Airbag info and new wheels idea

[Ender-DI]

Hi all...

I know my car is pretty far from VIP style, but I know you guys have great ideas. I'm entertaining the thought of bagging my wagon and I'd like to get some pointers where I can learn what I need to do. The rear is a solid axle on leaf springs and the fronts are similar to this (without the coilovers):
http://www.munkywurks.com/archives/t3%20coilover.jpg


As for the wheels, I've had my eyes on these 15x8" wheels and getting them polished or chromed. Here's a pic of my wagon and I Photoshopped on the wheels:
http://www.driftproject.com/media/te38/wagon_with_ravines.jpg


What do you think?

[firelizard]

I think those wheels would be hot in chrome or polish.

[callaghan.]

is that the type of wagon your doing? it seems like for the front you'll be running bagstruts and the rear would be just like a minitruck, w/ cups and bags. pretty simple to do

[Ender-DI]

Yeah, that's my wagon. I just photoshopped the wheels on it. Forgot to mention that in the original post. :tickedoff:

Do you have any preferred resources where I read up on DIY air bagging or installation writeups? I'm much more familiar with coilovers, so the whole bagging thing is new to me. :uglystupid2:

[firelizard]

I dunno why I didn't notice this before but I really love the wheels you have on now. What bolt pattern are they?

[Ender-DI]

Konig Rewinds 15x7, 0 offset, 4x114.3, 195/50/15 Falken ZIEX 512 :smitten:

http://www.driftproject.com/media/te38/rewinds/images/IMG_3902.jpg

Here they are on my other car:
http://www.graphic-content.net/media/misc/at_work_01.jpg

[firelizard]

Man, 15s never looked so good :smitten:

[137]

are the 'rolla's spindles attached to the strut body like in the pic?

[Ender-DI]

Yes, just like that, but with traditional spring perch and 7" spring instead of coilovers. Technically those pictured are from an AE86, but they'll swap into the wagon too.

[One Ton VIP]

Don't do the wheels in chrome... they look like B14 Sentra wheels, and in chrome they'll look like chrome B14 sentra wheels. If you gotta stick with those wheels, just clean them up real good to a bright silver... As for suspension, as long as you have room around the universal air spring, then you're golden... but if it even touches/rubs against anything, consider it as good as blown. In the rear, just get a universal triangulated 4 link and weld into place on the car, and run plain air bags off the rear axle. To get an idea of how to bag a live axle rear, check out some of the articles here:
http://www.webrodder.com/

About the exterior of the car... i'd say ditch the mud flaps and rectangular fog lamps, and find some slim 240Z chrome bumpers to replace the big plastic-laden ones on the car now... it's all about making it sleeker

[Ender-DI]

It's kinda hard to tell in the photoshopped picture, but the reason I like these wheels are the size (15x8), they're actually kind of deep, and they have a nice fat spoke design. Here's a better pic:

http://www.driftproject.com/media/te38/design/ravine_wheels_md.jpg

That webrodder.com link had some great articles! Thanks for the link!