Bagging my FR-S

[ChanceK]

Originally Posted by churchx

Trunk itself is small in ours which i don't wish to reduce further. And i always have normal space saver tire below it, as i hate and don't wish to rely on stock tire repair kit (collegue's car had nice failure with it two weeks ago. Whatever they say about being able to fix most punctures by statistics, i cannot rely on it with piece of mind. +Many tire shops refuse to deal with tires where such kit got used = most probably you will have to buy another pair of tires for replacement instead of repairing punctured one).

I find it believable that air suspension can be better then stock. But - at what price and that "normal" coilovers at that budget can do even better.

I still have most of my trunk space. Since my tank is mounted to the support bracket, and my compressors are behind it, I still have my spare tire and everything under the cargo mat. I also have a hose that attaches to my tank that lets me air up my tires if needed. Air suspension has come a long way. Airlift has done test to see if airride outperforms coilovers I mean yeah, air ride is expensive, but I didn't want to ruin my car from slamming it on coils.

[ChanceK]

Originally Posted by TheKraken

I was planning on getting Accuair management system with BC extreme low coilovers and OCD bags mounted on the coilovers. But when I get the Accuair I was going with the E-Level kit and touch pad from bagriders.com I came across the BC coilovers on that website and saw that OCD made bags to fit specifically on their coilovers and it'll help me lower my car now and work on getting money for the rest.


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Bag of coil setups are cheaper, but ride way worse. Before I ordered my kit, I was talking to some of the guys at Bagriders, and they said that if you just get airlift struts, it would ride way better. If you don't really care and just want to be low, go for it man. But with my experience with Airlift, they ride close to stock. I had BC coilovers before switching to air, and I just sold them when I went air. Also, the install for Airlift struts are super easy. Literally plug and play. With Bag of coils, you have to take off the tophats on your struts and other things.

[TheKraken]

I couldn't agree more on your last statement "but I didn't want to ruin my car from slamming it on coils." On the note of trunk space I don't really even need a trunk except for a sub in the future so mounting anything back there won't be an issue.
How many compressors are you running? What's it like on your battery?


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[TheKraken]

Originally Posted by ChanceK

Bag of coil setups are cheaper, but ride way worse. Before I ordered my kit, I was talking to some of the guys at Bagriders, and they said that if you just get airlift struts, it would ride way better. If you don't really care and just want to be low, go for it man. But with my experience with Airlift, they ride close to stock. I had BC coilovers before switching to air, and I just sold them when I went air. Also, the install for Airlift struts are super easy. Literally plug and play. With Bag of coils, you have to take off the tophats on your struts and other things.

That definitely answers my question is about that thanks man


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[ChanceK]

Originally Posted by TheKraken

I couldn't agree more on your last statement "but I didn't want to ruin my car from slamming it on coils." On the note of trunk space I don't really even need a trunk except for a sub in the future so mounting anything back there won't be an issue.
How many compressors are you running? What's it like on your battery?


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I'm just running a single 380c compressor. It has almost no effect on my battery that I can tell. My P3 system doesn't run the compressor hard if the car is off. Once the battery goes under a certain voltage, the compressors wont run at all

[TheKraken]

Originally Posted by ChanceK

I'm just running a single 380c compressor. It has almost no effect on my battery that I can tell. My P3 system doesn't run the compressor hard if the car is off. Once the battery goes under a certain voltage, the compressors wont run at all

How often does your compressor run? And sorry if I'm asking too many questions this is something I've wanted to do for awhile just never had the option of asking anyone about it


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[ChanceK]

Originally Posted by TheKraken

How often does your compressor run? And sorry if I'm asking too many questions this is something I've wanted to do for awhile just never had the option of asking anyone about it


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Lol its fine, I asked a ton of questions before I went bags. Keep them coming. The compressors only turn on when the tank is under 135 PSI. The max pressure of the tank is 150 PSI. To get from 135 to 150 takes maybe like a minute or so. I've never timed it. To be honest I don't even really notice it running anymore.

[TheKraken]

So did you install everything yourself? Or did you have a shop put everything on? If it's easy enough I'd like to put it all in myself but not sure it'd work out lol and when your talking about rims fitting right I was planning on getting 18x9.5 et 35 would those stick out too much for when you drop the bags?


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[ChanceK]

Originally Posted by TheKraken

So did you install everything yourself? Or did you have a shop put everything on? If it's easy enough I'd like to put it all in myself but not sure it'd work out lol and when your talking about rims fitting right I was planning on getting 18x9.5 et 35 would those stick out too much for when you drop the bags?


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I did the whole install myself. It's really easy. Just look up a couple install videos on youtube. And my wheels are 18x9.5 e22 so they would actually stick out more than the ones you want. I personally would not run a 35 offset. They might hit the struts in the front and would be really tucked in the back. In my opinion, my wheel specs are perfect for a bagged frs.

[TheKraken]

Originally Posted by ChanceK

I did the whole install myself. It's really easy. Just look up a couple install videos on youtube. And my wheels are 18x9.5 e22 so they would actually stick out more than the ones you want. I personally would not run a 35 offset. They might hit the struts in the front and would be really tucked in the back. In my opinion, my wheel specs are perfect for a bagged frs.

What brand are your wheels? Everything I keep looking at for wheels i like are usually offset 30 or 35


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[TheKraken]

Originally Posted by ChanceK

I did the whole install myself. It's really easy. Just look up a couple install videos on youtube. And my wheels are 18x9.5 e22 so they would actually stick out more than the ones you want. I personally would not run a 35 offset. They might hit the struts in the front and would be really tucked in the back. In my opinion, my wheel specs are perfect for a bagged frs.

What brand wheels are you running? Every time I find wheels I like they're usually offset 30 or 35 so everything I've wanted so far


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[ChanceK]

Originally Posted by TheKraken

What brand wheels are you running? Every time I find wheels I like they're usually offset 30 or 35 so everything I've wanted so far


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I have ESR sr01 in gunmetal.

[TheKraken]

Originally Posted by ChanceK

I have ESR sr01 in gunmetal.

I've been wanting those really bad but in white.. Only problem is they're 5x114 so are you using an adapter or something to make them fit right? I'm somewhat new to all this stuff cause I used to have a dodge diesel that was easy just pick some rims and 35's and go lol


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[ChanceK]

Originally Posted by TheKraken

I've been wanting those really bad but in white.. Only problem is they're 5x114 so are you using an adapter or something to make them fit right? I'm somewhat new to all this stuff cause I used to have a dodge diesel that was easy just pick some rims and 35's and go lol


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No they make them in 5x100 This is where I ordered mine.