air ride with hard lines

whats the best way to go about this. also does any one have pictures of installs which there air management has been done this way. is there any pros to hard lines than nylon lines.

cheers

mick

 

I think the hard lines will look better. nylon is quick and ez. My lines were nylon and worked fine, never leaked anything. But my valves would freeze up in the winter and I would be stuck on the ground. ahaha

 

http://www.sporttruck.com/techarticles/0710st_hard_line_air_ride_suspension/index.html
this link is pretty helpful

 

that happened to me on thursday morning. not best thing to happen when your trying to get to work. so i left it. haha.

 

cheers for the link 6berry. looks very helpful. just what i was after, any got any install pictures.

currently run 8mm lines, want to upgrade. but limited due to my front stut units on my car.

 

Synthetic lines can easily be repaired most anywhere. With hard lines it will be much harder work let alone trying to find a torch to solder joints together. I don't think it's worth doing!

 

you reckon. looks tidy with hardlines. and again less worry if caught to an extent.

 

I've done several chassis with shockwaves or bags plumbed with SS Hardlines/AN fittings and braided SS lines at the ends to the bags. Used thru the frame fittings in front that matched the thru frame fittings for the brakes. Since speed wasn't an issue I used 1/4 inch hardline and #4 flex lines. Worked out good.

 

I ran stainless braided lines in the engine compartment and under the rear suspension, it worked very good. I used my local parker store to make the lines.
If you need help with the hard lines you might look up some of the lowrider guys....they run a lot of it.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8lJXhJLNR8

I don't mean to post nonsense but this car has air ride. I don't care who you are it's worth watching.

 

That car also has no engine, trans, interior, bracing or floorboards. It also runs WAY higher pressure that any normal bag system should run. It is really kool to watch, though.

 

that is yes a cool video.... however the one that popped up after, not so much.
Curiosity made me click the button to see What the hell it was.
I am scarred for life.... you will hear from my lawyer lol

?!?!?!!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_VImPZTI7I&NR=1

 

we did james truck with all stainless hard lines here is a few pics

 

thanks. how hard was it too do? quiet straight forward

 

I was thinking about this for my 53 too when the time comes to start plumbing the airbags

 

It wouldn't be any harder or more involved than routing brake lines.

 

never thought of it like that to be fair. fail on my behalf haha

 

Do guys just use AN fittings to plumb them?

 

you guys need to be putting "air brake antifreeze" into your system, about 3-4 cups full is what you should do every winter..works great and you'll never have it freeze up again can get it at any semi truck stop or napa

 

so did you use both hardlines and nylon lines on your set up then?

I'm thinking about this for a future project

anyone who has done this whats the cost of doing an entire car with 3/8 hardline?

 

can anyone specify the type of stainless tubing? Also, for anyone skimming through, that street trucks article says to use TYPE L copper tubing for airlines. Just looking for the stainless type!

 

Go to tractor supply buy Hydrolic tube by the length an -fittings 37 degree steel braided lines

 

I like that video.. the car goes boingy boingy

 

is this in response to my post? If so, i'm not really looking for braided. I've seen people using stainless hard line, like on that first page. Also, if anyone knows by looking, are those AN style fittings, PTC, or swage-lok style? Sorry for the questions, but I can't find the answers to save my life.

 

I believe most people use the swage-lok fittings