Air Ride Installed On My 67 Pontiac

[JT_67Tempest]

I recently finished installing air ride on my 67 Pontiac Tempest. I went with the upper and lower strong arms using the shockwaves. Tapered air bags in the rear replacing the Monroe shocks that come with the kit with some Varishocks. Also went with the 5 gallon Air Pod with dual compressors. Going to round things out by adding the front and rear sway bars along with the strong arm kit for the rear as well.

Here's some pictures I took this past weekend.

Johnny

Picture of car at ride height


Picture of car lowered


Picture lowered from rear




Picture of 455

[r.a.w.rods]

hey man the car looks great, were working on dads 67 lemans convertable right now. Care if I ask what your wheel and tire specs are? Offsets and stuff. Thats the one thing we have left to do on ours. Man that looks good!!!

[JT_67Tempest]

Here are the specs on my wheel/tire combo.

Wheels are Rushforth Strutters

Front are 19x8 with a 4 7/8" backspace
Rear are 20x10 with a 6.25" backspace
Front tires are 245/35/19
Rear tires are 285/30/20

Thanks for the compliments!

Johnny

[BMF Machine]

SMootH man, real SmoooootH!

[gearheads78]

Looking even better


-Richard

[1969CamaroRS]

Love the wheels.

[67SSDan]

Holy crap, that's a good look'n poncho. Nice work.

Dan

[Code Red]

awesome 67

[T_Raven]

looks great, i like those wheels

[1offwizard]

That looks AWESOME!!! So with it down all the way, do the tires touch anywhere? I have a '66 chevelle vert and I plan on air ride for it but I want ride height to be close to where your car is all the way down. Again, your car looks awesome!!!

[KnightMare]

now thats sexy

[LMDGUY]

VERY NICE! my buddy just got his grandmas Lemans.. i will have to send him these pics to get him moving on air bagging the car

[JT_67Tempest]

So with it down all the way, do the tires touch anywhere? I have a '66 chevelle vert and I plan on air ride for it but I want ride height to be close to where your car is all the way down. Again, your car looks awesome!!!

In the front, yes the tire is touching the inner fender well at the outer side (closest towards fender). From looking at the inner fender well, it slopes down pretty quickly. My plan is to cut away some of the inner fender well and fab up a piece that allows the tire to tuck and not rub.

In the rear, I had to trim away some of the inner fender well (side closest to the quarter panel). It's hard to explain, but the inner fender well has this step up to it. Meaning at the fender lip it goes up about 2 or so inches and then steps in towards the wheel/tire about 1 inch and then curves around towards the trunk. I cut out this section that had the step to it. Now I just need to fab a new piece to replace what I cut out. With this piece cut out though I can dump the rear as far as the air ride bag will let it go and it will not rub at all.

Sorry for the long explanation, but it's hard to describe unless you can actually see what I'm describing.

Johnny

[JT_67Tempest]

So with it down all the way, do the tires touch anywhere? I have a '66 chevelle vert and I plan on air ride for it but I want ride height to be close to where your car is all the way down. Again, your car looks awesome!!!

In the front, yes the tire is touching the inner fender well at the outer side (closest towards fender). From looking at the inner fender well, it slopes down pretty quickly. My plan is to cut away some of the inner fender well and fab up a piece that allows the tire to tuck and not rub.

In the rear, I had to trim away some of the inner fender well (side closest to the quarter panel). It's hard to explain, but the inner fender well has this step up to it. Meaning at the fender lip the inner fender well goes up about 2 or so inches and then steps in towards the wheel/tire about another inch and then curves around towards the trunk. I cut out this section that had the step to it. Now I just need to fab a new piece to replace what I cut out. With this piece cut out though I can dump the rear as far as the air ride bag will let it go and it will not rub at all.

Sorry for the long explanation, but it's hard to describe unless you can actually see what I'm describing.

Johnny

[darren@ridetech]

Lookin good Johnny!

[1offwizard]

Perfect explaination Johnny! Good deal, as I aam going to fabricate front inner fenders anyway and mini-tub the back. I was wanting to get a general feel of how much I needed to go up from factory in the rear. Mine will be real tight since it is a vert. Again, beautiful car. It is now my backdrop. Thanks.

[JT_67Tempest]

Perfect explaination Johnny! Good deal, as I aam going to fabricate front inner fenders anyway and mini-tub the back. I was wanting to get a general feel of how much I needed to go up from factory in the rear. Mine will be real tight since it is a vert. Again, beautiful car. It is now my backdrop. Thanks.

No problem Jason, glad to help out. Make sure to post up some pictures as you get further into your project. I'm always looking for new ideas and ways of doing things.

Johnny

[Vegas69]

Looking hot

[41565 chevelle]

Nailed it!

[PleaseNoSteve]

Nasty - My uncle just picked up a 67 from the big show in Hershey, PA. I need to sell him on the air ride set up.