New guy for Washington

07HDClassic · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 11:51 am

Just wanted to say hi to all you guys. I've already gained lots of info from reading some of the posts on the site.

I am a new dually owner.... recently purchased a 89 Chevy G30 short bus and i am in the process of installing air suspension on it. It will lay body on the ground (with the passenger door being sectioned to match the rest of the body). It will have wrap-around bench seating with a large stereo under the seats. Here are a few pics of the progress so far.

big bear · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 11:59 am

welcome to the site. haha...badass project man looking good. good job on the arms. what size pipe did you end up using on the bag cups? side note..did you ever see the yellow short bus done few years back all laid out ? it was sick. it was for sale last year for about 8k or something.

scatter · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 12:29 pm

Welcome Welcome....looks like a fun little project...

big bear wrote:

welcome to the site. haha...badass project man looking good. good job on the arms. what size pipe did you end up using on the bag cups? side note..did you ever see the yellow short bus done few years back all laid out ? it was sick. it was for sale last year for about 8k or something.

that was Outlaw Motorsports's short bus

07HDClassic · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 2:27 pm

I saw the Outlaw bus a few years ago... then this bus came into my work and i couldn't hold my self back, I had to buy it! The concept of the bus is similar the outlaw bus but i'm going a bit farther... sectioning the door to lay the body flat on the ground (not adding metal on the bottom to close the gap). It should be 7-8 inch lower that the Outlaw bus.

For the control arms we used 8" well casing

big bear · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 2:35 pm

thats awesome man.....lower the better. and thanks for the pipe size.

low95xlt · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 3:14 pm

welcome and great thinking outside the box

lockone · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 4:52 pm

Welcome to the site.

Dropped fullsize · **Joined:** Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:36 pm **Posts:** 159

Welcome to the site indeed. I am flying out to Washington in the morning. I'll be staying in Lynnwood for now until I figure out where my "permanent" spot will be.

The burb leaves early next week. Once I establish where I'll stay I'll ship either the dually or my truck out.

Have fun and enjoy your project.

bk2life · **Posted:** Wed May 04, 2011 9:42 am

definitaly cool..

since you have those arms off, put new bushing in them, the ones pictured look like they need replacing..

also why bags over the axle? your going to get 7 inches of lift max, and thats a big rig to only get 7 inches of lift..

07HDClassic · **Posted:** Wed May 04, 2011 4:43 pm

bk2life wrote:

definitaly cool..

since you have those arms off, put new bushing in them, the ones pictured look like they need replacing..

also why bags over the axle? your going to get 7 inches of lift max, and thats a big rig to only get 7 inches of lift..

I cleaned up the control arms more since the pictures and the bushing looked good. These control arms are temporary until we build a set of tubular arms. As for the bags over the axle, I'm using SS-8 bags which get 10.3" of travel. I wanted something that was heavy duty, simple to access for maintenance or replacement, and I wanted the option to be able tow with it.

Threads		Author	Replies	Views	Last post
Related topics
	New from SC	BigUgly41	2	51	Thu May 24, 2012 10:08 am JCampbell1180
	San diego new guy	Domer	5	140	Fri May 18, 2012 11:54 am 79duallyc30
	new from youngstown oh	tricked79	3	122	Sat May 12, 2012 11:04 am green monster
	new from socal [ Go to page: 1, 2 ]	79duallyc30	16	280	Tue May 15, 2012 3:36 pm 79duallyc30
	New from Kansas city.. admin help?	lteone	2	83	Wed May 02, 2012 10:52 pm Rick Ross
	New Guy from Utah with f350	a4t1rat	6	181	Thu May 10, 2012 5:34 pm big bear
	New from SC	Jason Mathewes	13	252	Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:08 pm Jason Mathewes
	newby from massachusetts	fatboyzkustoms	2	81	Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:14 pm fatboyzkustoms
	New to dually Nor cal Fairfield	banditnwc	5	161	Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:49 am WIDE LOAD C-30
	New kid from Vegas	97bagged454	4	137	Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:59 am dchtlh3

♦ New guy for Washington

Who is online

Members currently in chat

Last Updated Threads
In Modification Tech » Bigger tires for my dually last post by: lockedandloaded about 4 hours ago In Projects / Under Construction » Stockfloorin my 2000 crew cab on 22's.. last post by: LAYINGNUTZ about 7 hours ago In New Members » New guy from NW Arkansas last post by: DO_Spiderman about 9 hours ago In General Discussion » New Button... last post by: someotherguy about 10 hours ago In Projects / Under Construction » Bagged 97 with a 454 on 24's with 02 front end conversion last post by: 97bagged454 about 11 hours ago In General Discussion » upper and lower ball joints flip last post by: carb77 about 12 hours ago In Modification Tech » How to properlt notch ford f350 dually? last post by: carb77 about 12 hours ago In General Discussion » Paint Colors last post by: JCampbell1180 about 12 hours ago In General Discussion » lets talk exhaust last post by: C-VilleDustin about 15 hours ago In General Discussion » 5/7 drop front sits and rides on bumpstops...what to do? last post by: someotherguy about 20 hours ago
view all