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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Bags

Finished my air bag installation.  If you've been following my blog you might remember I had previously installed rear bags from a civilian model Crown Vic. They don't raise/lower very fast but they fit easily in place of the rear springs and are designed to work with the Vic with no hassles.  That has worked great to adjust rear height to compensate for whatever I carry in the bed, but I wanted to have some adjustment in the front too.... so I started collecting parts.
I picked up an air tank (and an air horn!) off craigslist, bought a Little Larry's manual switch block, and a Viair 444C compressor.  Then I was able to get a set of used UAS Aero Sport bags for the front.  These have a hole in the middle to allow them to replace the coil springs on the front struts.  Troy fabricated some bag mounts for me in our shop at work after hours and I finally got airlines run and everything installed.  I think it looks great aired out, it's not "laying frame" by any means but it's definitely low.  Still needs some modifications to the bag mounts for more upward travel, but it can go high enough that the tires don't rub at all.  My YouTube page has a video showing the travel, and here are some pictures of the front strut assembly and photos of the truck all the way down.