has anyone done this. i got the junk ass sd.com mounts and 2b6s and i cant clear my tire enuff to drive it with only a 4 inch stockfloor and im still going another 3 traditional. i belive this can be doin. with only 5 inchs of lift from the air cyl i should be able to get 9 or 10 inchs of lift if i mount them right. does anyone have pics or info on this thanks in advance

it can be done. box them hoes and make mounts. you will need some hellin pressure to get that mother up though

goin to be running 200 psi as long as my 180 psi valves dont fck up on it

I dunno what you guys are doing to not get but 4 or 5 inches of lift I got like 7 or 8 out of my SD style mounts with a firestone bag.

You can do the air cylinders, just remember they would need an accumulator tanks to ride good.

I just looked at your build pics. I left a post there too, but I cannot really tell, but it looks like you mounted the front bag mounts wrong. They are designed to be tilted back towards the firewall, and it looks like you have them mounted straight up and down. This kils the bags, and possibly may contribute to the lift.

i aint a 100% sure i care about ride it wont be daily driven only on weekend and drug to death at shows. but im looking into throwing away my sd brackets and mounting them on my radious bars but i dont know looks to be a bitch but i will figure something out. just thinking air cyls might be easiest

the radius arm bags are really easy, and after mocking mine up, and realizing i can run an 8" bag which is unheard of on a beam'd ranger, im pretty excited. i used 7" bags, and i have 1.5" of unrestricted clearance all the way around.

the most important thing is to box the radius arms really well, as they are not designed to carry the weight of the truck. make sure you gusset your bag plates on both the upper and lower sections, i have a side gusset on the front of mine, and i am going to add a gusset directly under the center of the bag after i finish drilling and perfecting.

more specifically, my bag is mounted with the center 1.5" from the inside edge of the frame, and about 7" to center behind the i'beam. today, i put 120psi into ONE 7" FIRESTONE RIDERITE BAG and it lifted the whole front without the motor in. i will be running 8" slam HE's and with both bags lifting, and the motor installed, i shoudnt need more than 100psi/bag to get full lift.

if you want to know anything else about my setup, pm me, or check my "Radius arm bag questions' thread tomorrow morning for pics.

austin

do you have a guess on how much lift you will get out of this set up. i am getting id say 6 inchs now and after the other 3 inch body drop im going to need around 11 - 13 inchs of lift to be able to drive it. i got airlife 2b6 and airlift 2b7 bags layin around at the shop i can whatever one i want or try and sellem and get dif bags. thanks for the help

ok ill make some comments in here lol. first it takes alot of pressure to lift a bag on radius arm vehicle and thats wit 7 inch slam bags. dont run airlifts on radius arms those bags are junk in the first place and i highly doubt there gona withstand that much weight pressure. i would deffinatly recommend nothing less than a slam bag, due to pressure to lift ration vs other brands. as for air cylinders have fun with that those take more pressure to start out with on the beams they would probably be ok but not much lift. as for the radius arms theres gon abe alot of force on them. but you could try if you want if i had a set layin around i would try it just to see. but your gona need some that will handle alot of pressure.

ok i think ima try to sell these 2b6s to a buddy and keep the 2b7s out back they are workin ok till i fix the bag sitting funny. and i think ima order some slams everyone seems to like them. now can i still run a 2500 pound slam bag or should i go to the 2600 or you tell me im new to this ranger stuff. after this im goin back to my s-10s i think cuz im a puss haha

yota.

ya no time for that gotta get this done here really soon. by the time i found out and got it and all that crap id be outa time and miss shows

ya it can be done, cut out the coil bucket and fab up a mount to mount the cylinder, and box the shock mount extremely sturdy and you can mount the cylinders right there, did it on my 89 w/2.3. If you want i can get pictures for you. The fronts were kinda slow going up but not bad, and they were 4in cylinders in the front and i could get almost to stock ride height.

I want to see pics with the cylinders mounted.

yota.



Thats what im saying!?!?

I cant believe your trying to run your truck door'd with i-beams... good luck with that brother, if you can do it, more power to you. But i seriously doubt you will be getting any serious lift out of i-beams no matter how you run it with a 7 inch f'in body drop... unless you would be running 15inch rims and super low pro tires. The i-beams just wont artucluate that much.. **** with the toyota front on mine we STILL had problems getting the amount of lift we needed to un-tuck a 20 on a 3+ SFBD...


On another note... i do agree with Blu those uppers look like they are mounted wrong.. that may be holding that extra 2-3 inches from you.

Thats what im saying!?!?

I cant believe your trying to run your truck door'd with i-beams... good luck with that brother, if you can do it, more power to you. But i seriously doubt you will be getting any serious lift out of i-beams no matter how you run it with a 7 inch f'in body drop... unless you would be running 15inch rims and super low pro tires. The i-beams just wont artucluate that much.. **** with the toyota front on mine we STILL had problems getting the amount of lift we needed to un-tuck a 20 on a 3+ SFBD...


On another note... i do agree with Blu those uppers look like they are mounted wrong.. that may be holding that extra 2-3 inches from you.

how would rims or tires or a body drop effect lift? it wouldnt and you can get a ton of lift with ibeams if you set it up right.

Thats what im saying!?!?

I cant believe your trying to run your truck door'd with i-beams... good luck with that brother, if you can do it, more power to you. But i seriously doubt you will be getting any serious lift out of i-beams no matter how you run it with a 7 inch f'in body drop... unless you would be running 15inch rims and super low pro tires. The i-beams just wont artucluate that much.. **** with the toyota front on mine we STILL had problems getting the amount of lift we needed to un-tuck a 20 on a 3+ SFBD...


On another note... i do agree with Blu those uppers look like they are mounted wrong.. that may be holding that extra 2-3 inches from you.

ya ignore the uppers they are getting cut off saterday. i love the sd guys but i am done with there ranger mounts. im throwin some RE7s on the rad arms and callin it a day. and for tires and rims im using stock rims with a 185 75 14 tire. i think i can untuck it. i have done worse stuff before. ever lay a 1 ton 4 door dually without a kit. now that blows balls

how would rims or tires or a body drop effect lift? it wouldnt and you can get a ton of lift with ibeams if you set it up right.


Tires and rims wont affect lift but the drive-ablity... turning radious