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Old 03-25-06, 02:25 PM
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Air suspension?..has anyone done this?

On the subject of suspension we seem to all talk about coilovers. How about airbag suspension kits. I'm curious if there is any products out there for an FD and if anyone as ever done this. I've been reading a lot about these lately and they're supposed to handle far superior to traditional coilover/ spring suspensions...plus the ease of adjustment/control is very simple.
Thoughts please.

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Interesting. This kit is $2300 though.

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Wow!

Is that kit for an FD? @ $2300 it's not cheap but Ohlins or JZ's traditional are more than that. I wonder how they compare. Anyone out there done this?

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The picture is a kit for FD:

http://www.airbagit-store.com/product_list.asp?id=2119
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Sport compact car did a write up on Proactive? suspension for a 03 WRX. in the end the ended up ripping it out for a traditional Coilover setup. THey said no matter how much tweaking the did, it was just never right in the handeling dept.
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Originally Posted by frankadelic
How about airbag suspension kits.
For the love of all that is great in this world...don't put this crap on your car.
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Originally Posted by n2trbl
For the love of all that is great in this world...don't put this crap on your car.
AMEN!!! What he said^^





Originally Posted by frankadelic
I've been reading a lot about these lately and they're supposed to handle far superior to traditional coilover/ spring suspensions...plus the ease of adjustment/control is very simple.

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This is complete marketing bull crap. Nothing beats a properly set up coilover damper.

Bags are for show cars.

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