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Offline chewy

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question for F/D
« on: February 14, 2010, 09:22:55 AM »
slam re200  ( the smaller slams   ) wot sort of weight will they cope with  , im gonna be airing my w140  for my mrs  , i dont want to have to cut shit about to get 2600lb bags in   , ???? any ideas  ::)

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Re: question for F/D
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2010, 03:44:11 PM »
2600 is rated at 1030lbs at max psi (100)
RE5                     1100                       (200)

so it wil do the same lift with a 5" max dia as long as you can supply a reliable high  psi   
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Re: question for F/D
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2010, 08:54:33 PM »



chewy.. cant find the jigs  :( and no pics that mean anything really.

I used a bag mounted in the rear of the front wheel well, with a pivoting arm that fitted where the botom of the shock would normaly go at one end and a bracket on the bag at the other. little pic show it in fully down position [the arm is the right angled shaped bit].
It worked OK [would be better now slams are around as the ES bags where a bit bendy] but a lot of fabricating.
My intention was always to sort an A arm front and use bags on that but I never had time beofre I gave it up.

I have a pair of ES strut bag shock thingys as the top pic................. I wonder if they could be mounted where the shock normally goes ?
yours if you want them to try and we can sort money out if it works.





If I was doing one now I would use the A arm front from Red9 and fix that with bags.......... or import a kit from AirKewld
http://store.airkewld.com/e-shop-online/suspension/bus-type-2
« Last Edit: March 15, 2010, 09:10:10 PM by fatdaddy »
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