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Old 01-09-2007, 11:37 PM   #1
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air bag question you might think im stupid

I'm wonder if itd be an alright idea or make sense to install airbags using just the stock spindles? am I going to get much lower than I already and with a 3" drop from cut coils out back im not too worried i can just weld in a notch but up front i dont really want to buy drop soindles right now should i do it ? or would i be better off to save my money for spindles then go bags?
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Old 01-10-2007, 12:11 AM   #2
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Re: air bag question you might think im stupid

id prob go with drop spindles first...wish I had done that to begin with b/c im getting ready to buy some now. you will thank yourself in the long run.
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Old 01-10-2007, 12:35 AM   #3
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Re: air bag question you might think im stupid

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Old 01-10-2007, 12:01 PM   #4
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Re: air bag question you might think im stupid

I bagged mine first without spindles, then got spindle late on. ALot of people do it. If I had the money I would've done it all at the same time.
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Old 01-10-2007, 12:53 PM   #5
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Re: air bag question you might think im stupid

You can do it in phases, but you will end up doing a lot of work. You will need to pull just about everything off and it's easier to do it once.

I damaged the lower ball joints when I pulled everything apart, so I ended up replacing all the ball joints. If you can do it without damage, then you might be ok.

It's still a lot of work you will have to do all over again.
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Old 01-10-2007, 02:21 PM   #6
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Re: air bag question you might think im stupid

i have my bags in and still have the stock spindles it willget quite a bit lower than with 3 in springs i would do the bags first cause you might be as low as you want to go and there might not be a need for the spindles
if you want to get lower you know what you have to do then
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Old 01-10-2007, 11:33 PM   #7
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Re: air bag question you might think im stupid

all very valid points guys thank you, pharcyde05 have you run into any problem runnig with the stock spindles and also have any pics of how low it is?
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Old 01-11-2007, 01:10 PM   #8
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hear are some pics but i also have a 2.5 in Zed frame
i had to get longer brake lines all the way layed out they were streched tight

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Old 01-14-2007, 02:07 PM   #9
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Re: air bag question you might think im stupid

ive got a 79 bagged and i lay rockers with stock spindles. now i do have my frame "z" ed 4 inches and i boxed the frame in under the cab to get it to lay but it can be done.
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