S-10 Xtreme Bagging

[SpArX]

I plan on laying my ground effects/ not frame, on the ground. I already have the beltech 2" drop spindles up front, just blocks in the back with the stock drop. As it sits, I have 5" of clearance from the bottom of the ground effects to the ground front and back under my ground effects. I want to be abled to have them sit within an inch from the ground at the most, adjust by titanium drag blocks on the frame? I plan on going with the shockwave front setup and I believe the airbar rear setup should be plenty rather than needing the Roadgrater setup. I' m not sure if I need the dropped arms as well? I think I will get them either way, upper and lower control arms with the shockwaves and just adjust the remainder of the height with using my stock spindles or the Beltechs if I can' t quite get low enough. Question lies in if I need to remove my inner fender wells as well if I can fully attain 5" of drop from my current ride height, and possibly go higher than what I' m sitting at now for curb clearances and speed bumps? I' m looking to keep the current ride height, just have an inch or two more lift, but still drop my ground effects on the pavement, preferably without removing the inner fenderwells? As well I believe it' s a must to cut the rear bumpstop brackets out as well right? Thanks. I plan on going with the Ride Pro E 4000 kit and later upgrading to the Auto Leveling device when it comes out too.

Oh yeah, extra info bout the truck.... I use 235/40/18X9" tires/rims front, 275/35/18X9" back. only the slightest frame rub in the front on complete lock only on front of frame only.

[TweakedS10]

Yea, have fun with turning if your running an 18x9 in the front! I run a 18x7 up front and lay my air dam on the ground, and still have in the fenders. Also I run the air bar in the back and find that it doesn' t lay enough! want to do the mini nothches, but ART recomends against it even though some are running it.

[darren@ridetech.com]

Height wise you should be OK up front. Use the drop spindles up front and your ground fx will be about 1-2" off the ground. Everything else sounds perfect.

[SpArX]

I turn no problem with the 18X9' s at my ride height, it' s mostly in the offset, I don' t plan on running the truck around turned full lock when it' s laid out... It' s actually lower than stock 26.1 OD tire, it' s 25.7" OD now, so it should clear easier, stock width the truck cam with 235' s... I don' t think it has to much with the rim, more the tire width. So are you bottoming in the back on the frame with the bumpstop brackets cut? And what are you running in the front for a drop? Just spindles, or lowered spindles and dropped control arms too?

[TweakedS10]

Yea, the stock bumpstops are out of course, and I even left out the bumstops the Airbar came with- not recommended. Axle right on the frame, still a good 4 inches from the ground, and if you like it low, that' s pretty high. I would like ART to expirement with the c notches and recommend a good shock that won' t bottom out! And yea I have the belltech drop spindles up front with the coolride setup- stock A arms.

[SpArX]

Yea, I heard the coolride gets you the lowest for up front. But I wanted to go with the shockwave with the lowered control arms. So I' m wondering how close I' ll be down? When you are talking lowered, do you mean 4" from the frame, or from the ground effects? I only plan on lowering my ground effects to the ground, and as is, with 2/3 drop, I' m sitting 5" from the ground with my ground effects. I plan on laying my GFX on the ground, not frame. I' m wondering if the Shockwaves with control arms up front, and airbar in the back will do that, maybe with a 2" c-notch, and if not recommended how come?

[SpArX]

What am I going to bottom out on front and back? Suspension limits out, or am I' m going to sit it on the fenders and my axle hitting the frame?

[TweakedS10]

they don' t recomend it because the shocks the air bar comes with will supposedly bottom out. Also the bag in the rear cannot fully bottom out- the inside cups cannot touch or they will rub and create a tear. But, I have seen many guys that run the notch, so your guess is as good as mine.

with the front setup you mentioned and drop spindles, your front air dam will set on the ground depending on your overall tire size. I have 18' s with an overall of 25 1/2" s, and the dam is about 1/2 an inch off the ground. If you take out the fenders and trim the y pipe, it will lay.

in the rear without the notches, the kit will be about 2" off the ground.

[SpArX]

Thanks, that' s the info that I wanted. Just to know that the kit I' ll be running will get me pretty close to what I' m looking for. I run 25.7 and 25.5" tall tires on 18' s, so that should work out pretty good, might just have to find some different shocks. I was hoping somehow to make the rear shockwaves work with the kit, or hope that they come with a kit that uses the sockwaves in the rear as well. It would be alot cleaner and simpler of an install and I don' t think it' d be that hard to fab up the brackets to make it work. I just wanted to make sure the kit I picked out would get me to where I wanted. Where does your truck sit at the highest setting all air up? My tires barely tuck at my current ride height with the front valance bout 5" off the ground with 2/3 drop.

[TweakedS10]

well I have an X, and in the front I can get it a tad higher than it came stock, and in the rear, too high!

[SpArX]

That' s perfect, that' s exactly what I was looking for! An AirRide dealer in Calgary told me that would not be possible to get that much movement from slamming my truck to slightly higher(stock) setting from where my truck is sitting with 2/3 drop. I just hope that the shockwaves have as much movement as the coolride from setup you have? Other than that, this kit will do exactly what I want from an air bag setup and more! Just gotta find a way to lower the back a tad more, might have to relocate the bag and shock mounts and setup a small c-notch in the frame, just enough to lay GFX in the back too within 1/2 an inch.

[TweakedS10]

http://www.mys10.com/your_truck/view_truck.asp?postid=1421566336

[SpArX]

Looks tight! You should take a pic of it laid out on pavement. I' d really like to see how that looks! I need a website to put my pics up, I just got them on my comp. Thanks for all the info and help.