Air ride gone bad!

[ssbroly]

Alright, so my air bags took a big dump on me. And I do mean dump. Here's the pic of after it went out.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/DanDepot/Mobile Uploads/0326011122.jpg
And another shot
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/DanDepot/Mobile Uploads/downsized_0326011123a.jpg
After careful research, hunting for air ride parts, price comparing, consulting the good people on this website, and realizing this thing is 11 years old....I went with the strutmaster conversion kit.
The people are strutmasters were all extremely polite and helpful. This is a big thing for me because I work in retail. They were by the phone when I needed advice and the suspension kit arrived quick!
It was difficult to put on, because the old suspension was so damn hard to get off. It was all original, had to use a lot of PB blaster and breaker bars. I recommend having a tap set and a thread repair kit. Needed both on several old shock bolts.
Anyway, here's the final product.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/DanDepot/Mobile Uploads/downsized_0327010959.jpg
A torsion twist will be coming soon.

 

[ssbroly]

They did leave one step out of the install process, and that was after everything is installed, you have to turn the air ride switch back on. Otherwise your steering is super-loose.

 

[sngltrck1]

Nice work! How do you like the coils vs bags so far?

BTW ... like the sig line.

 

[ssbroly]

The bags rode a lot nicer. But it's a good kit. And I saved a #$%& ton of money doing it myself. I'm happy with it. The rear end sits great. Only thing left to do is a torsion twist. I'd like the front to sit a little higher.

 

[ssbroly]

Been awhile, but I finally got around to postin the pics of the old suspension. 11 yr old vehicle, original suspension.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/DanDepot/Mobile Uploads/0524011322.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/DanDepot/Mobile Uploads/downsized_0524011324.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/DanDepot/Mobile Uploads/downsized_0524011325.jpg

 

[ssbroly]

In order
Rear Airbag
Rear shock
front air shock

 

[deano]

I think im going to do this to my expy verry soon.

 

[ssbroly]

It's a nice kit, I'm not real happy with how low the front sits compared to the rear. That's why I've been trying to get around to the torsion twist.

 

[flyin]

]Do you have any check suspension warning messages or lights after the kit was installed?