I got a little more done and I mean only a little! The front is taking alot more time than I thought it would even with all of the preperation work that I did before sending the frame out.

First on the list was to repair the connector on the Shockwave. Once I found a youtube video to see how the pins worked in this connector then it was no problem. Mini pick, soldering iron and a pair of needle nose pliers and I was back in business.


Sorry I forgot to take a picture of the finished connector by itself 

Second was to figure out the stress relief for the other end of this same pigtail comming out of the Shockwave.


After playing around with different ideas for a little while longer I found that I could use a zip tie to attach the cable to the air port and that would keep the end of the cable suspended and put the connector right in line with were it was to exit the spring pocket.




Here is a pic of both the air line and the ride height cable exiting the spring pocket.


Shockwave now installed and inflated. This is where I finished last night.


More later this week!!

I will be obligated the next 2 nights so I wanted to get some work done - stayed up to 2am. Boy today is going to last forever. Anyway I mocked up the AirPod and routed all the cables and airlines from the Shockwaves.

Here is almost exactly where the AirPod will sit on the trunk "shelf" area in relation to the frame so I put a couple a boards under it for stability and got after it.


After connecting every wire, cable and airline I connected the system to a battery and let the tank fill. Once it filled up to 150 psi I aired up each Shockwave. I let them sit for awhile to see if I had any bad leaks. Only leak was at the primary compressor on the AirPod at the outlet. A quick trim on the line and reseating it into the connector took care of the problem.

Next, I started routing all the Shockwave cables and airlines to clean things up a bit and get them closer to where they will be in (hopefully) their final location.

I have this thing about not wanting to drill holes if I do not have to. I am always looking at what the factory has already provided and work with that as much as possible. So on the rear I ran the cables and airlines though the holes at the top of the spring pockets using a grommet


Added a little stress relief and guide to the height control cable with a zip tie. The shock valving control cable dressed and aligned itself nicely without any outside influence other than the snugness of the grommet.




When the cables and lines come out on the other side they will enter the trunk area directly above and as this pic shows they should enter right next to each side of the Air Pod. This should be an easy route and dress once the body is back on the frame.


Next came the airlines and cables from the front Shockwaves. I ended up putting a wire loom over each set of airline/cable and ran them through the frame rails to an existing ovalish hole in the rail just before the rear crossmember. I left the shock valving control cable exiting the frame in the front as these cables plug into a box that will be under the dash. I will run the rear ones through the body to the front.






Believe it or not that and a few little clean up jobs took 5 hours to complete. Here is where it sits now.


There is not much else I can do with the AirRide until I get some wheels on the front. Hope to have my brakes ordered by next week. Until then I will continue planning out the fuel and brake lines as well as giving more thought to the interior. - Ken

No replies on the tie rod ends and I am so far behind now I am moving on.
I choose the regular style tie rod ends with the billet adjusters from ridetech.








A few little items left and then it will be time for the motor and trans to be reinstalled for final placement. Then the job of putting the body back on for trans tunnel modification.

Back to work!

No worries Kevin. I have been following the updates and it looks like you guys had a pretty good show out there. Thank you for producing all those videos interviewing the manufactures for those of us that will never get a chance to enter that extravaganza known as SEMA!

Looks great Ken!    Very clean!

Thanks Kevin and Qball!

Holidays are past and a couple of days of nice weather and with the help of good friends and low and behold some work got done!

Finished removing the remaining dash, sterring column, accelerator & brake pedals, ac/heat system, doors, all wiring and glass with the exception of the rear windshield.









Removal of the rear windshield and then it will be time to put the body shell back on the chassis for transmission tunnel modifications.

Two days later:
A bit cooler today but 600 watts of light will keep you warm!

Removed the trunk lid for the last time


Then finally dropped the gas tank










Just have the rear windshield and radio antenna and back on the frame the shell goes.

It looks like your floors are right on the edge.     My guess is that they will reveal many more holes after media blasting.   Not what you wanted to hear, I know, but we see it all the time.     

The good thing is that floor pans are pretty cheap for that car, and not a terrible job when it's all apart like that.

Looking forward to seeing what you do in the dash!

Cool seats, too... what color is this one going to be? 

http://files.thehoffmangroup.com/catalog/KeepItClean/#/30/

Check out this page out of the Keep It Clean Wiring catalog, or go to their home page and download the catalog.     They have lots of customizable LEDs for dashboards, push-button start kits, and a lot of other cool stuff.