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Old 03-14-12, 11:07 PM
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So my cousin has a full brand new Firestone air ride setup that he was gonna put on his Tacoma, he said he will sell it to me for a good price. But what I want to know is what kind of modifications I would have to do to make it work with my ucf20. I know I'd have to do something custom to make the bags fit on the struts, but I have no idea what it is? Is this kit worth buying from him? And how much custom work I'm I really look at to make it right. For the price he's selling it to me I can get coilovers, he's willing to let me do payments though and I would love to be on bags! Any advice and tips would be much appreciated! Thanks
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Originally Posted by west709
So my cousin has a full brand new Firestone air ride setup that he was gonna put on his Tacoma, he said he will sell it to me for a good price. But what I want to know is what kind of modifications I would have to do to make it work with my ucf20. I know I'd have to do something custom to make the bags fit on the struts, but I have no idea what it is? Is this kit worth buying from him? And how much custom work I'm I really look at to make it right. For the price he's selling it to me I can get coilovers, he's willing to let me do payments though and I would love to be on bags! Any advice and tips would be much appreciated! Thanks
have any pictures of the bags themselves??
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buy a set of coils for UCF11 and ill give you my UAS setup, i have a buddy thats giving me a sick deal on megan's (hookup from my previous lexus')
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Ok so today someone td me to just get KGB shocks and make a custom bracket for the bags. Does this sound right or make sense?
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you'll need UAS Aerosport or similar bags, old school minitruck firestone bags (that don't allow the shock to go through the center of the bag) won't work at all.
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Originally Posted by PureDrifter
you'll need UAS Aerosport or similar bags, old school minitruck firestone bags (that don't allow the shock to go through the center of the bag) won't work at all.
So if I got uas bags would the rest of the kit work?
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You need bags and struts. All other equipment (compressor, tank, valves, switchbox is universal).
Do a lot of research before you dive in.
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