Re: Helper Leaf or Adjustable Load Shocks

From: Jeff Durling (jdurling@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon May 07 2001 - 19:07:04 EDT


Firestone makes a kit and you can get it from a fellow dml'er Patrick Engram.
The only con I have found in the kit for the qc's is that you have to drill the
frame.

Jeff Durling
'01 4x2 QC SLT+

Will Coughlin wrote:

> Hey guys, Hellwig discontinued their air suspension line, so you won't be
> able to buy their airbag kit anymore.HTH,
>
> Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/NV-3500HD5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Neal Arita <neal@heide-cook.com>
>
> There was no drilling required on the Hellwig set. Other brands requiring
> drilling the frame for mounting the bracket.
> As for valve mounting, I mounted the two (2) air valves on my bumper, below
> the license there are two nubbies, perfect for these valves.
> A note to consider: These air bags require separate valves. I found that
> they cannot be mounted on a single air valve, like air shocks can. What
> happens, is that when the load shifts (in a turn) the air is simply
> "squeezed" out of one and into the other. You could put a valve between the
> two, to balance the pressure and close it off when you're using it - it
> works for me. Otherwise you need to be certain that you have equal pressure
> in both bags.
>
> Neal Arita - from Hawaii
> '97 CC, 5.2, Auto
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