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Re: rear air helper springs for Trackick
« Reply #15 on: September 07, 2010, 04:41:23 AM »
This is before the installed :)

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Re: rear air helper springs for Trackick
« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2010, 02:35:48 PM »
I asked because it was sagging pretty bad in those pics...it must handle weight a whole lot better now, huh?  Because those are some really stout bags you mounted on yours.
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Re: rear air helper springs for Trackick
« Reply #17 on: September 07, 2010, 04:53:07 PM »
I hope I get a chance to try then on the next MOOSE  ;D 

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Re: rear air helper springs for Trackick
« Reply #18 on: September 16, 2010, 06:10:14 PM »
Bent-  I tried to find them at JC Whitney, but no luck.  Any better discription I could try?
96 Tracker LSI, 2.5" Pro Comp lift with cooper 30X9.5 STT tires.  A bit of trim and beating to make the front work.

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Re: rear air helper springs for Trackick
« Reply #19 on: September 16, 2010, 07:37:59 PM »
I will try to get the part No. tomorrow. Been busy :) I think the nane brand is air lift. I will cheque.


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Re: rear air helper springs for Trackick
« Reply #21 on: September 17, 2010, 07:31:07 AM »
Ride Rite is the name brand. I lost the box and part No. The bags are about 3 to 4 in. round and about 5 in high and had to make up most of the brackets.

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Re: rear air helper springs for Trackick
« Reply #22 on: September 20, 2010, 04:33:08 AM »
Sorry Medford and everyone else waiting for info on the Airlift bags, the ones 3" longer than stock. I could not find the reciept in my records, so I'll have to call Airlift to get the part #. 
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Re: rear air helper springs for Trackick
« Reply #23 on: September 27, 2010, 09:34:21 AM »
Well I thought I'd wait and see if I needed these...turns out I definitely need them!  I had it loaded to the bumpstops before I left town Friday...got around the corner from my house and had to come home to unload everything...and it was only a few ice chests in a hitch rack...imagine what the weight of a deer or bear would do  :o  so, yeah, if you could dig that up I will be needing it VERY soon.  I'll do my own research too and post what I found out.
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Re: rear air helper springs for Trackick
« Reply #24 on: September 27, 2010, 10:33:43 AM »
What about air shocks?

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Re: rear air helper springs for Trackick
« Reply #25 on: September 27, 2010, 02:18:13 PM »
That's an idea, also, but I'd rather have the air springs...I've had great experience with them in the past.  I know other people who have used air springs and it seems more hit-or-miss depending on the application, but I've never tried them myself...
also, noisey, how did it handle loads after you installed those bags?  Any pics?
God put me on earth to accomplish a certain number of things.  Right now I am so far behind, I will never die.
90 Tracker LSi 2dr tintop 5spd: slow toy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08 Pontiac G8 GT: fast toy
90 Tracker LSi 2dr 5spd: SOLD.......95 Tracker 2dr 5spd: parts..........90 Sidekick JX 5spd: HI, my name's DJ and I have an addiction.........93 Tracker 2dr 2wd 5spd: PS donor/poss. 4x4 swap from 95 parts

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Re: rear air helper springs for Trackick
« Reply #26 on: September 27, 2010, 03:56:49 PM »
Sorry guys for the long delay, I've been layed up with a back injury. Listen DJ, just give AirLift customer service a call and ask for a tech. Then tell him what you've got ( Suzuki Sidekick/Geo Tracker ) and that it's lifted aprox 3". You want an airbag set up 3 inches longer than the stock one. They'll be able to give you a part # that you can order from someplace like JCWhitney. That's where I got mine. I'm almost POSITIVE the bags I got were for some kind of Chevy, same diameter as the Zuk bags, just 3 inches longer. Or, you could just use the stock bags and a spacer. I did remove my bump stops to get them to fit properly, but you don't need the bump stops after you put the bags in, they act like a soft bump stop. OR, you can use the stock size bag, and just trim the rubber bump stop to the right length instead of removing it as the directions call for.
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Re: rear air helper springs for Trackick
« Reply #27 on: September 27, 2010, 04:01:47 PM »
This is how well the bags work. Take a good look in the back window, I'm loaded top to bottom, and the roof is loaded too.
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Re: rear air helper springs for Trackick
« Reply #28 on: September 27, 2010, 04:27:57 PM »
That's an idea, also, but I'd rather have the air springs...I've had great experience with them in the past.  I know other people who have used air springs and it seems more hit-or-miss depending on the application, but I've never tried them myself...
also, noisey, how did it handle loads after you installed those bags?  Any pics?

No problam.The most air i put in was about 10Lb.and with no weight lifted 3 in.I pack a small hand held 12V air compressure work great if i need more air :) Never had a as much weight as the Moose.Had 8 , 40Lb bags of cement mix in and on problams. 

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Re: rear air helper springs for Trackick
« Reply #29 on: September 28, 2010, 11:34:00 AM »
Hmmm thanks guys.  I'm going to try to find the type that fit inside the coil spring.  bentparts, how much pressure did you run in those pics?  Still within the limits?
God put me on earth to accomplish a certain number of things.  Right now I am so far behind, I will never die.
90 Tracker LSi 2dr tintop 5spd: slow toy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08 Pontiac G8 GT: fast toy
90 Tracker LSi 2dr 5spd: SOLD.......95 Tracker 2dr 5spd: parts..........90 Sidekick JX 5spd: HI, my name's DJ and I have an addiction.........93 Tracker 2dr 2wd 5spd: PS donor/poss. 4x4 swap from 95 parts