ive ben told i can use copper for airline. will it work?

copper isn`t a good idea on airline in a air ride set up. There will be just too much vibration. If you want hard line you really need to do stainless line.

i was gona use mounting straps to securly mount it to the frame and such.

Originally posted by Ricky
copper isn`t a good idea on airline in a air ride set up. There will be just too much vibration. If you want hard line you really need to do stainless line.


where can i find this stainless hardline? im thinking of running this to clean things up a little

nick

use aluminum (sp) fuel line and its cheep to

Originally posted by NickF829
where can i find this stainless hardline? im thinking of running this to clean things up a little

nick

Not sure, but I bet like NAPA has it? I think extensive metal works does hard line.

Napa is where I got my line and all my connectors
-matt

hmm could u post soem pics? what kind of price range we lookinat??

try here:
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=SUM%2D220238


if you want larger, you will probably have to go to a hydraulic(ie. parker) store and get some larger line made up

last i heard, extensive(in texas) uses copper
lameness!

:o)


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Its just 5 foot sections with unions on each end. Its the same thing you use for hard gas line.
-matt

yea i've saw copper used a lot for air / hydro lines, never heard of anyone having problems wit it. where could i get a flare tool to 1/2" copper or stainless line and all the fittings?

Originally posted by ForEvrGrounded
Its just 5 foot sections with unions on each end. Its the same thing you use for hard gas line.
-matt

they make them as big as 3/8"? if so, how much, my napa said they dont carry it? of course i live in the boonies and they have nothing

nick

Ok now you can say you have heard of someone having a problem with Copper. ME!!!!! We had lined a tank and compressor and stuff on a Ford and the viration and heat off the compressor made it brittle and it cracked and leaked in a mtter of a day or so.
Get Stainless with a fairly thick wall.
Ricky

all the people i know with copper lines haven't had problems. they don't run compressors either...
stainless steel sounds like the best way and it'll prolly look better. I've never seen SS line. As far as I know Ekstensive, Extreem Rydes, and Locomotiv all use copper for hard line. I'm sure that if you asked for stainless steel they'd do it, I don't see why they wouldn't.

i just wana go from the valve to the bag just so u see the clean look. i dont think i could go from the tank to there cuz sometimes the tank drags...

Originally posted by jbhill
i dont think i could go from the tank to there cuz sometimes the tank drags...

OH WOW!!!

its a airlift tank that is a 8 port and its moutned upside down under the bed. sometimes goin out of a bump w/ the back a lil down it would drag....

ya, ya can use copper, as said before. Big rigs use them all the time....But, if it was mr id use stainless braided air line, if it wasnt a $$ issue. The best place to get that would be at a transport dealer.....save some cash probably

Originally posted by jbhill
its a airlift tank that is a 8 port and its moutned upside down under the bed. sometimes goin out of a bump w/ the back a lil down it would drag....


Ahh Ok just be carefull you haveing all the luck with draggin through stuff and all. :)
Ricky

I have some pics of SS Hardline on a friends S-10, only thing is there on s10forum.com and you have to be a member. Looks clean as ****. He has hardline for his bags and fuel line. Here are the links to the pics.

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=275463
http://www.s10forum.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=275466
http://www.s10forum.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=275467


-CVP