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One of the reasons that I purchased a parts truck. It's too nice a truck to part out, though. Heh

You'd want to start with the full weight of the cab (occupants, ac, stereos, etc). You'd base your coil weight from that: (x - pivot relief)/2 Or something along those lines with math and dollar signs involved. ;)

And yes, I understand you are talking about replacing the airbags with shocks. I'm just making a generalization here so people understand the cab and chassis suspension changes to the A1R are unrelated. The coil over has nothing to do with t he lack of air ride. :)

I track, just saying that the coil over is not related to the cab air. With or w/o cab air, I could run either the standard of the coilover shock. Same, same (just one is way stiffer). It's not related to the cab float (as there is none). For that matter, it's unrelated to trucks with...

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Now if you really wanted to have some engineering fun, ditch the cab latch bushings shown above and incorporate a single, centrally located air bag at the latch.

Here's a better pic of the cab air delete on the A1R trucks. The "floating hoop" is gone as are the bags and mounts. A brace is mounted to the back of the cab and the same cab latch mechanism is used. The cab is rigid to the frame (the suspension seat upgrade provided any "kush ride" and they...

If you think it thru, the coil over really has no bearing in the discussion of cab air (and visa versa). The cab air was deleted because it would have exploded the bags under the added weight of the armor. The coil over was simply added to accommodate the extra weight of the...

No, I track. Can't say until I look at my A0, though. I know all the holes in the frame are identical but the shock tower may be different. I'm pretty certain that it is different as the coil over is 2x the diameter. But I could be the same....will a A0 tower hold a 6" diameter shock...

Heh, there is no floating hoop. The A0 system is deleted completely. There is a brace that is hard-mounted to the back of the cab and the cab latch meets that rigid brace. Too dark out now to get a proper pic. I suspect that it's wider but my A0 truck isn't here at the...

It's...different. I mean, there is no airbag to rub and the coilover is where the shock is (obviously). ;)

I was looking to mod my A1R with a cab air system that would also have some adjustment (a stock cab vs a fully radio/turret cab vs an armored cab vs a luxury RV cab all have *very* different contents and weights). I had spoken to the fellow who put together the LMTV aftermarket kits (not...

It was pre-COVID in my M1078 actually. There were a few...

Oddly enough, these are real world issue for me...

Negative I have an A1R now and they don't have air rid cabs given they were adapted to be uparmored.. But I may engineer my own at some point...