just ordered my air bags and trailer hitch .. :)

[ang4th]

thought I would let you guys know about a great deal on a trailer hitch ..

I am in Canada and just orederd my air bags of of summit racing cost $88 bucks free shipping withing teh US .. but i am in Canada , luckily taking advantage at as my parents are vacationing in daytona ( near the jetski freeride wish i was there )

anyways so also checked out sumits price on trailer hitches for teh el camino at about $165 ish .. not bad but thej found a website for USA and Canada free shipping and warehouses in teh us and canada so NO disgustiing brokerage fees etc ,.
thay have a clearance on a hitch 3500lb at $138.65 ... but follow them on google and get another 10% off !! pretty good deal i thought

it will be warm ina few months and teh jetsksi will be behing our new "eh team racing " tow vehicle my 1981 el camino

[Elly Girl]

What is involved with installing an air bag?

[87next2last1]

I installed bags on both of mine when I put in new springs !
Run air hose & install bags inside the springs & that's about it ! Pretty Easy !

[ang4th]

were the bags hard to install ? looking forward to getting mine in .. wont really be able to compare the ride as i havent really even drove teh car much .. bought it and been sitting in teh garage untill the salt on the roads is gone ..

[87next2last1]

Originally Posted by ang4th

were the bags hard to install ? ..

NO !! took around 30 minutes !!

[lcochino]

a MUST for an el camino!!! I was planning to install these on mine but opted to air ride it(resale pupose)along with the swaybar and new bushings the handling and load are exCEllent!!! Great buy.

[ang4th]

hey 87next ,,, i dont see your exhaust pipe ,, mine is a 6 cyclinder car and exhaust runs very close to springs .. they included two heat shields but not sure if they are going toi be enough .. hate to melt teh bag .. single ehaust drivers side ..

[BillyJack]

The hardest part of the job is stuffing the bags inside the springs. I unbolted my shocks, dropped the springs out and stuffed the bags in with the springs on the bench. I wanted the inflator nipples at the top of the bags, unlike the instructions, so I had to fab a lower pad for the spring cups out of a block of plastic. As usual with the stuff I do on my Camino, it took twice as long as it should have, but it's a cleaner installation in my eyes.

Bill

[Camino80]

Originally Posted by ang4th

hey 87next ,,, i dont see your exhaust pipe ,, mine is a 6 cyclinder car and exhaust runs very close to springs .. they included two heat shields but not sure if they are going toi be enough .. hate to melt teh bag .. single ehaust drivers side ..

I put the air bags in eight years ago and didn't bother with the shields. Never had a problem.I also didn't use the T and ran the hoses independant of each other to the gas filler door opening. There was a reason to run the hoses separately that I read here in a thread and for the life of me I can't remember. That's nothing new lately. Do a SEARCH it might show up.

[ang4th]

my instructions say to put tubes top or bottom but using teh blocks where inflator nubs are ..
i will have to be carefulk though exhaust pipe very close