4th of July Sale!

Starting now through July 6th, we've got a bunch of parts on sale!  Visit www.BCFAB.com to check it all out!

ALL of our air suspension kits ship within the continental US for FREE!
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ALL Accuair components are on sale, and ship within the continental US for FREE!
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ALL of our 4 link kits ship within the continental US for FREE!
Our link kits are made with pride in the USA!

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Our SEAMLESS Aluminum air tanks ship within the continental US for FREE!
These tanks are made in the USA!

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ALL of our airbag mounting bracket sets ship within the US for FREE!
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More Shop Updates - 1962 Impala, 1964 Impala, 1955 Chevy 210

Progress continues on a few of our long-term visitors!

Starting with the most recent (and smallest) job, Rene's '62 Impala came in for an airbag installation, which turned into a disc brake conversion, new glass, and some other odds and ends.  He had purchased the car from someone else, and is just going through the motions to make it his!
We had to send his 20" wheels out for some machine work to clear the rear wheel wells, but here's a shot of it on some stock steelies for now:

When he gets his wheels back on I'll pull it out of the shop and post some proper pics!

Jesse's '64 Impala keeps getting more parts thrown at it.  It's currently in our booth with the engine out, getting the firewall and inner wells cleaned up and painted.  The engine is on a stand, getting a fresh coat of paint and lots of billet goodies:

He's having us add a Vintage Air AC system as well, and then we can focus on putting the whole car back together!

Finally, William's '55 210 is getting a bunch of new parts installed.  Power windows, keyless entry, Dakota Digital gauge system, and lots and lots of wiring that goes with all of those fancy parts!

More to come as it happens!
While you're waiting for us to update our blog, get out in the garage and update your ride!  Visit us at www.bcfab.com to get the air suspension parts you need to get that project rolling low!

Shop Updates

It's been embarrassingly long since we updated the blog!  We've stayed active enough on Facebook and Instagram, and the website has stayed current with new products, but I have to apologize to our loyal Blog visitors- we've been slipping!

Anyway, here are some shots of the vehicles we've had rolling through over the past few months:

One of our good customers, Riley, helped us develop an air suspension system for the W108 Mercedes platform.  This is his car with the "Level 4" version of that kit! 

 This trio of classic hot rods belongs to another of our good customers, Jim.  He's actually had a few other rides through our doors in the past, but these are the latest to show up.  The Anglia has a blown Hemi with plenty of nitrous oxide on top, just for that extra touch of insanity.  The four door Ford was my favorite- very clean, mild enough to drive daily.  And the Willys has that classic gasser look- straight axle front end, warmed-over small block, four speed trans... fun car all around!  We didn't build these cars- Jim has been building customs since before I was born, and he was just having us clean up a few things as he prepared them for sale.

Another good friend of the shop, Dan, brought his '53 Ford through the shop to show off.  He's been building this car in his garage for the past several years, and it's finally on the road!  S10 front suspension conversion, built small block under the hood, and of course a full air ride suspension setup.

Jeff's '55 Chevy truck got finished up and left a while ago.  The grocery list of mods and upgrades for this truck just kept growing, and now it's got all of the creature comforts of a new vehicle with the proper looks of a mid-50s Chevrolet!

We've got plenty of other projects underway; the '61 Cadillac I posted a few months ago has turned into a MAJOR custom build, we've got '62 and '64 Impalas in here getting a bunch of upgrades, and some of our older builds are coming close to being finished.  Thanks for your patience- hope these pictures were worth the wait!

As always, visit us at www.bcfab.com to help get YOUR project moving!

BC Fab's 2013 Holiday Special!

We've launched our annual Holiday Special, and there's a bunch of deals to help you get that project finished this winter!

There's 10% off on 4 link kits, airbags, and more.  Plus, every order over $100 ships for FREE!

Visit us at www.bcfab.com, get your orders placed, and have a great holiday season!

1967 Lincoln Continental Convertible - Full Air Suspension Installation - Part 4 (The Payoff!)

You saw the car at stock height. You scrolled through a bunch of pictures as we pulled this beautiful Continental apart.  Now it's time to see how it all came together!

I've never wanted to drive off with someone's car so badly!  This Conti rides like a dream, lifts to around stock height, and drops just inches off the ground without cutting the floor in the rear!  The AccuAir eLevel height control system brings the car to a safe ride height at the touch of a button.  And the components in the trunk are mounted discretely, too:

 We mounted the air tank and compressors to a sheet of carpeted MDF, and arranged them so the factory spare tire cover fits over everything.

Thanks for reading through this installation!  If you have any questions about the Lincoln Continental air suspension kits we offer, or have a different project you're working on, visit us at www.bcfab.com!

1967 Lincoln Continental Convertible - Full Air Suspension Installation - Part 3

My last post covered installing air suspension on the front of a 1967 Lincoln Continental.  This one will cover the rear suspension.  These cars feature a unibody construction with leaf springs locating and suspending the rear axle, so they present some unique challenges when it comes to installing airbag suspension.
We created a link suspension that is designed to tie into the strongest parts of the factory subframe, and incorporates an upper crossmember with the airbag mounts integrated.  This makes installation as easy as possible, with only six holes drilled into the car and simple welding on the rear axle housing required...  Anyway, a picture's worth a thousand words, right?

The stock leaf springs were removed, along with the hanger brackets and shackles. 

The leaf spring mounts on the axle were cleaned up of rust and paint in preparation for welding as shown.

Our lower link bracket bolted in place of the factory spring hanger, and the lower link bar was bolted to it.

The lower link bracket on the axle side was welded onto the stock spring perch.

To make clearance for the crossmember, airbags, and upper 4 link bars, the mufflers needed to be removed.  There is still a pair of large mufflers at the rear of the car, so this Lincoln will still have a nice quiet system.

There is a sheetmetal bracket under the floor that needed to have a section cut out of it to make way for the upper crossmember.  This bracket isn't structural- it's just where the bump stop on the axle hit when the car bottomed out.

The crossmember was raised into place against the subframe rails.  There is a hole in the side brackets that matches up with a hole in the subframe, so we positioned the crossmember using that and marked the three holes on each side to be drilled.

The holes were drilled out, and reinforcing sleeves were placed into each hole to give the crossmember more strength.

At this point, we bolted the airbags to the crossmember and bolted everything to the subframe. 

The bolt closest to the airbag needed to be ground down to prevent rubbing.

Now that the crossmember was bolted in, we installed the upper and lower link bars.  After some careful measuring, the upper link bar tabs were welded to the axle housing as shown:

The 4 link was now complete!

A quick trip to the exhaust shop down the street, and new piping was run around the suspension.

Our customer wanted to mount as much of the system as possible underneath the car, so we were able to find homes for the AccuAir VU4 valve manifold, eLevel ride height control system, and iLevel iPhone add-on module against the bottom of the floor.  Lots and lots of wire and air line snaked all around underneath, but the only pieces that ended up in the trunk were the air tank and compressors, with a single air line and a pair of wires the only connections passing inside.

The rear ride height sensors were mounted to the side of the subframe and down to the lower link bars.

 To help conceal the system's wiring, we fabricated some sheetmetal panels to keep everything as tidy as possible.

That's about it for the underside of this car...  If you've stuck around this long, check out Part 4 for some shots of the finished product!