Air Suspension
Air Suspension
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From: Gilbert, AZ
They are here in AZ. It depends on what you are planning to use. I wouldn't say anything bad about them, but if it's an airbag system you want, you sort of get what you pay for. I've used some lowering springs on other projects and it's been great.
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My son has used a lot of their stuff on his S10 bagged trucks and for the most part it has been very good. He puts 12,000+ miles a year on his daily driver and it has been a very reliable system with basic yearly maintenance for the past 3 years. One comment, it's worth buying a decent electric compressor, that's the only part that he has had to replace. He has now added an engine driven compressor which works great. It's an old York AC compressor.
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Now he has the York compressor on there he blows the system out in the fall to remove the oil emulsion that builds up because of the condensation and oil in the lines. He pops the lines off and blows them out along with the valves. If he doesn't the emulsion in the system will freeze up in sub zero weather. Before he had the York he just used to drain the condensation from the tank every oil change.
If you keep service in mind when you lay out the system it can be drained and blown out really quick. He doesn't use any compression fittings they are all push connect.
If you can afford a good dryer then you probably won't have to service much at all. Good dryers are expensive.
By the way the engine driven compressor is sweet. He has an 8 gallon tank on the truck and if he sets his engine to a high idle it will run an impact gun! He has an airline quick connect hidden under the tailgate. Check out someof the 4 wheeler sites for more info. York Compressor for On-Board Air
If you keep service in mind when you lay out the system it can be drained and blown out really quick. He doesn't use any compression fittings they are all push connect.
If you can afford a good dryer then you probably won't have to service much at all. Good dryers are expensive.
By the way the engine driven compressor is sweet. He has an 8 gallon tank on the truck and if he sets his engine to a high idle it will run an impact gun! He has an airline quick connect hidden under the tailgate. Check out someof the 4 wheeler sites for more info. York Compressor for On-Board Air
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From: Antioch, IL
Thanks again
Thanks again Mike. Sounds like a sweet system. I don't know why I have not had problems with the water in the Mark VIII system here near Chicago, but I will design the system for the '56 to be easy to drain.
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