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Wed Apr 13, 2016 5:55 pm

I don't understand why you'd mount that Brazilian grill under the bus. That isn't much more than a dressing/cover for the radiator. If it is under the bus that grill would be practically useless.

Wed Apr 13, 2016 6:07 pm

I wouldn't mount the grill under the bus. Just the radiator.

Thu Apr 14, 2016 5:25 am

jacbohoova wrote: how well does the radiator on the bottom work?

That's a radical bus, holy shit :shock:

Thu Apr 14, 2016 6:15 am

jacbohoova wrote: I wouldn't mount the grill under the bus. Just the radiator.

Oh geeze. I think I totally misunderstood your initial question. I thought you meant the bottom one of the two pics. Were you asking about a radiator under the bus?

Most of us around here refer to that as a "belly mount" radiator. Mine works fine.

Thu Apr 14, 2016 6:40 am

I live in Yuma az with a v8 so I'm wondering if the belly mount is enough.

Sun Oct 28, 2018 12:08 pm

Getting ready to toss a bunch of stuff at it again! I ordered brakes, suspension, and a fuel tank from red nine a few weeks back and here’s a pic with the amg 19” wheels it’s going to ride on. My students will be handling everything except for the radiator relocation. I’ll have to go full custom High in the d-pillars to prevent them being seen. My belly mount has kept me from going lower. I plan on using this for a notoriety project for the school so it’ll be a little hard stepping away for the first time since getting it in 2008.

Here goes nothing!

Sun Oct 28, 2018 1:04 pm

Pics of the red9 suspension!!!

Tue Oct 30, 2018 9:00 am

I won’t see it until the turn of the new year due to the 12 week lead time. I paid a few weeks back so it should be underway.

Fri Feb 08, 2019 4:14 pm

I’m really happy with the completeness of the kit and the engineering that went into it. It’s installing great so far! Brakes look dinky inside 19” wheels, I’m regretting not going with the full tilt upgrade purely on aesthetics there. The 4 wheel discs will be an improvement no matter what though.

....and yes that’s a rust hole In an eight year old klockerholm dogleg. These aren’t e-coated inside the boxed section so I’m guessing they started rotting from day one :(

Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:24 pm

Any chance you could measure from the underside of the frame ahead of the beam to the bottom of the Red9 crosspiece and/or the lowest point of the suspension? I've been curious for some time what the ground clearance might be like with one of these front ends, especially when not mounted in the "lowered" position.

Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:49 am

The lowest point will be the rack and pinion. The deciding factor on this vulnerability is how you set your coil overs. I intend on moving this around when I get it back on the ground to set it where I like it. I also may fab up a guard for this piece. I’m going to guess there’s at least 5” to spare and that won’t change no matter where it’s bolted to the body. More pics to come when my adjustable rear arms come in from vintage v-dubs. Tires should be in @ then too. It’ll be on some 245/40-19’s

Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:08 pm

I'm on the fence with this mod... once you go jersey you don't go back. This was easier than narrowing the torsion tubes and relocating the rear shocks. These weren't really meant to hold a tire this wide without some heavy mods.

No going back now

The wheels are Mercedes c230 (I'm going by what the dude I bought them off of-who knows). Tires are 245/40-19. Studs front and rear were replaced with longer to fit the wheels. Dorman part #610-426 press fits as normal but is a reduction in thread diameter to 1/2-20. They're readily available and stock for a 98-06 crown Vic.

These pics are with the suspension set at the second highest bolt hole. The highest is still lower than stock and I couldn't imagine going lower with this tire combo.

Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:34 pm

This is the adjusted ride height. It’s adjusted low enough to have travel without needing elevated seat pedestals. The front bumper is set at 13” and the rack rides 6.5” off the ground.

Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:53 pm

It’s a shame they don’t make that front suspension with stock ride height. I think I would like the steering setup.

Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:52 pm

The first pic is with a 25.5” tire and the highest setting. Not much lower than stock

Fri Apr 12, 2019 2:31 pm

The stock proportioning valve can be reused but I went with a manual bias. It’ll be under the driver seat for quick adjustment.

Tue Oct 01, 2019 2:59 pm

Its home and has officially driven to the end of the driveway. I’ll be painting the lower green again soon and laying on another blue stripe. It’s nice to see it doing anything under its own power.. 2014 was along time ago in bus years.