i've been research the idea of putting air ride on my ss. i'm not worried about the rear end, but i'm still having trouble figuring out how to put bags on the front. i have alot of custom fabrication experience, i just don't know that much about this air ride stuff. does someone make a bag/shock combination for our cars?

to drop 'em to the ground, does it require wheel well modification?

if you all know some good websits, i would appreciate some links also.

later

 

The rear of the car will be fairly easy. Two cups, a bag, and some air line for each side. The front will be a different story. Your best bet right now will be to call Air Ride Technologies (www.ridetech.com). They are the ones that pretty much started the whole air bag thing. However, they may not be too willing to help you because they say they only make vehicle specific kits and they don't have one right now for camaros or firebirds, but any good fabricator with the will and the money could find a way to make it work.

The only setup they make right now that may work on the front is their Shockwave shock (basically a Hal shock with an airbag in place of the coil-over spring). the only bad thing is that I do not think this will allow the car to sit on the ground (just not enough range of motion in this set-up).

I talked with Air Ride while I was on the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour this year and they said they were in no hurry to make a kit for our cars (Mustangs already have a kit). However, they already had some rough ideas for it and said they should have one in a couple of years. My last bit of advice would be to find a reputable shop that does custom truck work. This is the scene that I hung around with before I got into F-bodies. There are some great truck shops out there that can put bags on anything that rolls.

If you want to do it yourself you still may be able to get some advice and ideas from the truck guys. I would really like to see someone do a top notch bag job on an F-body. Once everyone here sees the actually adjustability and control that bags allow, they will all be waiting in line. Bags are definitely more of an appearance upgrade versus a performance upgrade, but I have seen quite a few 400++ hp cars and trucks with bags and they all seem to do quite well. It all boils down to design and attention to detail. Good Luck!!

<small>[ July 02, 2002, 09:19 AM: Message edited by: rollercam ]</small>

 

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I know this is an old thread, but I didn't see it anywhere so, here's a air ride front/rear kits for 82-02 F cars, http://www.ridetech.com/productinfo/airstrut.asp