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air suspension...
anybody know important tips / price / etc...

this is something i wanna learn about...
somethine i may consider in the long run

 
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I have heard horror stories about bagging your ride. However, I do admit it looks pretty cool! Air ride can be very bumpy! I saw 2 cars at Scarborough Town with hydraulics and both their rear ends were bouncing up and down really high! From what I know, air rods are suppose to give you a better ride quality than the bags.

There is someone on 2k1 with a air ride civic.....lemme find, well I got some pics.....too big to upload, if only I can find a good free webhost.

I direct you to THIS!

 
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i've seen on tv that heavy duty trucks actually use bags for suspension...
the bags themselves "seem" sturdy, but i wouldn't know... i guess pin point holes can destory it....

 
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There's also this.

Click on Joe Vitale

 
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whoooozeeerrrssssss

 
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.....anything you need to know i can give you a number of my friend. he has it, actually just got it installed. i took like a 20s clip on a digital camera but if i knew how to put it on i could. i dont know how uch it costed him but he went to montreal to get it, it was good prices there, and its really quick. the only thing i dont like is the noise of the ccompressor, its super loud

 
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was the ride comfortable???
can you find out for me how much he paid for them??? pls...

 
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hey flipped out...i am actually gettin an air ride put into my car in two weeks...but i am not paying for it..i am getting it installed for free... by a store who does not want me to mention their name as of yet til the three demo cars are done..mine being one of them...but everything should be done in a months time hopefully..you will be seeing my car in any upcoming shows do demo this for the shop..apparently the guy doing it is the store owners cousin who is coming from miami to live here...he does this as his profession in miami with the air ride and the hydrolics.....so when its done i will let you know..how it is...and i can refer you to him after..cool?

 
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FlippedOut - After going into this topic more, the ride quality in air ride set ups can be as good or even better than stock struts assuming it was installed properly and the car is at its normal height. Now since most air ride set ups are "generic" and are adapted to work with your vehicle, there are places for errors. An air ride will allow you to increase/decrease your vehicle height from the "normal" height by about 2 inches. I would also recommend emailing 01EXtc as he is in the developement of his own patent pending air ride set up. Depending on how good of a set up you want, it ranges from $1500-$2000 U.S.

 
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ya he paid 2300 for it

 
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THANKS!!! [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]

very informative...
you guys answered every question in mind...

except one... im thinking about the compressor... (is it heavy)???
i know my car isn't fast, and i know it's not really worth supping up the engine unless i do an engine swap
but a heavy car = slower acceleration...

stillmatik23: you got hooked up sweet... your soo lucky... can you quote me on his prices? if it's within my secret range, i'll be the first cust at his door for air susp.

 
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the compressor in my friends is the size of a fire extinguisher

 
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are you serious???
the one i saw on tv looks HUGE

thanks oldskool... sorry about the leafs...

 
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he has 2 of them, but maybe thats the kind he got ive only seen air bags on his ride

 
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Once you put air there ain't no goin fast. Also yer gonna end up using cylinders not bags. If u wanna go fast get 2 compressors and 2 tanks, 1/2 line most likely. The back will drop quite a bit while the front will as well but not sa much because of the front suspension. If yer lookin for someone who's done it for a long time and has lots of nice show carz I can refer you to Choice Customs call them and ask for Paul and tell him what u wanna do and he can ballpark it for you. If u swing by there you can see some of the cars that they've done more recently....check em out...some good work...