I cut the front inner fenders for the tubs today. I will notch the frame front and back. The frame rails will be basically raised with thicker material. I was taking some more measurements today and it needs to go down 4 more inches, so the frame rails will be resting on the floor (fully deflated air shocks). Ride height will be about what it is now.
For the rear I have to buy the boomerang/horseshoe plates and will go down 2 splines. It will have a minor rake, as the exhaust will be touching the floor before the framerails.

As for the jack...well 59suicide, you are correct...I need to get some 2X4's and make a little jig so I can work on it for the next week or so. After I install the air shocks, it should be as easy as pushing a button

Looks like it has come a long way. Nice job. I dig the flat paint. Do what you like.

p.s. ride it low, air is for girls ...................................

yeah bags are for groceries and if you were going to bags why not just buy an air beam instead of shocks

Why not bags??? Well, too much $$$$ for the air beam. My idea of the air shocks would be for the ride comfort, I have many friends running air bags on their slammed pickups and they all say the same thing...for a daily driver bags are a pain to maintain. I am still in the test fit portion of the build, I may change some things.

I am just ragging you. Its looking good!

daily driving height

seriously though thats one awesome bay

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just a heads up on the air shocks...if you want ride quality(comfortable) dont use air shocks! they are very stiff when inflated and they require alot of air pressure to raise the bus....@100 psi. if you want adjustability and comfort bags are the way to go.

I have been short of $$$ this last month or so, I got a some linkpins and some other front suspension parts, but I probably won't have the bus on the ground until the last week of october. And my engine has a broken stud on the rear exhaust port, so I have to take the engine out to have better access for welding a nut onto it.
The air shock I want to use are the same ones Airkewld.com use on their suspension kits. I have a good small compressor that would be more than able to push 150psi under normal conditions. There are some ride quality concerns still on the idea but $$$ is the main problem, so we will try this out first.