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Old Mar 7, 2009 | 03:19 PM
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i just got a 04 f150 i want to air bag i have seen a few pics of them done and they look very nice. but im not sure on what kind of bag brackets to use up front. if any one has any pics or any thing please post them.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2009 | 06:44 PM
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We need more truck info. Do you want helper bags or an entire air ride setup?
 
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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 03:34 PM
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full air ride. i want to drag my truck.
 
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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 06:23 PM
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OK then. Check Air ride technologies. They make a bolt on kit for our trucks. Look at the gallery of member anaheim_drew. He has the kit on his truck and his truck is amazing!
http://www.ridetech.com/index2.html
 

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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 08:51 PM
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yea i know about the air bar but i was wondering what brackets i need up front. i am going to school for chassis fab so i can build my own 4 link
 
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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 09:01 PM
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yea i know about the air bar but i was wondering what brackets i need up front. i am going to school for chassis fab so i can build my own 4 link
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 09:48 AM
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the front on our truck is tricky. I had gone in a couple different directions, but found the best to be using a steel lower control arm and modifying it to accept a bag bracket. you'll also have to fab a shock mount and pick the correct size shocks depending on your ride height. I used DJM LCA's and had to make a limit strap (a chain welded from the frame to the LCA to keep the shock from blowing apart at full height) I also made some hefty bag mounts to the frame in the area where the existing strut is mounted.

I'll be building a set of new LCA's and possibly upper control arms to clean up everything, but hope these pics help


this was my first setup with shocks which didn't work nearly as well as the bilsteins pictured above. these had too much leverage on them to create any dampening affect, but you can more clearly see how the bag is mounted
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 07:26 PM
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it kinda looks like you used a s10 cup on the lca and a torsion bar upper bracket. u got any more pics of the build of ur truck?
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 10:17 PM
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search for "hillbilly deluxe build thread" and there should be a bunch of pictures there. unfortunately, i think that's all i have of the front end.

yeah, it's similar to an s-10 cup, only bombproof. 3.5x3.5x3/8" tube on the bottom and all 1/4" plate up top. you have to do your math, that's the worst part. with my setup, the upper ball joints are maxed out without pie cutting the upper control arms.
 
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