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There's many to be had but so often they are in sad states.

Nice! I'm thrilled to finally own one

I purchased the switches from Bag Riders which came with the metal switch frame. www.bagriders.com/manual-paddle-valve-kit.html

Paul, it's a great thought. I debated it myself simply for alignment purposes. The trouble is, having a cross bar/s would possibly foul exhaust components or crossmembers if it attached to the portion of the Quickjack that lifts. If there was a way to attach to the lower portion, then really the only downside is that using a creeper underneath would be very challenging.

On a shoebox, I think with the right combination of drop blocks and a few pulled leaves I bet you could get the axle to the frame, which is low but definitely not laying frame. But then you are really compromising pinion angle and risk axle wrap under hard acceleration. If you want to fully dump one of these things I'd suggest the Shoebox Central 2 link kit. It's a bit of fab work but that kit gets the frame on the ground.

Dude thank you very much! It felt great to get the ol' girl out

I suspect we are similarly aged. I was born in 83, so some debate that's borderline GenX and I have to say I am so thankful to have been born in such a simpler time compared to today. Everything was simpler, and I too miss it a great deal. It's awesome to hear you're trying to raise your kids with a simple life. We are too to the best of our ability.

Appreciate the kind words Craig! Gotta show the youth the way before it's too late.

They are the best. But if you didn't waste that decade on Subies, you would've regretted cruising low and slow classics only.

As far as I know there is no adapter on the market to maintain the OE BMW transmission with an SR.

Are you talking about a scissor lift for both motorcycles and cars?

By all means copy away. It's been just awesome.

Ride preference is so subjective, but I'll say the Berserker series has a lot of adjustment and I'm running around a city with very shitty roads on a stiffer valving setting. My car spends a lot of time on the track and I love this setup and I've only just started with fine tuning it.

Hi Brandon, yeah there is actually a Viking part number to run the factory insulator up top.

Viking will build you 100% custom valved coilovers exactly like you want in varying lengths, spring rates and attachment points. You made the right choice with Viking. I'll put it this way; there's a reason why all the fast guys around here run Viking. So get her done, get those coilovers on and if you need a stiffer spring because you're so low they can hook that up too. These guys are the real deal!

Thanks Trevor! Yeah I've been quite happy with the coilovers thus far. This Friday the more in-depth video on coilover installation comes out.

Thanks Mike! The coilover video comes out next week too. That was the one that took so damn long to edit. Lol

@@DadModsMedia I do subscribe, so I'll be watching it. I've owned fourth gen Firebirds for over 20 years and still absolutely love them.

Thanks Lauren, glad it was helpful!

Hey glad it was helpful!

Appreciate it George. They continue to work great since installation

Haha you know it's funny, I saw this comment and forgot to reply but when I was out cleaning the daily driver, it reminded me that I needed to vacuum the fbody 😆 Thanks for the laugh man!

@@DadModsMedia I just did mine ! I did two layers of the cloth doubled over! Fixed the cables and springs and then added additional support with some tape.

Sorry about the super delayed response. I didn't use the Speedway kit, but a kit very similar. I don't recall there being a T-bar in the kit. I mounted my hanging pedal barely to the left so the actual pedal arm is almost touching the side of the column.

Sorry about the super late reply. I'm not sure I could comment since I don't know the camper size and weight, or how the hitch would be fabricated by someone else. In my case, I hauled my pop-up camper behind my shoebox. I do have a modern drivetrain and an S10 front clip (disc brakes and modern steering). So there's some factors to consider.

Drop Leaf springs instead of drop blocks and leaf removal from original packs? I think it all depends on your goals, if you want to get the car slammed for parking you're going to need a lot of travel in the suspension (soft suspension). A full leaf pack will have resistance in both vertical directions, whether it's a drop pack or not. Especially downward. When you remove a few leafs from the original pack you get a softer pack that allows the car to drop lower, you then use the air bag to inflate the car up to an appropriate height for driving. If you used a drop leaf pack (w/o removing any leafs) it wouldn't allow you to go any lower than the 3 inch drop but you would be able to use an air bag to raise it a little before getting too much resistance from the leaf pack. If you started with a drop leaf pack then removed leafs until you get your desired static drop, then used the air bag to raise it.... I suppose that may be another option. I hope this makes sense.

4 wheel drive vs 2 wheel drive is mainly a front suspension/steering issue as far as i am aware. I'd wager there's a big difference in almost everything up front.

Are you suggesting making a jig for the initial quickjack placement on the floor (before the platform is laid down)?

I couldn't tell ya but I'm sure the Facebook groups for shoebox Fords could.

@@MPerly $50 or so at most. There's a million of them out there so they're not rare at all. If you do an at home rebuild it it may be work like a hundred to $120. If you have it media blasted, fully recoated, fully rebuilt, and fully tested with documentation it could go for about $300

My understanding is the front ends on those cars are usually stubbed by using a more modern clip. I've seen Gbody and Mustang II clips working well. I don't know enough about a leaf spring front axle to make any recommendations outside of doing a clip. Jiminez Brothers do make a clip for that car, I'd suggest giving them a call and asking what they recommend based on your budget. Maybe they know a way to safely run air without a full clip. They are gurus

The bracket is a 1/4 plate and I haven't noticed any changes on my vehicle which included towing a camper behind it.

Hi Shea, yeah at the time of filming this video the Camaro was lowered on Eibach springs and blown shocks. Lol The car now sits on Viking coilovers and is lower than the height of the springs.

@@DadModsMedia Really appreciate the response. Definitely a great looking setup!

Its a legal lability which is why the have the warning label. If someone messes up the installation and the locking mechanism fails and the person dies then they will get sued, by them saying you need auxiliary jack stands its their way of covering themselves.

Hey David, so yeah these Makita batteries at full charge are basically 20v. So when everything is fresh this motor is tolerating 80v for a little while. My understanding is motors will tolerate a little bit of overclocking but it does reduce the life of the motor some. And these are cheap Chinese motors so who knows but so far mine has held up fine to all the screwing around we've done.

Do your quickjacks have the air canisters on them? Mine do and that's meant to hold between 40-50psi. These air cylinders held push the quickjacks back down. If one cylinder has bled off air pressure they will go down at different rates.

@@DadModsMedia yes, unless you check them all the time, you only know they don't work when they don't work. also, even when they are full, it is not an exact match. now the lift is getting about 5 years old and used fairly often so it may just be an age thing

Well that's a shame@@BT-ih6kr . It may be worth calling Quickjacks and asking if there's anything to check over, like are the pins getting corroded, bolts need to be retorqued...etc. Mine are around 5 years old, and if you follow the channel you'll see how often they are lifting my stupid toys, yours shouldn't be having those issues.

You can actually over-extend the bags if you inflate without compressing force on them.

Hot damn you must have grip for days!

@@DadModsMedia indeed I do! I can get it sideways if I wanted too still

@@Touge_camaro Haha that's what Fbodys do best