Air Suspension Discussion Thread - Let's Get Nerdy

[diirk]

Originally Posted by Jyn

Is that for bags or for tanks? I normally lose ~20 PSI in my tank overnight.

Reading through the instructions again, AirRide doesn't seem to differentiate between tank or bag leaks. They just say that typical loss is 2-4 PSI over a 24 hour span of time. Anything over 5psi in 24 hours needs to be corrected.

When I went through fixing leaks the last time, I used the liquid PTFE sealant and it seemed to work better than the tape. I was also meticulous in torquing the fittings.

Another important point is that once you have a fitting torqued, leave it alone. If you retorque it, you will break the seal. You need to remove, clean, reapply your sealant and reinstall.

[diirk]

Originally Posted by _frs

Has anyone heard of d2 air suspension? Debating between d2 and airlift, because d2 comes with a trunk mounting board and airlift doesn't, as well as being several hundred dollars more expensive.

any adivce?

I've never heard of them, so I looked it up.
For the small difference in price, you're giving up a really nice digital controller for a manual controller with a single guage. And, an unknown mfg for the struts, whereas the AirLift struts are made by BC Racing.

It's your call obviously, but I'd recommend AirLift or AirRex.

[Chaz@ORT]

Bumping this thread back to life.

Here's a recent customer freshly bagged on an Airlift V2 System!

[diirk]

Originally Posted by Chaz@ORT

Bumping this thread back to life.

Here's a recent customer freshly bagged on an Airlift V2 System!

Maybe be looking for a setup to fit a 2015 S5....

[Chaz@ORT]

Originally Posted by diirk

Maybe be looking for a setup to fit a 2015 S5....

Maybe you should shoot me an email and we can hook it up ;]

[Andrew@ORT]

Originally Posted by _frs

Has anyone heard of d2 air suspension? Debating between d2 and airlift, because d2 comes with a trunk mounting board and airlift doesn't, as well as being several hundred dollars more expensive.

any adivce?

We've never sold a D2 product, but I've had friends who have ridden in D2 equipped and it's not a bad setup. From what I'm told, it rides a bit rough compared to the Air Lift products.

Originally Posted by AtlasMick

I have a general question about bag systems, but it might depend on the bag manufacturer.

They designed these kits for our cars with about stock weight of tire/wheel in mind (I'm assuming). Comparing coil-overs to bags, does anyone know how the physics work for say, adding weight to the tire/wheel combo by having a much larger wheel/tire like some of the widebody people are doing?

Is the effect noticeable or negligible going from stock weight to something heavier like a 10-11" wide wheel and does this affect how much pressure(bags) or spring/damper (coils) you would need?

I'm not quite sure what you're saying with regard to spring rates with wider or bigger wheels. From what I'm gathering, you're asking if an air suspension setup can be adjusted to accommodate for additional weight / load / aka bigger wheels? The short answer is yes. But in order for me to give you the most accurate response, I'll need some clarification on your point.

I'm definitely interested in answering your question, shoot me an email or call if you'd like!

Originally Posted by diirk

Reading through the instructions again, AirRide doesn't seem to differentiate between tank or bag leaks. They just say that typical loss is 2-4 PSI over a 24 hour span of time. Anything over 5psi in 24 hours needs to be corrected.

When I went through fixing leaks the last time, I used the liquid PTFE sealant and it seemed to work better than the tape. I was also meticulous in torquing the fittings.

Another important point is that once you have a fitting torqued, leave it alone. If you retorque it, you will break the seal. You need to remove, clean, reapply your sealant and reinstall.

What this guy said!

Loctite 565 or PTFE sealant works best on the fittings.

[AtlasMick]

Originally Posted by Andrew@ORT

I'm not quite sure what you're saying with regard to spring rates with wider or bigger wheels. From what I'm gathering, you're asking if an air suspension setup can be adjusted to accommodate for additional weight / load / aka bigger wheels? The short answer is yes. But in order for me to give you the most accurate response, I'll need some clarification on your point.

I'm definitely interested in answering your question, shoot me an email or call if you'd like!

Let's say you have a system dialed in with a 8" wide wheel 235 width tire that is pretty close to the stock wheel/tire weight with a 1-1.5" drop like a lot of people are doing.

Then, you have the same coilover system being used by someone running a 11" wide wheel and 275 width tire on the same drop.

How or would you even need to adjust the bag system to account for the extra weight?

[Chaz@ORT]

Originally Posted by AtlasMick

Let's say you have a system dialed in with a 8" wide wheel 235 width tire that is pretty close to the stock wheel/tire weight with a 1-1.5" drop like a lot of people are doing.

Then, you have the same coilover system being used by someone running a 11" wide wheel and 275 width tire on the same drop.

How or would you even need to adjust the bag system to account for the extra weight?

Nope.

[Andrew@ORT]

Originally Posted by Chaz@ORT

Nope.

the short answer is: no.

the long answer is: with different wheel and tire combinations, you should take the proper precautions to make sure you have enough clearance between the wheel and the bag. the beauty of the air lift performance system is that you can make multiple adjustments to the strut in order to make room for wide wheels.

[Chaz@ORT]

Anyone taking advantage of black friday deals to get their frs/brz to kiss the pavement?!

[Chaz@ORT]

[Chaz@ORT]

Would there be any interest if we ran another Group Buy for Airlift V2 Kits?

[Chaz@ORT]

[Calum]

All I can think of when seeing those is: