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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 08:21 PM
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i peiced it all together (nothing is tite yet) i think thats how the valves and air stuff goes. final fitment will be taken cared of later.

i have about 17 peices that i dont know where it goes yet. but i am sure it will fall into place as i keep going.

here are some pictures of how i plan to lay it out in the trunk (right behind the rear seat in the second gen GS.

















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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 08:24 PM
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what stuts are yoou going with kyb or ha? btw i found the manual!
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 08:25 PM
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damn thats gangster
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 08:26 PM
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Is that the UAS kit? Take lots of pics! I need to for my install in the spring.
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by excluesive
what stuts are yoou going with kyb or ha? btw i found the manual!
going with the Bilstein Sport (hope it will be stiff enough)
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 08:34 PM
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Is that the UAS kit? Take lots of pics! I need to for my install in the spring.
yes it is. so far the kit is pretty straight forward. but i will take lots of pictures of the install.
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 08:44 PM
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good luck... i'd love to see a well documented UAS install... ive never seen one before
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 09:04 PM
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i kno.. i've been lookin. haven't seen a detailed write up either. not even detailed pics.
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 09:25 PM
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I have the same air bags setup from UAS on OEM KYB struts. They ride really smooth and are very reliable, bags are bad ***. I've tried all different kinds of air struts, from AIM to Airlift.




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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by rgarjr



did you cut the upper suspension mount to clear the air valve? i was planning to run the valve on on the bottom side... do you know if that would work. and do you have any pictures of the front strut/bag and close up of the trunk lay out.
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 10:28 PM
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I did cut the slot for the air port. I also cut 2 slots for the 2 bolts. I dont know if you can mount the bag upside down, you probably can call UAS and ask them. Here is a pic UAS sent me on how they did one of their setups for the GS.

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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 11:08 PM
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The front struts are really easy to do. You simply tap out the lower coil spring seat off the strut, slip on the bag with the upper and lower plates, puts the top mount on and tighten the bolt.

I had TEIN CS before, so I just used the top plate from them to make things easy. UAS told me you can use the OEM top mount, you just need to cut off the lower part. Cool thing about these bags is that you dont need a lot of air pressure to lift the front up. I run at 175 PSI at the tanks and around 100 at the bags.

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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 12:14 AM
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i was wondering how the bag plate with the small diameter hole goes on.. it all makes sense now. THANks!!

been alittle bored so i decided to see how i can run wires and position the valves.

and thought i would share 2 options that i was messing with.


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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 12:50 AM
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u the man Shane that looks sick baby
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 01:58 AM
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ohhh that looks sic!!
where in norcal are you!?
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