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Old Jun 25, 2007 | 01:24 AM
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ok so i've had my air ride setup for a little over six months now and i'm thinking about changing out the rear and front. i know i can get a little more drop out of it because i have seen others that are lower than me. a lot of the people i have seen can drop the fender a little past the rim. you can see in my pic the fender sits about a 1/4" to a 1/2" from the top of the rim. i was looking at the fbi mini brackets for the rear. they look pretty good. so does anybody have any suggestions for a front and rear setup?

Old Jun 25, 2007 | 02:15 AM
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i say wait till steve from scionpro.com comes out with his new air kit.
Old Jun 30, 2007 | 11:29 AM
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what kit are you running now?
Old Jun 30, 2007 | 12:16 PM
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If thats as low as you go there is more drop in the car yet. My boys xb is that low on springs.... PM me if you want help, I need to know what you got on the car though. Should be able to get more drop with the parts you got, Unless you have Universal air stuff.
Old Jul 2, 2007 | 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by AstroJR
what kit are you running now?
I'm not really running any kit in particular. I took it to a local shop around here where I live and told them I wanted air suspension and they did everything. But now looking at everybody else's air suspension setups I can definitely see that mine is not as low as theirs.

Spider13 you have PM.
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notch the front, like they do on the rear in mini trucks and use randodes rear bag setup or go 4 link in the back, there is only so low you can go witha bolt on kit, believe me ive look for room anywhere i can get it and so far randode has the best setup
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Originally Posted by low_down_xb
notch the front, like they do on the rear in mini trucks and use randodes rear bag setup or go 4 link in the back, there is only so low you can go witha bolt on kit, believe me ive look for room anywhere i can get it and so far randode has the best setup
you mean this?


on the front check to see whats stopping it from going down. With the easy street front struts, the swaybar hits the pinchweld on the botom of the frame, grind out a little notch on both sides for another 3/8"
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Originally Posted by low_down_xb
notch the front, like they do on the rear in mini trucks and use randodes rear bag setup or go 4 link in the back, there is only so low you can go witha bolt on kit, believe me ive look for room anywhere i can get it and so far randode has the best setup
you mean this?


on the front check to see whats stopping it from going down. With the easy street front struts, the swaybar hits the pinchweld on the botom of the frame, grind out a little notch on both sides for another 3/8"
i sure do , but i need to know what brackets to use in the back, i have the easystreet setup now
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It sure would be nice to see those brackets in person Randy...
Old Jul 4, 2007 | 07:35 AM
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I have the easystreet front airstuts and FBI rears and I'm happy with em...
Old Jul 7, 2007 | 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by randode
Originally Posted by low_down_xb
notch the front, like they do on the rear in mini trucks and use randodes rear bag setup or go 4 link in the back, there is only so low you can go witha bolt on kit, believe me ive look for room anywhere i can get it and so far randode has the best setup
you mean this?


on the front check to see whats stopping it from going down. With the easy street front struts, the swaybar hits the pinchweld on the botom of the frame, grind out a little notch on both sides for another 3/8"
Definately check the clearence on the front sway bar. Did you pm randode and ask if his new rear brackets will work with your present setup? In order to go any lower you'll have to do some cutting, which at this point I'm not ready to do.I would love go lower but I don't want to remove a portion of the rear spring perches.

On a second note -- contact randode at www.randode.com -- He claims his pm box is always full so I think it'll be faster this way.
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