PART ONE: BAGS AND BRAKES, PROJECT CHEVY

Hey everyone, my names Jacob. Follow along as i Put my OBS c1500 on air suspension and build a custom rear disc brake setup.
Here are some parts currently purchased for anyone curious. Note: I can not comment on quality of items until after this is finished and I have thoroughly tested it out. Cheers
Air Lift Air Bags: amzn.to/3HZUSrb
Vixen air filter: amzn.to/42JJSYr
Air Compressor: amzn.to/3OI08DD
Air Pressure Switches: amzn.to/48g22lC
Stainless Braided Brake Lines: amzn.to/49uoOHA
Parallel 4 link: amzn.to/42FgxP2
Air Lift Aluminum Air Tank: amzn.to/49bLHzT
Momentary Toggle Switches: amzn.to/3uzPOqj
Air Manifold Switching Valve: amzn.to/3OFGqbn
Digital Air Pressure Gauge W/5 Sensors: amzn.to/3SWtzo0
Air Fittings: amzn.to/3HTfzoG
Air Line Kit: amzn.to/49cyI0H
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[@TerryThompson-ns5fl]

Keep up the good work Jacob. I too enjoy the process of making my own parts. You're doing a good job and thank you for sharing.

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Thanks Terry!

[@timgibson2070]

Truck is looking killer and nice welds at 10:36.

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Thanks

[@stephenbeatty2573]

Nice to see someone making their own parts instead of the typical store-bought lowering kits. I’m looking forward to the next phase and super interested to see how it works out. I just subscribed

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Thanks for the subscribe and the comment! Im excited to see if this works too 😅. If it comes together like i see it in my head, shes gonna be sweet. ✌️

[@thatrebelboy48]

First off, the truck is absolutely beautiful and kudos to you for taking the leap of bagging the truck completely yourself. One thing I noticed though. You built the brackets for the calipers but the calipers are upside down. You’ll never get them bled with the bleeder screws at the bottom of the caliper. I’m not sure if you’d be able to just swap the calipers side to side and it flip the bleeder screw location but I’d definitely make sure you can before you get any further in the build.

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Man you scared the crap outa me, I had to skim that video and make sure i didn't mess that up 😅 If you pause at the 22:25 mark, you can see the brake line bolts to the bottom of the caliper, but the bleeder is actually at the middle/top facing forward, just under the park brake spring. So springs up and it should be good 😁Thanks though man, and appreciate the compliment, truck has come a long ways, and has a long ways to go yet. cheers.

[@thatrebelboy48]

@@Finding_Our_Wayahhh I see now, my apologies! I guess the color of the bleeder screw and the spring bracket being so similar made them blend together 🤣

[@Finding_Our_Way]

@@thatrebelboy48 all good man, ya its deceiving. Wierd calipers too how everything is positioned. I have never used these calipers before. 😁

[@thatrebelboy48]

@@Finding_Our_Way I’m sure if Jeremy over @ Cunningham recommends them, they’re good! He’s a very solid dude 🤘🏼

[@Clayd6287]

ill look forward to more OBS content!

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Definitely more to come 😁 thanks!

[@chriswirta1880]

Very nice to see someone doing one of a kind shit. I can 100% appreciate craftsmanship. Keep it up homie! Looking forward to seeing more

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Thanks bro, appreciate that! ✌️

[@ronaldredding8444]

you could go with a watts link to eliminate any side to side movement of the rear, if it poses a problem

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Yes thats right, I will have to see how it all fits together. Wheel to fender clearance in the rear was veryyy tight. I might have to switch to a watts link. Well see 😆

[@NightshiftCustom]

I made my panhard bar as long as I could and get a pretty small amount of side movement the bar is frame rail to frame rail long I also do not have my box cut out like you are trying to keep yours and have everything mounted under the box (tanks,pumps,valves) @@Finding_Our_Way

[@Finding_Our_Way]

@@NightshiftCustom that sounds pretty sweet, I got distracted with a Laundry room renovation, but i did finish my new Cnotches and will throw my axle back under soon to try and gauge panhard and bags. Did you go over axle for bag location?

[@NightshiftCustom]

@@Finding_Our_Way I made my own 4 link kinda like what you got going on here and put everything behind the axle pretty much did a copy and paste of ride techs old systems they use to sell for these trucks and used the same firestone 9100 tapered bags they used back then I can lift to stock ride front and rear but also get down just before the frame and gas tank hit the ground lol also my diff hits the floor of the box and had to grind some of the top of it off so it didn't push my box up lol

[@Finding_Our_Way]

@@NightshiftCustom haha wow man, that sounds awesome!! Goodjob

[@jeffincabo]

Beautiful truck buddy ! I'm looking for one.

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Thank you man! Shes come a long ways. Seems the prices are going up a lot over the last few years. Goodluck finding one!

[@rickallen9864]

Awesome truck my friend. How difficult was it to shorten the frame?

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Thanks man, it wasnt that difficult. I moved the axle, x brace etc forward. And chopped the difference off the back of the frame where bumper attaches. Front box mount is same long/short. So just find a short box. Of course short fuel tank, had driveshaft shortened. Brake/fuel lines, had to build a fuel tank bracket and retrofit shock towers to work. ✌️

[@its_just_chad]

I love your wheel fitment. What are the specs as far as width and offset/backspace?

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Thanks man. Fronts are 20x8 et0 255/35r20 Rears are 20x10 et+6 275/35r20 American racing torq thrust 2s in polished, with falken azenis tires. I love the stance too, really happy with them. ✌️

[@upclass7179]

Good Morning. Just found your channel. You can make a brake conversion kit for these trucks.

[@Finding_Our_Way]

I am definitely taking the hard way to build this from scratch, there are companies that offer kits to convert the rear drum to disc. ✌️

[@TheAshuar]

Remeber guys do all your measurements with the bed off and wheels off. Also make a decent c notch and check fuel tank clearance and drive shaft.

[@timgibson2070]

Where can we see your videos of your work?

[@NightshiftCustom]

nice work man! Not sure what air lift bags you are using for the front but i use to have firestone bags that i think were 7"? and would have to run like 80-100 psi in the front and it was a hard ride you could say. I ended up cutting more steel out of the front cups and went with air lift 58616 d2600 bags up front and now I only need like 45 psi at ride and is very smooth also I'm using old air tech tube a-arms

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Thanks a lot man! So i researched for soo long and could not find a definitive awnser to how much pressure you want for a comfortable ride. I ended up going with Air lift Dominator 2500 bags with about 7" travel. I noticed all the guys running d2600 or similar were going for huge lift, which wasnt somthing i wanted. I also intentionally wanted a stiffer ride as i am used to coilover suspension on lowered cars and i wanted to be able to drive it a bit aggressively while low. That being said, it may be too stiff, i really dont know. Only one way to find out i guess. 😅 ✌️. How do you like the control arms?

[@NightshiftCustom]

@@Finding_Our_Way yours maybe will work better since you got the stock arms but the tube a-arms have been great for me just had to mod them a bit to get them to sit real low only thing I had a problem with is the bump steer that you will get from going down so low so you will need to lower your outer tie rod ends to fix this I also drive her hard in the corners and its still not to soft at all with stock sway bar in the front still

[@Finding_Our_Way]

@@NightshiftCustom oh that sounds cool. Well im looking forward to testing it all out. I tunneled my tie rods into the frame, hoping this is enough and i dont need to drop the tierods at the knuckle connection too.

[@NightshiftCustom]

@@Finding_Our_Way you will need to drop them at the spindle to fix the bump steer that you will have. they make kits with heim joints that you can move the tie rod end up or down to fix the bump steer problem. I didn't like the ones you can buy as they use 5/8 heims and there not cheap so I made my own with DOM tubing and 3/4 heims the other problem I have now is the front shocks need to be moved into the frame so I can turn the wheel to full lock

[@NightshiftCustom]

@@Finding_Our_Way going to be a nice truck when you get her done! you live in Ontario ?

[@jiwandhaliwal2120]

Hey highly interested on how you shorten the frame on these trucks and location/dimensions for cuts if youre able to! Thank you

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Hey, i might do another one when this rig is done, as i still have all the old parts kicking around. Its not hard to do, but i would have to explain it in a video. Its hard to explain on text. ✌️

[@jiwandhaliwal2120]

@@Finding_Our_Way I understand, looking forward to it ! Thank you. Subscribed 👌🏽

[@Finding_Our_Way]

@@jiwandhaliwal2120 awesome! Thanks ✌️

[@rickallen9864]

I did an 86 crew cab like that. mad it a short bed. What size wheels and tires

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Oh nice! I like square bodys. This has 20x8 front w/255/35r20 tires Rear is 20x10 275/35r20 American racing torq thrust 2s with falken azenis tires. Its a nice fitment, get a ton of compliments on this truck in person.

[@jasonsonnier30]

Hi

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Sorry i must of mis spoke if i said that. It had 2" belltech drop spindles and 3" springs. Switched out for DJM 2" spindles. 😀

[@jasonsonnier30]

No i'm sorry I Misunderstood, I went back and watched the video. So sorry for the bad comment awesome video thank you

[@Finding_Our_Way]

@@jasonsonnier30 all good man, thanks! Glad you like it! Im working on part 2, should be good 😀

[@stephenbeatty2573]

Nice to see someone making their own parts instead of the typical store-bought lowering kits. I’m looking forward to the next phase and super interested to see how it works out. I just subscribed