air ride questions

Discussion in 'Suspension/Chassis' started by brand0n327, Jun 16, 2010.

  1. yota4life

    yota4life Grand Toyotaholic

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    Easiest thing on the front would be to get the control arms to be honest man. They basically bolt on an your done besides cutting a bushing sleeve an welding in the piece that goes where the bushing was. I had already planned on getting control arms so I did the back saved up for the arms bought them an installed them in a weekend
     
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    thats probably the way i will do it...is there any way to lower the front? with out bags or drop spindles? my buddy said i could do it by loosening the tortion bars? is this true?
     
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    alright i was wondering could i install the 4link suspension before i get bags in the rear? i would rather just start piecing the rear together before i done anything? thanks
     
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    What would you put in place of the bags?
     
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    You could but you won't be driving it unless you put like a coilover or something. Best thing is to get everything you need then do it all at once. So you have all the parts an can do it at one time. Do alot of research before takin on a job this big so you don't endanger yourself an others aswell.
     
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    its really hard to find stuff about them...ive searched alot...i cant really find any good pictures of a 4 link setup on a yota....
     
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    alright i went through both really well..only questions are...what is the bride bar for? and also where is the best place to mount the bags at? and will i have to custom make the notch that goes over the drive shaft?
     
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    The bridge bar? Is so the noth doesn't flex an bow out or in. My crossmember for the driveshaft is basically just to mount my 4 link to. Best place an smoothest ride is bag on bar.
     
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    okay...did you get your 4 link bars through cando? the only ones i am finding are universal ones...
     
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    I got mine in a kit from gravity-werx but they are a universal
     
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    okay ive been reading up on valves...and if i run 8 will i have front and back with side to side? and will i have to have a 8 valve tank or what? which is the best setup for the valves? thanks
     
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    the valves can all share one feed from the tank, but have optimum performance if each lift valve gets a port. 4 fill valves, 4 dumps that exhaust out. You can wire an 8 valve to have control of each corner instead of just front/rear. helpful for some setups that need to sit a few psi higher on one side to sit level.
     
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    okay i thought 4 valves would control each one...why would you want 2 valves for each bag?
     
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    one lift, one dump
     

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