Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:10 am by WEW51L110
Last week saw me in my shop working on my 51. After 6 years of having an air ride system under my truck I arrived at the decision to take it off and install coil-over-shocks. As time has passed it became increasingly bothersome that any time I wanted to go somewhere in my 51, I had to wait 10-15 mins. for the compressor to fill up the system. The concept of an air ride system is attractive, but the reality is that leakage from the system gets to be an annoyance that I could no longer tolerate. Reliability became more of a concern, and I was beginning to wonder when I might be left stranded somewhere due to inability to keep air in the system while on the road. Therefore I contacted Fatman Fabrications and ordered QA-1 coil-overs as direct replacements for the Ride Tech Shockwaves, front and rear. The coil-overs are now installed, adjusted and giving me a greater peace of mind. The two hour trip to Leesburg for the 2021 ATCA Truck Show was their first outing and aside from not being able to lower my truck for a show, no one was the wiser. One young man had seen my truck on display at the Gatornationals and noticed it not sitting as low and asked about it. He even had pictures he’d taken there. So now it rides about the same height as before but stays that height all the time and I can get in, start it up and not have to wait for an air tank to get full.
L110 owner since 1974, finally rebuilt 2014.