My Official Air Ride Setup Thread

[Negligence]

Should have the truck just about done by the end of next week so from now until then I'll be loading lots of pics

This is how it sits right now, sorry didnt have my digital camera so I had to take these with my cell. Front is about 90% done, all the mounts, lines and valves are done, just need to do some "minor" inner wheel trimming. Not sure how much I want to do at this time as I'm wayyyyy over budget and dont have the means to start moving batteries, electrical, overflow tank, etc, but I never plan on driving with it slammed this year, just want it to drop nice for at shows for now.

Rear is also about 90% done, going to do a minor notch in the frame as the front sits about an inch lower than the rear when layed out and need to trim the inner fender as well.

Sorry the wheels are dirty, lol this was the first time the ** has had a set of wheels on it since October of last year and then it was on 24's, now its on 26's.

Heres some pics, front up, rear down and then of just the front. I'll be at my shop all weekend so I'll take some pics of the actual bracketry as well. This is my first time ever doing an air ride setup and its been a fun learning experience but am very very happy with the overall look so far.

Funny how things work out, this Tahoe I bought for a reliable winter vehicle, and is now bagged and converted to 2wd.

 

[KMeloney]

Crazy! Can't wait to see it outside, all finished.

 

[NASTY GM]

What parts are you using?

 

[07warwagon]

what did you do with the 4wd parts you removed?

 

[Negligence]

All the 4wd stuff is in my storage unit.

As for parts what would you like to know? Heres a list of some of the main components.

Airlift Dominator 2600's all the way around. The rear brackets I custom made myself. The front brackets are all bolt on. Attached a pic at the bottom. 2 Viar compressors, 2 8.5 gallon tanks, SMC 1/2 Fast Valves, 1/2 line and all push to connect fittings, which got very expensive I should have saved money in that area. I did alot of shopping around and really the project would have been right on budget, actually less if I didnt have to buy alot of metal working tools for my garage to do all this. Bought a brand new welder, bench grinder, chop saw, angle grinder, this is where I went over budget on buying tools I needed to do this.

Front pic still has the 4wd hub on it in the pic but converted to 2wd hubs. 2nd pic is a rough layout of the setup, figuring out where my lines needed to come into the rear of the truck, still alot of fiberglass work to do in that aspect of it yet. Plus the stereo wiring and all the hookups for the flipout monitors.

 

[White07Tahoe]

Looks like a pretty cool setup but those wheels are How low is it going to be when it is all aired out?

 

[Young28]

compressors are going to get annoying inside the truck imo.

Other than that nice. Ready for more pics.

 

[NASTY GM]

You're not concerned about the noise from the compressors being inside? I'm putting mine where the spear tire is.

 

[Negligence]

Right now I'm not concerned about the compressors I've still got time to move them yet which I'll look into today. I've got my train horns and a dry cell mounted in the spare tire area right now so I've limited myself on where to mount the compressors.

 

[gryans07yukon]

i had a question can you use the stock control arms upper and lower, to put a air ride lit on?