My newly acquired truck! =]

[Kiko]

Yeah i can't wait. I hate cruising with friends and everyone is bagged and i'm sitting stock. Feels pretty lame. Plus my a/c isn't good and afterall it's cooler at lower altitudes

[NevurMind85]

lol, i know the feeling. i used to go cruising with all my friends who had these bad cars, like a 86 300zx, a 320hp 240sx, and several other cool cars, and i was in a 01 kia rio. lmao.

[Kiko]

Now i really am broke until Payday (Thursday) but i went ahead and bought my relay off ebay.



It should hopefully be here the end of this week. I paid using my debit card so there's no waiting for them to recieve payment and the shipipng says 2-3 days so i'm hoping for Friday. My compressor will hopefully be in by then and i can go Thursday or Friday and buy my fittings,pressure switch,and wiring. Then Saturday and Sunday can be spent bagging =)

[Svtzx555]

I'm ready to start seeing pics of the teardown and install.

I have 3" blocks that I said I'd let you have, so don't buy another set.

[Kiko]

I thought you had said at one time you wanted $20 for them?
But if you insist...i'll be happy to take them off your hands
I'd have to buy the u-bolts though wouldn't i? Next time i see you i'll pick them up. Hopefully you will have the install pics Sunday. If everything works out right i can guarantee some dragging pics too.


The only parts i have left to buy are:

*Fittings
*Pressure switch 150psi
*Some wiring for grounds and connecting the relay
*Couple packs of bolts (For bolting everything under my bed)
*Wire ends
*Roll of teflon tape

I should have enough money come payday to buy all of the remaining items in town.

[blobster1]

everyone has to start somewhere,and that truck is a lot cleaner than my first one it was a real junker and cost me £1000 (about $1900 us) it was so bad i junked it and bought a95 std cab for $1650 from a freind who imports them from florida to uk,it is now in total kit form awaiting all the air ride to be installed along with the 350lt1 and 4l60e so far its taken 2yrs to get to this stage and it will still take about 6 months more to finish it,so dont give up hope its only rust and can be repaired so good luck.joe

[Kiko]

Not giving up hope anytime soon



Today i put on my right front rotor to replace the warped one and my pads were almost gone...literally. I got new pads for the front and put them on and got everything back together. Thanks to not having a c clamp or the right allen wrench for the caliper it took a lot longer than expected but i got it done. I even put more grease in the left rotor and i cleaned the outside of the dust cap with my wire brush to get them looking like new.



F'n rusted bolts....




































Before cleaning




After cleaning












Old versus new. Do you see the problem?





Next order of business....install the bags

[OneLowSdime]

cool shit

[Ptown]

I didn't see a pin in there. You put one in right?

[Kiko]

Cotter pin? Yeah i put one on the passenger side but it's not easy to see. The grease hides everything. I also replaced the cotter pin on the left side while i had the dust cap off to tighten up the bolt and put more grease in.

It drives like a dream now. No more rattling of my bones everything i put on brakes. It used to shake the whole truck but thankfully it's all fixed. It's so smooth to that you can barely feel when i push the brakes =)

My relay was mailed usps today at 4:25pm so i'm hoping i'm going to get it by Sunday. I'm not sure on the compressor because my past 2 orders from suicide doors haven't given me a tracking # and confirmation of shipping until either 1 day before i recieve it or after i've already opened the package.

If i get everything in time i will be bagging it Sunday with the help of my friend Nick (S10Blazaaa) I'll post pics of the install once the rest of the parts are in.

[NevurMind85]

yea sd has been doing that for a while now, not sure why thou.

[Ptown]

Cool. Good stuff man.

[Kiko]

Just checked my email while on lunch break and my compressor is on time and scheduled to be delivered tommorow so when i get home from work tommorow it should be there. I'll be going Friday and buying my fittings and pressure switch if the place is open after work. If i have to i might give my parents a list and $ and have them pick it up for me while i'm at work.

So far things are going as planned and the bags should be installed Sunday.

[Svtzx555]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kiko

So far things are going as planned and the bags should be installed Sunday.

I just don't want to see any of your bagging pics ending up in the hack shit thread. Good luck!

[Kiko]

Quote: Originally Posted by Svtzx555

I just don't want to see any of your bagging pics ending up in the hack shit thread. Good luck!

No way. I'm going to spend all day sunday putting it in and probably a good deal of time Saturday hooking up my valves and planning how i'm going to run my air lines. I'm most likely going to run them inside the frame. But i g2g cause i'm at work and we're leaving.

[NevurMind85]

yea deff get your air manegment set up before you run your lines and bags. setting up your manegment is probly the most time consuming part of bagging the front.

[Kiko]

Yeah i decided to run the valves and everything off the tank (1 port for now)
It'll be easier than running all the line and bolting everything to the frame. This way it's all on the tank and up higher away from the ground so it's safer than being inside the frame rails.

But....................... My compressor (viair 400) and my 80 amp relay came in this afternoon





I will be at work all day tommorow and won't have time to pick up the fittings and they aren't open on weekends so i'm giving my mom some $$ and a shopping list of fittings and have her pick them up for me. Once that's done i just have to pick up a roll of teflon tape,some bolts,and some wires then i'm set.

[Svtzx555]

I don't know if it matters, but would the liquod teflon be better?

[Kiko]

It's a little better but teflon tape works just fine when used properly. I've used it on my home compressor and air tools aswell as the air compressor and tools at the shop and it stops leaks really well.

Edit: My mom & dad are picking up the stuff (Fittings and switch) for me while i'm still at work and the guy at the store couldn't find the right one because he doesn't know what voltage i need (12 volts....) so now i have to wait until next week because they're closed on weekends and i don't get off work until Tuesday >_<
My friend Nick has his compressor hooked to a switch because his used to leake and drain the battery but hopefully he has his old pressure switch laying around that i can buy otherwise i'll have to plug off one end of my valve setup and run a switch to the compressor then Tuesday go back under there and change to a pressure switch. Problems like this really piss me off....

[Kiko]

I'm going to have to run a manual on/off switch (NOt my original plan) to my compressor. I'm fixing to go pick up wiring and a couple more fittings at the auto parts store then i will be putting everything in at 7am Sunday on my off day (Yay)

Here's test fit pics of the setup. Nothing is tightened and i didn't put teflon tape yet. I just hooked up everything to get an idea of how i'm going to set everything up.

[JoPre]

damn sucks that your going to have to wait another week, but hey what can you do?

[Kiko]

No.....no way i'm waiting. I'm running a manual on/off without a gauge because i don't have one. I'll just have to be extremely carefully with tank pressure until Tuesday when i can swap it out for the pressure switch.
I was going to run a 1/2 line off my tank to a 1/2 line coming out form under my seat and connecting to a 1/4 gauge but i couldn't find fittings at lowes or advance. I think one had part of the stuff but not all and vice versa. But **** it...i'm going ahead with my plans and i'm sure one of my friends has some extra bag stuff that i can buy for cheap.

[Svtzx555]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kiko

i couldn't find fittings at lowes or advance.

Thought I read somewhere that the fittings at lowes or home depot weren't adequate for bagging? That they can't hold as much pressure or something?

[NevurMind85]

yea but thats a difference between holding 600psi as apposed to 800 to 1000psi burst pressures.

[Kiko]

Nick has some fittings from lowes or home depot on his sonoma with no trouble and he runs 200psi i think. I'm only running 150psi. The only fittings i would be using from them would be to maybe run a airline into the cab for a pressure gauge. I basically need to find:

(1) 1/2" x 1/2" hex nipple
(1) 1/2" x 1/2" barb fitting (Male)
(1) 1/2" x 1/2" barb fitting (Female)

I have a 1/2" to 1/4" reducer that i can put on the female barb fitting and be able to screw the 1/4" pressure gauge onto it. I just can't find all the stuff. It didn't help that when me and my mom got to lowes (I drove there while we were at the parts store) we only had about 30 minutes to find the fittings out of the hundreds that they carry.

Plus it's somewhat difficult when your looking for parts to bag a truck and the only people there that can help only know about home improvement..

[Kiko]

Ok,quick question. What bolts do i need to bolt the bags into the cups? I forgot all about them but i know they have two bolts that hold them to each cup....right? Other than that and the fittings i think i have everything.

[Kiko]

**** setting up the tank...
I've been twice to the store for fittings and i always **** up on one part. I now need a 3/8" to 1/4" female adapter then i'm finished. I also got 3 bolts for my bags but i need 3 more but the store doesn't have more than 3 so i have to look someplace else. I guess it's back to lowes for an adapter and 3 bolts...****


I will still have it installed tommorow though...just i will be even more happy when it's finished because it's pissing me off.

[Kiko]

Got the adapter i need so my fittings are finished. I have everything setup but before i tape it i have to test it. Right now i'm TRYING to run my electrical wires and connect a bag just so i can make sure everything will kick on and air up the bags before i put them in and cut the pocket and stuff.

It's raining right now though and my truck is halfway under the carport with a tarp covering the back. Once it quits raining i'll finish wiring everything and test it out. No pics right now because i left my camera last night at my girlfriend's house.

[Kiko]

Got my wiring almost finished. It took me forever to find the wire i needed to splice into but i found it. Now my switch for the compressor is ready once i find a way to get the 12v wire through my firewall and behind the dash. I'm thinking drill a tiny 16 gauge hole and then run the wire through and put an end on it and put some kind of black caulk around the wire to keep anything from getting in around it like water or dirt.

I've got pics but i have to upload them and resize first. It's raining again so i put the tarp back over the rear of the truck and i'm waiting until it stops then i'll finish the wiring and start on the bags. I'll post pics in a few minutes once i resize them.

[Kiko]

Relay bolted on and partially wired





How it is sitting at the moment










I really hate rain...

[Kiko]

Still not finished and i won't be until Tuesday afternoon probably because i work tommorow. I am off Tuesday though and i'll do some more to it after work tommorow and then start at 9am Tuesday until i finish.