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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dusty122: [QB] you will need atleast 1 air compressor. i think they reccomend 1 air compressor per 3 gallons of tank. The more compressors means the faster your reserve will get replenished but also will take a lot more power to run. I reccormend the firestone ones and you can find those on ebay for a reasonable price. For valves go with the olidnoid type valves instead of the all in one valves. SMC makes good ones. the big mouth ones are preety good. You will also need brass fittings to connect the valves together. because it will take 2 valves per side. so if u were to do a full fbss system you will need 8 valves. the bigger the opening on the valve and the bigger line you run will determine how fast it will go up and down. 1/2" in probably the most popular on the street. you can go all the way up to an inch and half now which is preety crazy. the more hotrod guys use 1/4" line because they like the slow quiet drop instead of the instant shotgun sounding drop. as for fittings most ppl use brass quick connect fittings. The plastic stuff is basically worthless. Also for the fittings get the paste style teflon tape works much better than the tape and easier to use but its just messy. if you go with convnetial air line make sure you run dot brake line. you can normally find tons of it on ebay or orther shops on line for very cheap. Ive gone with bradded steel line which is much much more expensive something like 8 bucks a foot plus 15 bucks per fitting and you have to know your exact lengths. as for bags i just have the standard style bags and i dont know the differences between styles except maybe some of the other styles will lift ur car higher. for switches go with a pre made box. that will help a lot. if you want to go with something more integrated check out boat supply places. they will have a lot more of a choice for rocker switches and they are all 12 volt. For gauges. the standard 2 needle gauges are probably the best. the digital ones are cool because you dont have to run air line up through your dash but the digital ones are alot more expensive and are not as accurate. especially while driving because the pressure in the bags jumps all around and its easier to tell your actual pressure with te anolog gauges. I did the whole thing in my driveway in about a weekend. There is no welding involved. you basically have to drill and bolt in a bracket into your lower control arm and mount the bag. sites you check out baggerbirds.com cool site with pictures on installing bags on tbirds. the front it basically identical to the stang. aimind.com a decent place to get parts for airride stuff. they have tons of stuff but they are slow in shipping sometimes and some of the ppl can be jackasses. teampnuematik.com I think thats how you spell it. these guys are preety cool. they are located in canada and use to have the best prices on smc valves. of course check out ebay and also pick up some copies of mini truckin, truckin and sport truck magazine. Theres awesome info in there on air ride in there. its mainly for trucks but the info is still very useful. There are also numerous ads from other airride parts shops and 90 percent of the stuff is transferable to airride systems on ur stang. hope that helps. if you have more qs post here or pm me [/QB][/QUOTE]
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