notch it when you do the bags getting the size of notch that will work with the 22s, for 22s you will also need to tub the wheel wells in the bed and for 20s in the front, on an OBS you have to remove the inner fender wells, I dont think you have to on the NBS (i could be wrong). Use 2" drop spindles, this way you can layout and it wont mess up a lot of the geometry. Some people run arms from Air Ride. it helps to correct the alignment/etc and is a cleaner setup.

The starting point of bags does not matter, many go from a 4/6 drop or whatever because thats what they had. You can bag it from bone stock the day you buy it. You will not layout on your stock rims because the tires are too tall, 30" stock tires are equal to a 22" rim/tires.

I 100% agree

[neverbackdownx]

i plan to get started on my 01' silverado soon im going full bag i work a a hose shop so im getting the hook up with stainless steal air line, but im going to keep stock control arms up front and just do cups and bags and out back i am going to do tri link


the number for the hose shop
THE HOSE CONNECTION
561-844-3699
Riviera Beach Fl.

[lowrider_dude]

i am 16 and building my truck to drive to school in a year i am going to order the air ride in the next couple weeks i was going to buy a kp6link with slam re-7 and then i just was going to but bag cups 2 and 3 inch with slam 7's also i will put spindles in the front will this stuff work help me out here

[hardluck]

You should be alright with that setup. I talked to a few guys this weekend at ITB who were running the kp 6-link. Even though it's a little pricey, they said they liked it alot, and it rode super nice. As far as up front, I'd just run SD cups and RE-7's. I've heard you can run 7's out back, but you may wanna consider running 8's. They're the same price. The 8's may give a softer ride out back with that 6-link, but that's just my opinion. What kinda truck you plan on doing this to man?

[kaos283]

Sup

Just got myself a nice 02 sylverado with a nice escalade front clip. Looking to put bags on it, it will be a daily and I need full space of the bed so this mean no big c notch for me (yet)
(and I just got out of a 2 year frame off/frame wrap so know I just want to relax)

Now, lets see if I'm missing something, from what I've seen on here my best bet yould be

ART shockwaves SKW2010-LUCA
ART airbar ABAR11007
Airlift air commander kit
4 smc valves (front back only is fine)
3 5 gallons tank (or anything that will fit under the bed)
It would be nice to have it controled on my remote (what should i get)
I'm probably missing some details so if you guys could fill in the blanks

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks