I just got done putting on my new air shocks and what a differance it makes. The old ones were probably 30 years old there was nothing left had to cut the bolt off pass side it was stripped took me a couple of hours but looks great don't have a saggy *** any more. I can hardly wait to put the frt ones on next month. I'm disabled so I can only afford one thing at a time. After the frt shocks I'm going to tackle the timing chain. lOVE MY OLDS 66 DELTA 88 2DR HT. NEXT SUMMER IT WILL GET PAINT AND INTERIOR. I think I will change the color from white to red with the red interior I think it will look great. My parents just bought a new buick with the most beautiful red paint its new for 08 and like nothing I've ever seen before so I think that will be the color. Is this car rare or just not a lot of people like them because I see a lot of verts but no 2DR HT I need some body parts and no one has a 2DR I can find. Thanks for all the info and help this site is great for us old olds guys and glad to see some young ones showing intrest in these classics. WEBBISH

 

I've been interested in air suspension, myself. Mind sharing what brand or kit you got and how much it cost you? Did you install them yourself?

 

On the back I just put on monroe air shocks load levelers but the diff. is amazing because the springs were shot and they wanted 63.00 plus delivery for the springs and I got the shocks for 62.00 delivered from rockauto.com. I'm not sure what I'm doing with the frt end yet but I have some low rider friends who said they could hook me up with air ride for the frt. I will keep you posted. Yes I did them my self IT TOOK ABOUT 25MIN. ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND 2HRS ON THE PASS. SIDE striped bolt enough said. but the rest was easy I'm disabled and turning 50 next April so as they say it can't be to hard. The air lines are simple and only finger tight the hard part is where to put the filler so it is cool HA HA

 

Air shocks are different from air ride suspensions. Be careful when using air shocks. They are handy if you are towing; however, if you are trying to fix worn springs it is only temporary. The best way to fix worn springs is to replace them.

 

I used to use air shocks on my 66 '98 years ago but they were a constant problem. They require a fairly high air pressure - 80-120 PSI - and the rubber boots wear out rapidly causing air leak. If you have coil springs, I find it better to use the air bag kit from JC Whitney. The bags are heavy vinyl and last forever and only require low air pressure - 15 PSI max. They are a little tricky to put in, unfasten shocks, jack rear until springs are stretched as much as possible, sqeeze bag flat and insert inside spring. The rest is pretty straight forward.

 

Sometimes the air shock lines will kink and leak. A professional install job is the easiest way to prevent this from happening. Use plenty of zip ties.