Downside to air ride?

[Gr1m]

Hey i might be getting my air setup at the end of february, i was wondering if im going to have any problems with it. The car is my daily driver and i was just wondering if there are any problems with bagging a daily driver

[SweetNLow]

my car rides like a dump truck...... not the most comfortable thing to drive on a daily basis..... but ive never fucked with my softness settings.

other than the ride..... driving it on a daily basis you just run abit more of a risk of blowin a bag/line/fitting but overall air ride is very reliable.

ive had 1 problem with mine and it was my fault that it happened anyways.

[Gr1m]

i dont mind about the ride, i would leave it the way i have it, but its just too low to the ground with the kit on it and i dont want to put stock springs back on...what was your one problem?

[SweetNLow]

my setup was an older setup and had rubber airline coming directly out of the bag...... long story short i zip tied the rubber line to a tranny line and after about 4 weeks it melted threw the rubber hose and blew it. easy fix though and got the newer steel braided line

[Gr1m]

lol i hope i dont have that problem, im gonna go through rick and get a setup from him

[AftermathAlero]

problems are usually the install jobs. If you got a person who knows what they're doing. then you'll be fine. If your clueless on installation, then you'll have a bunch of leaks or line rubbing from not routing it safetly from anything, etc.

[ppgnut]

i never had one problem with my air ride, like he said some one needs to install that knows air ride,,
i love my air ride

[BlackJack]

I wouldn't mind bagging mine, they say it's better for performance suspensions anyways, but damned NHRA regs say no racing on air suspension unless it's factory equipped.

[Pimpalero03]

i hated it as an every day car. if u take a fast turn it doenst work out to well, and it rides like shit. and the fact that i blew a bag the first week. lol but if the ride quality doesnt matter to you, then go for it, ur gonna love it.

[Gr1m]

so im not gonna be able to corner as well as i have been with my lowering springs? whatever i guess its time to slow down before i get a speeding ticket lol.

[ppgnut]

dude i dunno what is the problem going on here with air ride the ride reminds me of lowering springs, and when i took corners it sure didnt suck for me
i drove my alero with air ride for 2 yrs even in the chicago winter and still had no problems, i personally love the perofrmance of air ride and the drviablity form air ride

[TwistedDreams]

I agree with Sweetnlow and paul on the crap ride, Ive adjust my struts and it doesnt help much

[Gr1m]

heh i guess im gonna see how i like it lol, think im ordering it either today or tommorow

[Pimpalero03]

good luck! gonna look bad ass slammed to teh ground

[AftermathAlero]

Mine rides good! ask marc (silent) and randy (albinomonkeyrat) they rode in my car at ASS last year.

[Gr1m]

Mine rides good! ask marc (silent) and randy (albinomonkeyrat) they rode in my car at ASS last year.
silent is still trying to talk me into a hyrdo setup lol...idk tho i think im just gonna stick with air

[Pimpalero03]

yeah i would stick to air. none of that liquid stuff. lol

[SweetNLow]

Mine rides good! ask marc (silent) and randy (albinomonkeyrat) they rode in my car at ASS last year.

i still dont understand y yours rides so much better than mine

[Pimpalero03]

all air struts should all ride the same. its an air strut. u can turn the settings from soft to firm but i tried them all and it still rides rough. when i first rode in a bagged vehicle, it was a truck and it rode sooo smooth and i thoght my alero would ride like that, i didnt think that trucks have bags and cars have bag struts. lol

[SweetNLow]

i rode in richie car paul and this rode nothing like yours/mine rides

[sound_xtreme]

i believe richie has upgraded sway bars, etc

[AftermathAlero]

I only got the next level (pfyc) rear larger swaybar.

[forbidden]

Ya i dont know why some of you guys have ruff rides.. Mine rode great and that was even on crappy AIM bags. A few that we have installed all rode good as well.. As for the corners, never had a problem there either. It all maters on what psi you are running at ride hight.

[sound_xtreme]

mine rides like shit rick. and i got ur old setup. i think the struts are beyond shot tho. bent and shit

[forbidden]

mine rides like shit rick. and i got ur old setup. i think the struts are beyond shot tho. bent and shit


That could be.. It always rode nice when i had it.. Alot better than when on lowering springs. Plus big thing is what you set it at at ride height.