It does get pretty stiff if you ride with the system all the way up. You feel every, and i mean every, bump in the road. So you have to lower it a little, then its pretty smooth. There've been instances when i accidentally had it all the way up, hit something, and just cringed, thinking something broke cuz the whole car shook.

 

I have bent rims that way. To high, little to no give, and hit something hard.

 

that looks sick. nice job.

 

ERIC.. I told you... DO NOT RIDE ALL THE WAY UP!!!!!

There are many dangers to doing that... and its NOT fun!!!
1. you can snap your cylinder rod!!! This will send your car to the floor and never back up... Not a fun experience at any amount of speed!!!

2. You can bend the rods cause a difficulty on that wheel to move up and down...

3 and most common is that you can break the air seal in the piston of the cylinder... If you raise the car all the way up the cylinders lock alil... you might notice that it doesnt go down right away (alil hesitation).

I used to raise it up stationary and then drop it alil... then roll!!! JUST MY LIL ADVICE TO YOU!!! Im just trying to look out for you!


Gianni

 

and 4, you can crack your strut towers....

 

And 5, I'd just look really really bad. . . hehe

 

I have the best advice... DONT DRIVE DOWN ALAFAYA (434)!

 

x 100

 

ok let the bets start....

i say he has them off and springs back on in 10 months. anyone else?

 

damn 4 real!! i had a friend that lived off of that road....went back and forth on it a couple times....ugh, not fun at all!!!
but...that oppurtunity doesnt present it's self anymore:P

 

lol katie and her friend's w/ benefits

I give him 8-10 months...or he keeps them as long as he has to car so he can do more show mods

 

that is SO not what i meant hahahahhaha...wow, now that i read back over it, it does sound kinda bad. I have a friend that lives in orlando and he lives off of that road, i went down to visit him a couple months ago and i havent been back yet.

the road was horrible, all the construction.

 

i bet it was a bumpy ride

 

dat is a clean cl

 

sweet ride katana!!

 

HOT.....HOT....HOT......

 

lol... Ross i take your bet.... 8-10 months for us in NY / PA.. he has got great weather and smoothe roads... I give him at least a year and a half or get rid of the car first!!

 

Damn, u guys are takin bets on me huh.......?? Well, im not planning on takin em off, i ll tell u that much, way too fun. Like i said, i learned really quick not to have em all the way up. The only thing that pisses me off is refilling air, thats it, other than that, its been great. Definently gets a lot of compliments and some serious head turning in traffic. But im' not gonna take em off though, i got a few more plans to my car, and an air ride is just a sweet addition. I'm letting you guys know now, when im' done, jaws are gonna be dropping on this forum!!! I still have a lot planned, but im not lettin anybody know, im' just gonna surprise you guys with it one day.

 

nice ride man i give you props

 

looks sweet man :thumbup:

 

btw: I thought you had a black cl?

 

nope........its been white ever since i've owned it

 

Looks great!


Sounds like you're have fun!

 

might be talkin' bout mine :P

 

Or mine

 

Hey chris what size are your lines? How long does it take to fill up your tank?

 

chris has 2 tanks i think so its not long right? how much for anice cylinder setup? i would love a air ride but i think a coilover setup is cheaper but customizable air ride and fully rocker system sounds tempting

 

2 3 gallon tanks, and 2 ViAir compressors. It doesn't take too long to fill up, but I would like it to be faster.

Oh, and I have 1/2" lines, with 1/2" valves. The exhaust vavles are tapered to 1/4" to slow them down, and the rear fill lines have about 2' of 1/4" to slow the lift (I was hoping the rear of the car off the ground).

 

so what are the cons of having bags? besides the fact that its a stiff ride

do the tires wear out easily or what?

 

You don't bag our cars, that is for vehicles that do not depend on the strut assembly for linearity.

The disadnatages of air ride is:

1) Where our tires faster
2) Poor roads can be rough (can't ride too low, you'll bottom out. Can't ride too high, you'll top out)
3) If something breaks (hose, compressor, cylinder), you aren't going anywhere

 

the main advantage of the the air ride
is

that it looks fawkin sick!

 

x 187489374837

 

oops i meant air sorry

why does it wear out tires faster?
any way to fix this w/ camber kit or somethin like daT?
just wondering because 19's tires are expensive =| and if i would even consider getting air...i would want to be able to make my tires last as long as possible

 

They don't make a camber kit tat will take out that much negative camber. It's mostly the front tires that get worn out quick. You could use a camber kit, and ride it at a lowering spring height and you would be no worse off then if you had springs, just with a better ride.

 

Thanks for all the info chris, im still new at all this air ride stuff.

 

that is the most beautiful car i've ever seen!

 

I took my car into the shop today, part of the reason it was riding rough/stiff was that 2 of the screws came loose, and were rattling around like crazy. I got that fixed, and i also had a leak which i got fixed. Now that i finally figured out how to work it, its doin pretty good, the ride is a lot better.

 

call me up if you need a navigator....any engine mod?

 

No real engine mods yet.......just cai w/ bypass, thats it. I was gonna do a lot more to it, but hey, lets face the facts, it aint gonna be fast. Eventually i ll have an H22 with a lil boost, but for now, i'm all about lookin good goin slow.

 

Looks hella good.