Awesome video! I really appreciate your attention to detail like the nut/bolt sizes and walking through the process step by step! Bummer that your wheels are rubbing, but I’m sure you’ll get that sorted. Looking forward to the next in the series and the completed project! 👍
There are short shock absorbers specifically for lowered cars that I have thought of using. The problem with them is on air you still need a long stroke. I have a couple ideas but haven’t made a final decision yet. Next weekend I’ll be tackling that head on.
I haven't messed with one personally but from looking, it doesn't seem like it would be that hard. Bag cups for the frame, and plates for the control arm. A little bit of fabrication surely but there's readily available stuff to make it work i have not doubt.
I waiting for the next part I wanna see how you install the air tank thats all I need rn I have the bags and everything I just waiting for the air tank 😭
Rob’s_Garage this is what I’ve been looking for thank you so much for these videos I have an 03 Crown Vic and I’ve been planning for a while to bag her but couldn’t find anything on step by step installs thank you so much for making these 🙌🏼
@robs_garage4790 did you ever get the front sorted out? Been trying to figure out the shock issue myself on my 2011 Vic but tbh I'm getting pretty much nowhere mostly because i don't have much free time to just mess around with stuff anymore
I was looking into doing this and uh, do you think a smaller airbag would be the solution and provide enough clearance for the swaybar? Like a SS-5 (5.5in) or SS-6 (6in)? I was thinking this because the airbags he is using are 7in diameter and the ones used in the ridetech kit are 6.5in.
@@NutkeyDoesMinecraft it's a good possibility. I mean I've seen posts about the sway bar hardware hitting the bag even on the Ridetech setup so it's possible that going down just that ½"might be enough with shaving the hardware down. The only problem at that point is htf do you mount shocks? I've ridden in bagged cars with no shocks and oof if all I can say. Feels like riding a super sized pogo stick lol
@@lucasplank5905 Yea, I didnt even realize the shock problem until I was looking more into it today... That kinda crushes the feasibility of this adapter.
Without the sway bar BUT WITH shocks I think would be a vast improvement. I currently am running no sway bar or shocks on my CV and it sucks! The rear has blown shocks with a sway bar and it's not terrible. I been looking into getting (HK suspension on eBay) bag bellows to go on the factory struts. I removed my inner wheel liners and installed a 2" block bottom of my bag (using the same setup as the video) so if I were to blow a line or bag the wheels will not lock up on the upper "frame rails" of the fenders. (For the blocks I used a front leveling kit from a 06 F250 since I had them from my truck already and they worked mint! Just a bolt through the middle.) The only way I'll be happy adding socks would be to do some kind of cantilever setup and I don't think there's enough room to do so. Anything else is going to look hacked up or going to interfere with turning radius. I don't like the ride techs because servicing I can only imagine is proprietary and not cheap as $1000+ is dumb for what you get in the first place. I have a PI so my rear bags are different than what I see everyone else doing, I am using 2600 bags in the rear, I cut the spring perch off and welded a new bag mount on the axle and welded a top bracket to my frame (used brackets sold for trucks with the "wings" cut down and spaced then according to my set up. I don't think the factory bags will yield much use and they aren't cheap. I haven't found what shock to run but I'm going to just get factory replacements and make a drop bracket to hang lower on the axle or build a new upper mount so the shocks don't just blow out when dropped. Be interesting to see what you all are doing or planning. Now that they have 12mm bellows I'm interested to see if that works. Otherwise I was thinking of finding some cheap coilovers to play with to do those coil bags that the bottom threads on the body. There's already a company that makes drop brackets for the bottom mounting bolt so with those and the bellows I think it would get plenty low and be a nice stable ride. Front sway bar I think might work also with that set up. These bad brackets have such a big gap from the top and I believe those below bags will not contact the upper factory mounting perch. Any of you have any insight, if you are able to follow what I'm saying that is! 😂
Hello, I have a '06 Grand Marquis but it doesn't have air suspension nor the switch button for it in the trunk. Is it possible to install the original air suspension onto a GrandMarquis that never had it from the start (I just want mine to have the original air ride)? Or is it easier to buy one that already's got one on it?
The factory air suspension was for the rear only. It is very easy to mechanically convert the rear to the factory style air suspension. Wiring in the factory stuff to make it work as intended is a hefty job. The relay box under the hood for example, has the spot for the air compressor relay, but no wiring in the car for it.
05 Grand Marquis here; at a shop to install the full stock system to a non-air car will probably be $2000+, I swapped from air to coils instead of repairing my air system when it went, and while the air suspension was fine (when it worked) the coils also ride just fine, the main feature of the air ride is mostly just the auto-leveling so unless you really want that probably better just to keep it as is. If your rear suspension is riding poorly it is inexpensive to do the springs shocks and control arms which will make a lot of difference if yours are shot now...
Its a thought. To actually sell enough to make it worth it, i think itd be best to devise a way to make it a bolt on swap for the rear too. I will be revisiting the rear at some point so perhaps! thanks for watching.
Depends also. Some bags have internal bump stops. As long as there is room for the bag to fully compress at full articulation, it will bottom out the same. But you may get more lift that way when aired up.
@@dan1053I installed a leveling block from a 06 f250 under my front bag. This made it so the tire does not contact the fender frame rail which is the limiting factor of how low you can go. I did this so if a line blew or bag popped it wouldn't lock the front tires up and I'll be able to pull over safely...... Next, wide body so I can steer more than a few degrees 😂
@@robs_garage4790 well as someone who use ta own a grand marquis LS with air suspension its not ok that he now has a set of frontward air struts that have bolts ends piercing into them and as far as the air stut housing for the fronts they didnt even fit initially and so he had ta do strange alterations to the housing brackets ta make them fit properly and beyond even that he slammed the car a few times by releasing all the air outa the air struts and the wheel well inner housing wall covers got crushed more than once 👋😑🫱
@@Cj-vz6luyou know HE is the guy in the video right? I however don't see the issue, yes the brackets needed to be clearanced to fit, the sway bar he didn't install and the inner fender liners are just plastic....
@@Cj-vz6lu yeah.... You clearly don't know! Why are you saying "frontward air struts" or "air strut" period? what's the issue with "altercation to the housing brackets"? Tell you what is not ok is saying things that you have no clue about and yet pass them off as fact, worse than that you criticize but don't correct! And your response is, "those who know know"[sic].... Evident you THINK you know, you just don't!
