If you can't even install a front suspension you should not be going air.. good luck with your project though!

 

Don't even bother, I tried to tell him Plenty of times. Call me an asshole, but I can't wait to see the first thread on how it's broken :lol:

Godspeed Dean, this should be interesting!

 

<-----this guy likes it :thumbup:

 

Who gots the popcorn?

 

Some of you guys make me laugh.

Sure he might be getting in over his head but it's a learning experience and the end result, granted it might be filled with lots of trials and tribulations, he will have his own setup that he will know inside out.

It's not like he's dissasembling a tranny & quaife unit oke:

Most people dish out $$$ for a kit and then have it installed, more credit to the guy doing it on his own even if it's a learning experience.

 

Some of you guys make me laugh.

Sure he might be getting in over his head but it's a learning experience and the end result, granted it might be filled with lots of trials and tribulations, he will have his own setup that he will know inside out.

It's not like he's dissasembling a tranny & quaife unit oke:

Most people dish out $$$ for a kit and then have it installed, more credit to the guy doing it on his own even if it's a learning experience.

I know someone who does/did that... pretty sure he posted in here

And that reference, is a good one, because to Dean, suspension is like disassembling a tranny to some... We are just pointing out that if you cant install your own suspension... Bag's may not be a good idea to have, because they are not just a throw them in and go, you run into SO many problems that most people dont describe, management freezing, leaking bags... compressors not shutting off... etc. I have been through this many times, as I'm sure Mikey and Matty have as well.. they knew the hell it is.

Dean, I'm not trying to be rude bud, just trying to prepare yourself for whats to come.

I have NEVER heard of someone paying to have a bag setup installed... and I have helped/installed 9 setups so far lol

 

Thanks for the props and heads up guys! :thumbup: :thumbup: You guys are the best! :salute:

Update #2:

Had some problems with the god damn jigsaw that I rented from Home Depot yesterday.

So I just returned it this afternoon and bought a different one with a better design.

So, now that I had a better jigsaw, I was finally able to cut the board a bit more on the bottom and a whole in the middle. :wrench:

Doesn't look great but it's good enough for something hiding under the trunk carpet. My plan is to paint this board gloss black.

Received VW-Pssst's (Branden) ashtray gauge pod in the mail this morning. Tried to install my Dakota digital gauge in it, it seems like the fit is really tight. Plan on sanding down the inside wall of the pod tonight to make the gauge fit great. :wrench:

 

Received VW-Pssst's (Branden) ashtray gauge pod in the mail this morning. Tried to install my Dakota digital gauge in it, it seems like the fit is really tight. Plan on sanding down the inside wall of the pod tonight to make the gauge fit great. :wrench:

Great! glad to hear it man, I realized why my gauge was stuck... the inner walls were painted with Plastidip and a gauge was then put in right after... it dried.. got colder and boom! Tight fit. If you just sand it slightly it'll certainly come in/out nicely..

I heated that mofo up so much to get it out hahaha I pretty much ruined my gauge.

 

^^ You also could heat up the pvc as another option!

 

IC, thanks! :salute:

Air is simple....oke:

I'm hoping so. :angel:

Good luck with it man, if i was closer i would help you some. I dont know shit about air either but two are better than one

Thanks, wish you were in fact closer or in the same state (province) at least.

^^me neither, I'm a noob when it comes to suspension

I hope you're not installing a pancake tank cause it doesn't fit in the spare tire well. FYI. It will stick up above the floor and you'll have to build a false floor to cover it.

That makes a few of us then! My original plan was to install my pancake tank under the carpet, yes. Then once I actually received it, I realized that was not gonna work. I have always had a plan B though.

Great! glad to hear it man, I realized why my gauge was stuck... the inner walls were painted with Plastidip and a gauge was then put in right after... it dried.. got colder and boom! Tight fit. If you just sand it slightly it'll certainly come in/out nicely..

I heated that mofo up so much to get it out hahaha I pretty much ruined my gauge.

Thanks bro! :salute: Yeah I saw the plastidip inside the pod, wow! :O

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Questions:

1. Do I just hand tighten these fittings into my air tank?

2. Do I have to put some kind of liquid on the threads, like locktight or something?

Thanks again guys! :salute:

 

Air is simple....oke:

 

Good luck with it man, if i was closer i would help you some. I dont know shit about air either but two are better than one

 

^^me neither, I'm a noob when it comes to suspension

I hope you're not installing a pancake tank cause it doesn't fit in the spare tire well. FYI. It will stick up above the floor and you'll have to build a false floor to cover it.

 

I've never installed an air setup, but I would guess teflon tape would work well at those connections.

Good luck man :thumbup: I'll be keeping an eye on this thread

 

Thanks so much, yeah I noticed some kind of white tape on the fittings on the bags that Nesho sold me. Just wasn't too sure what kind it was.

 

fittings are wrench tight, and either use teflon tape or loctite 565.

 

I would go with loctite 565 on everything. No way will it leak with that. Tape works well too.

 

Will most definitely be watching this ! :thumbup:

 

Here is some inspiration for ya

:thumbup:

Good luck, pm me if you need help.

 

Alright, I'll be going to AAC tomorrow morning then. Need to pick up a water trap and I'll see if Kevin has the loctite.

I love how AAC is in my city.

Thanks again Neven! If anything, I'll ask on FB, my PM box on here is still full.

 

will be watching this, can't wait to see the finished product. Love air builds.

 

Nice, yeah me too. I'm beginning to love them too!

Can't wait for the finished product, and in person but LOL @ that cutout.

Yeap, I can't wait either! That cutout is one from which I got the idea to do it from a vortex member with a :b55: wagon. I wanted to buy his air set-up because it was for sale, but he never sold it to me :crazy:, so I'm just gonna copy it instead! :hmmm:

Update #3:

Went into AAC this morning, picked up an SMC water trap and some pink Teflon tape!

 

Can't wait for the finished product, and in person but LOL @ that cutout.

 

OK, so I finally managed to get everything out of my trunk and into my house.

I'm now trying to figure out my fitting set-up and I'm stumped at the watertrap exit part. Out of all the fittings that I have (they are all in the picture), nothing seems to fit on the exit port of the watertrap.

EDIT: After further review it seems like the fitting in the 11 o'clock spot in the middle of the tank seems to fit into the exit port of the SMC watertrap. So I would then have to push and connect line into that exit fitting and push and connect it into the fitting in the 4 o'clock spot in the middle of the tank. The only problem is that I'm out of 1/4 ports on my tank. So it looks like I need to get one that's 3/8 instead.

Here's the diagram of how it's all suppose to be hooked up:

 

Dean,

Your diagram of how its "supposed" to look, cannot work with that tank.... I've done 1 1/2 installs with that pancake tank (Those tanks suck for fitment)

Those tanks come with the right fittings for everything needed.


that small one in the middle is for your pressure switch... in your diagram the pressure switch is hooked up externally...

I would go back to AAC and get some adapters/push to connects so you can run the water trap off of one of the top ports..

 

Yeap, Kevin told me yesterday while I was at his shop that the diagram won't be exactly the same for my tank. So I know that. And I did figure out that the push to connect fitting that I have extra is the one needed to hook up the water trap. I just need to trade it for a 3/8th sized one.

I will be going back to AAC thursday afternoon to pick up other fittings that I have on order in order to hook up to my Dakota gauge senders. So I'll trade for it then.

And yes, Kevin also told me that my pressure switch will install into the center port on my tank.

 

Update #4:

Monday's are a wash for me but I still did work!

I installed the in and out fittings on my water trap, installed my Dakota gauge into the gauge pod ashtray that I got from Branden (big pain in the butt), and installed the cork and air intake fittings on my tank.

However, when I tried closing my cork valve, the god damn thing snapped off in my hands! :O So I unscrewed it off my tank for now. I'll have to get a new one on Thursday when I go to AAC.

It's still slowly coming along!

 

if by cork valve you mean tank drain valve, remember those are reverse thread on the valve part. im guessing you broke it off cause u were spinning it what you thought was the right way but didnt know it was reverse thread.

 

 

Yes, I mean't drain valve. Darn thing is so cheap, it's a joke how easily it breaks.

Update #5:

Installed my 2 air supply fittings and the pressure switch. :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

what manifold are you using?

 

My set-up is a lot similar to Kevin's. It's the manual one with the paddle valves. I went for it for reliability and price. Don't want to spend $500 when a manifold (VU4) sticks, or $500 when a controller breaks (AutoPilot). :crazy: