Anyone running coil overs?

[lowriderbowtie]

Anyone using coil overs in the front of their truck? I need to know how low they will get me...i need to be lower, i cant handle it anymore
IM going to check out QA1's site and see if there is any info

[blazen]

dude you rock. thats all i really gotta say

[lowriderbowtie]

Its rediculous...i think i might be insane blazen

[blazen]

its not rediculous. its awsome you should convert to coil overs in the back that would be sic. plus if you ever needed to raise it up (cant belive i just said that) you would be able to in a couple of mins. or just put air shocks in the back if you dont have them already.

still one of the nicest first gens i've ever seen. good work

[firefighter]

I'm thinkin about it... Coil over setup in front (lookin at Spohn) and then a triangulated four link out back with some QA1 coil overs in back (Air Ride Tech) I'll be doin it for wicked hook up and handiling.

[lowriderbowtie]

Blazen...how do you adjust your air shocks? do you have an on-board compressor?
how much do they squish down? and how much do they expand? If i can rig something up with air shocks and pulling out one of my leafs, i could probly get pretty low. maybe low enough to drag a trailer hitch ball, with a notch of course.

[blazen]

no air shocks just fill up with a regular compressor. they have a valve stem hooked to a line that goes to the shocks. same valve stem as your tires have. they take the place of your regular shocks and basically have an air bag attatched to them. its not something you can use to hold up the truck. but they are basically just helpers to the springs. there made to hold extra weight but alot of people around here use them to help hold the rear of the truck alittle higher when driving and at shows just let the air out and when show is over just go to a gas station near buy and fill them bak up.

[blazen]

ok its a full size but here is some one from this forum with a coil over rear suspension
its dropped gmc (who by the way has one of the sweetest trucks on the site)
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/285866/5

a link for air shocks. at the top of the page is what they look like
http://www.shockshopusa.com/air-shocks.html

these are the ones i have
http://www.shockwarehouse.com/cgi-bin/shocks/mon_air.html

[StaticDime96]

i went slowly over a spped bump today and almost got stuck being lowis kick ass
lvoe it it tricks pople into thinking your bagged

[lowriderbowtie]

it tricks pople into thinking your bagged


i got a few people the other day giving me hand signals to hit switches....idiots! haha



thanks for the links blazen

[lowriderbowtie]

that full size makes me wanna ditch the s10 and do up a 1/2 ton...looks bad ass!

[blazen]

yeah did you go through the pages and look at the truck. i love that truck.

check out page one and look at the 2nd pic down where it kinda looks blueish on the side. well look how low it is he's tuckin tire all the way around and almost layin on the ground. thats no air how sweet is that

[s10blazed]

I know a guy who is using coil overs in his Blazer. He used to have a 5 inch drop and changed to the coil over setup. I'll have to ask him how it sits compared to the 5 inch drop.

As for air shocks with the schrader (tire) valve, they can be modified to fill from an onboard compressor. I had airshocks on the rear of my truck for awhile and used the onboard air system I had. This is an old vid of them in action at about 150 psi. No notch or anything. Actually if I remember right it was a static 5" drop with the shocks added.

http://www.blazinlow.com/s10blazed/shocks.wmv

[ZR1 S10]

QA1 makes a kit for the front.

[blazen]

yeah my shocks dont move my truck as much beacuse its alittle heavier but that was cool i never seen them used that way before.

[StaticDime96]

hhhaha thats awesome i ahd a guy kept turninghis head at it and he looked atme and said got bagsi was liek no, i didnt go grocery shoppingwhat are u talking about hahaha, im low 24/7 daoily dragger in the air bish

[lowriderbowtie]

cool vid s10blazed

[s10blazed]

cool vid s10blazed

Thanks, I have better though. In fact, today I am getting a new DVD camcorder. I'm sure I'll be anxious to try it out. I'll get some updated footage :3gears: :eyebrows_

[ZR1 S10]

379.99 for a frontend coilover conversion from QA1 with 550lb springs!!!

[lowriderbowtie]

thats resonable

[ZR1 S10]

Very :D