From then, the car started rolling show to show as a DB Drag car using different setups and stereo configurations, 6 different systems to be exact. At one show, Scott ran into an old friend who drove a bagged Mitsubishi Mighty Max who started the ball rolling and told him he should bag his bird. Scott then became a man on mission to put his Bird on the ground. Yet, in bagging his ride, he kept in mind that this would have to be a reliable system because it was still Scott’s daily driver. So he began with the rear, and slipped some Firestone airbags and SMC valves while he thought of a way to bring the front to ground level.   Air is kept at a constant pressure by the watchful duties of a Firestone compressor and a 3-gallon tank mounted underneath the car. For a year, Scott searched for information and people who shared his passion for the Bird, and found it shockingly difficult to get information out of people. So with the information Scott collected, he started up his own website, BaggedBirds.com to share what he had acquired. His first attempt at bringing the front down was accomplished by using Air Ride Technologies’ Shockwaves that were slightly modified to fit his application by brackets he had to make himself. While happy with the lowered stance, he still felt he had not accomplished his goal because he did not get the type of lift he wanted.
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So Scott was back to the drawing board, which landed him at the decision of fabricating his own “add on” lower control arm, which allowed him to use a set of Slam Specialties.   Once the suspension was up to par Scott began on the bodywork yet wanted to keep with the theme of the car, clean and simple. Up front, the Bird was stripped of it’s front bumper bolt holes, front bumper corner lights, front bird logo, antenna, and door handles. On the rear, Scott decided he didn’t need moldings or rear logos.
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