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If you are not currently involved with a truck club in your area try and find one. Information sharing and advice from people who have done similar work is a valuable resource to have. Next thing I would suggest is to decide what you want out of your suspension and come up with a plan and a parts cost total. Things like bag mfg and size, how many valves and what size line, compressors etc are all things you will want to look into. Once you have an idea of what you need you can start shopping for deals. Some places will give you better pricing if you buy all from them or can offer you a package deal on parts. Now you are going to need to either build or buy the necessary steel bracketry, crossmembers, notches, tabs and link bars to mount all of your new goodies to your truck. If you are wanting to get all your steel in a kit form try looking at a place like Ekstensive Metal Works, they offer some kits for full sizes that are priced good and are pretty user friendly, I'm sure that there are others that offer stuff as well. The big question now is do you have the tooling, skills, time and place to install all of this yourself or is it time to enlist the help of a quality shop. Going to a shop doesn't have to be a bad thing, there is certainly no shame in paying to get a job done right. You can also keep the caos in check by doing as much as you can to the truck before you take it in. If you pull the bed and clean the frame, cut your wheel wells in the front and relocate things under the hood etc. before you take your truck in it will save you on labour. You can also cut and tub your bed and do your own plumbing and wiring after you get your truck back home to save on labour as well. This is by far not all you will need to know when it comes to bagging a truck but it should give you a start anyways,ask more questions as needed and good luck wiuth it bro.