| Air ride question. - Click HERE for Original Thread |
| Cody D |
I've been thinking about putting air ride suspension on my daily driven and winter driven car, the car as it is right now is so low that it is a hassle, I was thinking that if I put an air suspension on it I could have the low ride height plus a little more practicality.
Anyone here running air suspension on their daily driver? I need to find an Edmonton shop that can put one in my car. I also need to know if it will handle winter temperatures.
I've found a couple sites, and looked through a couple forums, but I was looking for more local experience. |
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| flatboy |
Check out Macgyvers. Winter is no problem all highway rigs have a air ride suspension, and I've also ran them in winter.
Macgyvers - 432-4248. ain't cheap but you'll be happy. |
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| Cody D |
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Originally posted by flatboy
Check out Macgyvers. Winter is no problem all highway rigs have a air ride suspension, and I've also ran them in winter.
Macgyvers - 432-4248. ain't cheap but you'll be happy.
Thank you for the info, I was quite off on what I expected for a price. |
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| 95EagleAWD |
| This is for the IS, right? |
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| shawley |
I know you can get air struts sort of things from air ride
where the shock and air bag is built into one and just completley all in one thing pull out yours from your car and put this in run the air lines and your done
maybe look into it
check out airridetehcnilogy web site(spelling not right there)
search up the shockwave |
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| Cody D |
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Originally posted by 95EagleAWD
This is for the IS, right?
Yes it is, don't worry I'm not air-bagging the NSX, haha.
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Originally posted by shawley
check out airridetehcnilogy web site(spelling not right there)
search up the shockwave
I found this... http://www.universalairsuspension.com/on-road/ it looks pretty easy to install, and the price is a lot better. |
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| Ron@Revolution |
| Cody I had a great article on performance airbags I believe they out performed some highend coilovers on the track, I well try to dig up the info for ya. |
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| Cody D |
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Originally posted by Ron@Revolution
Cody I had a great article on performance airbags I believe they out performed some highend coilovers on the track, I well try to dig up the info for ya.
That would be great Ron. |
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| POX |
| I was thinking of doing this for my IS but i wasnt able to find any real info, i love to see that article ron |
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| lowryder99 |
The performance article was from Air Ride Tech, they do put out some good stuff.
Whoever tells you that running an air set up in the winter is easy obviously hasn't run an airset-up in the winter.
Can it be done? Of course but they require maintence, and common sense. Water/Condensation is your enemy in an air set up, any freezing occurs and valves stick which is a royal pain in the arse. You will need to run inline air dryers, water traps etc..etc...
Can be done, just make sure it's done right. Suspension is NOT something you want to cheap out on.
For a daily driver I would reccomend the EasyStreet Autopilot, it's a full digital system that has ride height on startup, very nice system, fairly easy to install etc..etc...
More pricey than a standard guage set up but it's also a lot more user friendly and you arn't wasting your time running air lines through the car to get to the guages.
Along with leak detection etc..etc..I don't think id go another way for a DD.
(I have standard needle guages in one my trucks and don't really care for them)
Any install I do or sell I do the autopilot. |
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| Cody D |
So I was quoted at 6-7 thousand by the friendly gentleman at Macgyvers, I understand that there could be a lot of fabrication work and other instalation issues, but that just seemed high to me.
I might just throw the stock suspension into the car for winter, then lower it again next spring. |
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| POX |
| damn, Tien coilovers with the electronic controler would be cheaper |
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| Blaine B. |
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Originally posted by POX
damn, Tien coilovers with the electronic controler would be cheaper
Electronic controller does not adjust ride height, just stiffness. |
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| Cody D |
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Originally posted by Blaine B.
Electronic controller does not adjust ride height, just stiffness.
I had thought that Tien had a set that adjusted height, I couldn't think of how they would do it, but I'm sure I read somewhere they did. |
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| lowryder99 |
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Originally posted by Cody D
So I was quoted at 6-7 thousand by the friendly gentleman at Macgyvers, I understand that there could be a lot of fabrication work and other instalation issues, but that just seemed high to me.
I might just throw the stock suspension into the car for winter, then lower it again next spring.
There isn't much fab work involved in an IS300 install, you are looking at airstruts which are basically bolt in replacements.
If you go with the Autopilot system like I mentioned it would end up being a lot cheaper on the labor side since there is essentially no real wiring, just plug and play.
If you want a cheaper quote I can put in touch with a reputable air-ride shop. |
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| Cody D |
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Originally posted by lowryder99
There isn't much fab work involved in an IS300 install, you are looking at airstruts which are basically bolt in replacements.
If you go with the Autopilot system like I mentioned it would end up being a lot cheaper on the labor side since there is essentially no real wiring, just plug and play.
If you want a cheaper quote I can put in touch with a reputable air-ride shop.
That would be very helpfull, I don't really need anything fancy, just something that works. |
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| POX |
| could i get that air ride info? |
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