Thinking of bagging my F-100 shop truck.Need your thoughts on bags and air systems.Truck is equipped with fatman front and 4 link rear.Don't want to cut frame.Thanks for the help.
id say go for it. u need to check with someone on here about whether u can lay frame without cutting but it definitely makes a major appearance upgrade to almost anything
I like bagged vehicles especially when they lay frame. Alot of people would say that it is not a hot rod though becauseit is not traditional. I say do it and post pictures.
I'm baggin one right now ( wont say what...o/t ) its not done yet but I've studied the **** out of air and never hear anything bad about it...and everyone says its a different ride and feel....we'll see.
did you do a search here on air ride systems? likely somone else has done a F-100. what year is it? try searching ride tech to see if they have kits for your application. Gambino Kustoms and others here sell/install air ride system parts.
The front is pretty straightforward. The bag, and a spacer tube replaces the coil. The shock gets relocated, if it is currently inside the coil spring. You will need to figure out what the largest diameter bag you can put in place of the coil, without it EVER touching ANY metal (or anything else), throughout the full suspension travel. I think that this is going to be about 6". Once you have chosen a bag, you will need to know its collapsed height. If you do not choose a bag with internal bump stops, like Slam Specialties bags (all I use these days), you will need a bump stop. With the coil springs and shocks removed, lower the front end until it touches down on the bump stops, and then measure the distance from the inside top of the spring cup on the frame rail, to the flat pad on the control arm. In the case that you are using a bag with an internal stop, lower the front end until it touches down until something metal touches, and then jack it back up 3/4". Then measure the distance from the inside top of the spring cup on the frame rail, to the flat pad on the control arm. This measurement is the height of the spacer you will need to make and install above the bag. The rear is a similar procedure, but you will have more room for a bag there. You will need to decide what type of bag you want. If they be ones to replace your presumed coil-overs, or ones that will need their own brackets. In the case if the latter, you get to decide where the top mount for the bag goes, instead of having to make a spacer to fit it to an existing location. Feel free to PM me. I do air ride all day, almost every day.
if you want super low but a good ride, i would say bag it. and for those that say its not traditional i would say duh its 2010.
Contact Kustombuilder he is a Hamber and he'll give you a good deal on the perfect kit for your car ... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=227711&highlight=airlift+kit
I also say "Bag It" But do you plan on useing the truck to haul parts around? as heavy as lets say a motor? How would bags hold to such weight?
the front wont lay frame because of the ibeam suspension!! I did a 68 ford f100 and the back we just did a 4link with air lift dominators 2600 and the front we just made bag brackets but the front end sits up pritty high still. unless you stub the front end or m2 it then it will lay frame!!! but i would say do it!!!! bags are awesome!!!
I know you don't want to cut the frame, however if your bagging it so you can lay out, you will be forced to C-Notch the frame. The only kit i've ever seen which requires no frame cutting is the Air bar kit from air ride technologies.
So long as the mounts for the bags and links are up to the task (along with any frame mods), and the bags selected are rated for it, yet, it will haul and an engine, with ease. I have set up two CC Dualies with 4-links and bags, that both haul 5th wheel trailers.
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