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Originally Posted by see ten

I really don't think so. I looked at drops a long long time before we did this truck. I considered bags and even considered a Fatman rack & pinion frontend. My drop with me and my buds doing everything but the alignment, building the driveshaft and installing the upper control arm bushings (didn't realize I needed them until I had it aligned ) set me back right at $1800. A rough estimate for air bags using top of the line parts was coming in at around $3000. I know there are guys on here who have done it for way less than that but how I wanted it done was going to cost $$$. A lot of guys still run drop spindles with bags due to it allowing you to run a higher psi for a better ride. Figure in the cost of a good management system that automaticly self levels the vehicle to adjust for load and you've dropped another chunk of change. If you want an engine driven compressor, your wallet is getting thinner by the minute here! There are guys on here whose ability to fabricate simply amazes me! Some of these people have built air bag systems for what seems like pennies. They are like Napolean Dynamite they've got Skills. Me on the other hand.....well I try to just buy parts that are built for my application most of the time (no skills ). Some of you may remember that guy who was in Pigeon Forge at the NATs in 05 with the sweet little yellow and white bagged truck everyone was having a fit over. I recall him getting in it to move it for some magazine shots and one of his bags wouldn't go up. I think this was about the point I decided I didn't want to run bags. This truck obviously had no expense spared during his build but here he was looking emberrassed cause he couldn't............ uh get it up.

Me Again.. Did you have to do something with your driveshaft because of doing the suspension drop?. Were your upper control arm bushings just wore out from age or did they need redoing cause of the drop as well ? I'm kinda getting ready to do the drop thing and dont want any surprises.

[see ten]

I had a driveshaft built because the extreme drop crossmember requires the use of a one piece driveshaft. ECE recomends the use of a one piece shaft and extreme drop crossmember with anything 5" or more. In my past experiences when they recomend a part you usually end up needing it. Once again lots of guys on here are running 6" of drop in the back or more and claim no problems without the shaft conversion or the crossmember. My upper control arm bushings were replaced due to wear. I really don't know how we didn't see it when we were replacing the springs and spindles. I like my drop and how the truck drives but if I had it to do over I might do it different. A 5" drop out back combined with a 2.5" drop spindle and a stock height front spring would get things about right. I'm only saying this because I didn't want to notch the truck and in all honesty it could use it.

[bskylerj]

I have 2" drop spindles and air bags on the front and bags on the rear. Here are 2 pics one with air in the bags (a little dark, sorry) and one with the air let out.

[68Stepbed]

Originally Posted by 68stepside4life

HOw much would it be to get a 'middle of the road' airbag kit..installed?(cause i have no idea how to do it)

As Asa said in his first post: "Try to get out cheap, and it's going to cost you more to fix it later when you aren't happy with it."

'Bags' aren't all bad, but like they say with everything else: You get what you paid for.

[70c10]

Wow, you guys have some really cool looking stances!. see ten- I love your trucks stance!. I just bought a disc conversion kit with 2½" drop spindles but not sure if I want stock springs up front or not. Right now I have almost 3" front and 4" rear and this gives me a ¾" rake. I might add a block in the rear and cut another pair of springs to bring it down a little more in the front. It's hard to tell until the disc kit is installed.

[Ratpowerd67]

heres mine, 3" drop spindles, stock front springs, 4" drop rear coils with 2" blocks. the 454 takes about another inch off the front.....so 4/6. rolling on 20s........rat

[Ratpowerd67]

heres another one

[cflvulcan]

heres my 69. i did a 5.5/6 drop with springs. it also has 16"x8.5" wheels with 225/55/r16 tires, so whatever drop that added. the only problem i have is when i gotta put a floorjack underneath the crossmember. i have to drive it up on 2x4s. i havent had any safety issues with it yet. later...

[pat]

Heres mine as it sits now.
4.5/5 drop
2.5" spindles and 2" coils
3" springs and 2" blocks in back

[jooooooe]

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[c10crazy]

Who sells the 2" rear blocks?

[Ratpowerd67]

i made mine but you can buy them at www.classicperform.com