What have I gotten myself into?

Quote from
Bret Voelkel
President
RideTech
Air Ride Technologies, Inc.


Without calculating the exact motion ratio of that suspension, the ShockWave itself will see approx double the weight that you see at the tire. So if you have 1800 lbs total on the front tires [900lbs at each tire], you will need a spring [air or coil] that will have a load capacity of 1800 lbs each. The 8000 series won't do it unless you can inflate it to around 150 psi. The airspring itself could take that pressure but you would have a hard time finding a compressor that would live reliably at that pressure. Even at that, the spring rate would be quite high and the rise time would be unacceptably slow.

Your "decision that sucks the least" is to make clearance for the 6.5" dia 1000 series ShockWave.

Just looking at the picture, you may be able to install the 1000 series ShockWave in the inverted position [airspring portion towards the bottom] to get adequete clearance.