who has air bags AND shocks on front with stock lower arms

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who has air bags AND shocks on front with stock lower arms
rcogan avatar
rcogan
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looking for people that have successfully put air bags on the front of the b-series trucks with factory upper and lower control arms AND have shocks..
I know the custom tubular, and flat plate lowers are alot more obvious on how to mount a set of shocks.
also, stock lower control arms that are triangulated(removing radius arm things) offer same options basically.

trying to see/figure out some of the ways to mount shocks on factory control arms(if possible) or if it is all but neccessary to use a triangulation setup

i have searched thru build threads, and not really having much luck

PICTURES PLEASE!!!!
mymmeryloss avatar
mymmeryloss
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I would triangulate the lowers and run shocks off of that.
rcogan avatar
rcogan
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that's what I have been thinking, just curious if anyone figured out a way to mount shocks with arms not triangulated
h2omelon(nick) avatar
h2omelon(nick)
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I don' have pics but I used a piece of 1" heavy wall round tubing welded to the lower control arm and tapped it for a grade 8 bolt to run through the shock into the piece of tubing.Worked very well and has been driven daily for going on 6 years now.
mymmeryloss avatar
mymmeryloss
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Well there u go!
rcogan avatar
rcogan
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so to make sure i understand properly, you have a piece of tubing sticking straight out from control arm, far enough to clear upper arm, threaded a bolt into the tubing, then mounted the upper tabs/plate adapter to frame?
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h2omelon(nick)
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Exactly. It is 1/4" wall DOM tubing.
crazykzar1 avatar
crazykzar1
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This is the way I am planing ongoing also, if someone gets to this, can you post a few pics. Or if Nick is willing to pull off a tire and show us what you did that would be fantastic!
mazdizzle avatar
mazdizzle
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Here's a pic of mine I'm still using the factory radius rods
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kovz avatar
kovz
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Mine look same as Mazdizzle. I pie cut the uppers, but using stock radius arm and stock lowers.

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