Recent content by Hopsing

Wow, congrats an the newborn!! My wife and I just had our first child born on Dec 23rd...8lbs, 20 inches. Baby boy, hot rodder in training :D We were worried about the Christmas/birthday present dilemma, but you've got it "worse" than us! Definately the best Christmas present ever!

The airbags out now are designed to support the weight and load needed to suspend a vehicle. Airshocks werent. Doesnt mean that they wouldnt, they are designed as an assist. People use them on the front of VW bugs all the time, but those front ends are way light. Now, back in the day of...

:eek: Dont use pipe! That stuff will literally break under load. I've seen airbag mounts snap in half made of that stuff. Like Bonehead said, .120" wall minimum, DOM seamless tubing preferably. Its your life riding on that chassis, do it right the first time 'cause you may not get a second...

Temecula's changed alot just in the 9 years I've lived here! Really like living here though. :)

Welcome......:)

Congrats! I have a boy due this month.....any day now in fact :D

A couple more pics. The truck already had a MII front suspension in place. So I made up some mounts to install air bags and shocks. The completed rear suspension with two 5 gallon air tanks, 8 electric valves that allow full 4 wheel control and laying running boards. :D

Here's a 56 F100 I bagged and 4 linked for a customer almost 3 years ago. Pretty basic setup, I built the step notch and 4 link/panhard bar set up.

Bringing back an old thread.......here's my HF bead roller. I welded 2x2 square tubing to the back side to stiffen it up. What a difference! Works soo much better. I used a 2x4 piece for the stand, and a space saver spare tire/rim from a Nissan truck for the base. Having the rubber tire on...

Another new guy here :D Welcome......:cool: Lots of good info on here.

That looks to be similar in design to the early/mid 60's chevy truck "truck-arm" suspensions. The axle is bolted to the lower arms, there is no way for the axle to "twist" under acceleration/braking. The lateral bar (you can just see it in the pic) running from side to side keeps the axle from...

Here is a pic of a 93 chevy truck I did suicide doors on for a customer. Also did the Cadillac front end conversion, rear 4 link/frame notch/airbags, shaved the door/tailgate handles, and roll pan at the rear. The backside of the front fenders were also completely filled/finished so that you...

turned 39 in October :eek: Still act like I'm 18 :D

Race alot and know people ;) I'm sponsored by a company called KYOSHO, they make r/c cars (both on-road and off-road) I race electric 1/10 scale off road. I'm also sponsored by a compony called Team Orion, they manufacture electronic products for r/c cars (batteries, speed controls and...

Whats up, new guy here from Temecula, CA. Been into the custom car scene for 20+ years :eek: Was a "mini-trucker" for alot of the time, but my love has always been the classic stuff. Been a BMW parts advisor for the past couple of years. Previously was a partner of a shop doing mostly...