Air ride.....Mini tub poll

[61Bubbletop]

Originally Posted by DAWG

air ride is so overrated
it makes for a stiff ride with not much in the way of shock absorbtion.
remember the old hijacker airshocks?

Wrong....My car has air ride, with shockwaves in the front, and the ride quality is great....you just need to have the right components. The fact that you are comparing contemporary air ride systems to airshocks of the 70's tells me that you probably haven't had much experience with a good system.

[sick65]

Originally Posted by BAD6SPD

Wrong....My car has air ride, with shockwaves in the front, and the ride quality is great....you just need to have the right components. The fact that you are comparing contemporary air ride systems to airshocks of the 70's tells me that you probably haven't had much experience with a good system.

Preach on brother.

[markss28]

I think Air ride is a fine system but for the money come on. You can by the best stuff thats out there for the same and have all the quality and ride that you want. PHR did the air ride on a 2nd gen camaro and man was that thing expensive. The rear alone in suspension was somewhere around $2000 without the air tank and controls.

[Sales@Dutchboys]

Originally Posted by BAD6SPD

Wrong....My car has air ride, with shockwaves in the front, and the ride quality is great....you just need to have the right components. The fact that you are comparing contemporary air ride systems to airshocks of the 70's tells me that you probably haven't had much experience with a good system.

Ive heard both sides of it....Some people say it dosent ride good and some people say it does.......

[Sales@Dutchboys]

Also for what im doing with this car .....its not going to be ran on the track...I didnt build this one for that .....Its mostly going to see the bigger shows......

-Paul

[mazspeed]

Originally Posted by chevy2boy333

Ive heard both sides of it....Some people say it dosent ride good and some people say it does.......

It does ride very good, (the new stuff) and if that is what you are after then it would be fine.

[race-rodz]

air ride can work great, the problem is that most set-ups run either too big of bag, too small of bag, wrong shocks, wrong pressure....or E: ALL OF THE ABOVE.

a proper designed air system can be taylored to YOUR specific needs, at the push of a button and some fine tuning of shock adjustments...you can have a ride just like YOU like it, i do agree with the STREET car comments, meaning it does handle "ok", great for the street...not the track.

shockwaves have enough choices that getting the right size "bag" is as simple as a tech line away(actual corner weights will help), and with single/double adjustments available, the shock tuning is right there waiting.

i think for a cruiser street car, air ride is the ONLY way to go, rides great, looks cool parked, and has a comfortable cruising altitude for the nations less that perfect roadways.

i say ditch the leafs, mini tubs, 4 bar and shockwaves...IF its a cruiser....if its a track whore...bring it to my house and i will "trade" ya an A-body

[DRJDVM's '69]

I've been considering the Air Ride stuff too for my Barracuda but have heard alot of concerns over safety with an air bag system on the street.... the big issue that concerns me is what happens if you loose pressure in even one bag while driving the car ??? One line melting or fitting coming loose etc and the car hits the ground at 65 MPH. What happens if you have a malfunction with the system and the car is on the ground already ?? How the hell do you get a jack etc under it to even get it up in the air ???

The look and flexability is wicked, but I'm having serious concerns about safety with my car on air bags

[novanutcase]

Most people on this site know my opinion on Airbags so I won't elaborate. I agree with race rodzs assesment but, honestly Paul, you know that there will be that time that you get a chance to really put your foot into it. Don't you want the suspension to be there for it? Especially after all the work that you've already done to the car? I think you should consider either a 3 link/Watts setup(Definitely talk to Mark Magers on this one since, in my humble opinion, I think he has the best one out there right now! Although.......Art Morrisons got a pretty good one to!) or go the extra mile and commit to an IRS! I have a feeling that if your going to be doing big shows your going to want something that stands apart from the rest and I feel that an IRS(That is correctly engineered!) will do that along with giving you many miles of well mannered driving pleasure! It will definitely require some fab work so seriously consider it especially since you already finished the car and now you have to go back in and tear it up again!

[Sales@Dutchboys]

Originally Posted by novanutcase

Most people on this site know my opinion on Airbags so I won't elaborate. I agree with race rodzs assesment but, honestly Paul, you know that there will be that time that you get a chance to really put your foot into it. Don't you want the suspension to be there for it? Especially after all the work that you've already done to the car? I think you should consider either a 3 link/Watts setup(Definitely talk to Mark Magers on this one since, in my humble opinion, I think he has the best one out there right now! Although.......Art Morrisons got a pretty good one to!) or go the extra mile and commit to an IRS! I have a feeling that if your going to be doing big shows your going to want something that stands apart from the rest and I feel that an IRS(That is correctly engineered!) will do that along with giving you many miles of well mannered driving pleasure! It will definitely require some fab work so seriously consider it especially since you already finished the car and now you have to go back in and tear it up again!

Do you have any links to where i could find this stuff....