Clunking rear Airlift bags

[dito]

@WTFfrs yeah i do get a clunk on the front when airing out on my airlift kit. As for OP i do have clunking noise in the rear but it sounds like just on thebrear right side. Im takingg it back to the shop to check if it might be my lca or sway bars

[lukey86]

Originally Posted by wtfrs

I had the same issue but yeah you just need to run a lower PSI and sacrifice how low you can go when you air out. My rear on stock wheels i can run up to 52 PSI and be perfect with no clunking.

Question for you guys, do you guys hear popping in the front when you air up? I heard its common on double bellow but just want to make sure.

I ran it all the way down to 30 psi, the clunking kind've stopped on smaller bumps but it scrubbed pretty bad lol. I run a fairly aggressive wheel setup so I need them pretty high. I get what you mean though, compromising slamability for comfort/no more clunk but I like to fully slam the car so my compromise is now just to put up with the noise. Funny thing is, I'm now totally immune to it

And yeah I also hear the popping

Originally Posted by dito

@WTFfrs yeah i do get a clunk on the front when airing out on my airlift kit. As for OP i do have clunking noise in the rear but it sounds like just on thebrear right side. Im takingg it back to the shop to check if it might be my lca or sway bars

Yeah for some people it's left, others it's right. It started out only on the left for me and now its both sides.

[dito]

@lukey86 yeah thats weird. im still trying to find out what it might be since i had the same noise on the right when i was on coilovers too and i got the noise after my pbm lca install so idk

[NyC Zn6]

Avoiding Airlift...can anyone recommend a good kit?

[wtfrs]

Originally Posted by NyC Zn6

Avoiding Airlift...can anyone recommend a good kit?

i hear air force suspension is pretty good. Airlift makes great struts... i just wish i went with accuair for management though.

[lukey86]

Originally Posted by wtfrs

i hear air force suspension is pretty good. Airlift makes great struts... i just wish i went with accuair for management though.

Agreed, Struts are good everything else is crap. The V2 system is hopeless. If you have a leak, instead of maintaining air pressure within a certain number of psi it will only pump them back up if they drop below a certain percentage (like 25% or so) which means that if your running low psi and develop a leak on the move your basically scraping on the ground before the system does anything about it! Presets are hit and miss at best, if you're hoping to run very specific psi then forget about it unless you wanna roll in manual mode all the time. And it's just plain hard to use....

The good thing about air systems is they're mostly interchangeable. I'll be swapping out my rears for better quality units and most likely choose accuair for management too. Not even gonna look at 3H/3P, since the V2 is just a simple numbers based system using solenoids, not exactly new technology and yet they managed to mess it up. So if they can make something so simple seem so hard then I doubt they've made many quantum leaps with the new systems...

[wtfrs]

Originally Posted by lukey86

Agreed, Struts are good everything else is crap. The V2 system is hopeless. If you have a leak, instead of maintaining air pressure within a certain number of psi it will only pump them back up if they drop below a certain percentage (like 25% or so) which means that if your running low psi and develop a leak on the move your basically scraping on the ground before the system does anything about it! Presets are hit and miss at best, if you're hoping to run very specific psi then forget about it unless you wanna roll in manual mode all the time. And it's just plain hard to use....

The good thing about air systems is they're mostly interchangeable. I'll be swapping out my rears for better quality units and most likely choose accuair for management too. Not even gonna look at 3H/3P, since the V2 is just a simple numbers based system using solenoids, not exactly new technology and yet they managed to mess it up. So if they can make something so simple seem so hard then I doubt they've made many quantum leaps with the new systems...

I agree. Im in manual mode 90% of the time so i know exactly what you are talking about. Although i got the whole system for the steal, I'm happy I'm on air in general. I will definitely go accuair in the future and also the rear struts are the only main problem i have.

[wtfrs]

do any of you guys hear noises coming from the rear when moving slow over cracks or small bumps? sounding like the rear strut top hats are loose or anything? i am wondering if it is normal because i retighten everything and can't see to figure it out

[thien]

chiming in, its not just you guys. I have that horrible noise in the rear too! Since my wheel setup is also aggressive (9.5 +10) i need to air up a lot more to not rub. Waiting to buy upper control arms to clear the rear quarter fenders, but at the moment my rear PSI is almost at 60 for ride height.. clunking since day 1. I agree with the management also. it can never air it down to the proper psi in 1 go. I have to do it one or two more times to dial it in more accurately.

[Christopherkuchta]

I am having the same issue with the rear bags making a clunking noise while going slow over bumpy roads.. It's terrible but I'm getting used to the noise now. Has anyone heard anything from airlift about this?

[Crazypinoy9]

Anyone ever get an official answer to this issue? I finished installing my air last night and Im having the same exact issue with the rears clunking.

[ChanceK]

Lower the rear air pressure. I ride at 45 - 50 PSI. Anything over 58 clunks without more weight in the car.