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    Have been looking thru this for quite some time.
    So I hope i am not bringing up old subject
    Cannot find anyone who has posted an air bag sus. on their 715.
    Anyone seen or done this ?

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    Never heard of anyone doing it. But why? The stock springs are plenty enough to support insane amounts of weight. (Now that I've heard of people doing!)
    -- Tim Taylor


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    cant leave well enuf alone.
    going for a 4 link suspension.

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    I have some air bags from a container converter dolly that I was thinking about using for that.
    "We are here for the meeting!"

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    we have just a tad bit of welding to do but we are down to the frame...anyway.. loking for 8-12 inch travel.

    son-in-law has built some baja buggies so we are kind of relying on him for set up.

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    For that kind of travel, with the bags I have, there would have to be some kind of fulcrum. I honestly have not looked into it that far.
    "We are here for the meeting!"

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    Maybe a little off topic ... but i have 4 16" travel firestone airbag that was installed on a previous project .... it was totally insane ... but never drive drive it on the road .... on the front axle with all that travel i was forced to used full hydro steering and a real triangulated 4 links .... more you have travel ... more problems that comes with it !!

    Here a pic ... http://www.rockcrawlerquebec.com/php...rs%20test1.JPG
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    I actually thought of doing that on mine, but was strongly encouraged AGAINST it by my friend who is a truck mechanic for a construction company. He said his concern was that it would be nice for on-the-road, but the leveling control valve would be a nightmare off-road, because every the the suspension dropped it would try to compensate with the air pressure, ..I decided to stay with the leaf springs. . .FWIW

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    i think coil over was more of a plan.....
    lets see what happens...

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