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Old 05-05-14, 03:45 PM
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Default My fiberglass / air suspension build

I've been wanting to do this for a while and finally got all of the parts and the time to do it so here it is! I'll save the long story and just give you a quick rundown followed by everyones favorite thing....PICS!
I built two fiberglass boxes for my 12's to regain my trunk space. It took me about a week of working on it after work and on my days off. I used about 1.5 gallons of resin and a ton of fiberglass mat. The build went pretty smooth, it's just time consuming!
As for the air suspension I went with the Autopilot V2(absolutely zero complaints with this system) and a set of tanabe sustec coilovers with UAS bags. I'm running 2 Viair 444c compressors, a 5 gal aluminum tank hand polished by me, 3/8 line etc etc.
Like I said, quick rundown
If you have any questions feel free to ask!
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More pics...
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I like it, looks good!
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Originally Posted by avs20
As for the air suspension I went with the Autopilot V2(absolutely zero complaints with this system)
I must have had a faulty unit because mine didn't work very well. They're sending me a new one along with a new controller. Hopefully it works as well as yours. What is your ride height pressure? Do you use the rise on start with the presets?
Old 05-05-14, 05:39 PM
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Like the setup and stance...Good job
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Car looks sick! Great work
Old 05-05-14, 06:41 PM
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turned out great
Old 05-05-14, 10:22 PM
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Nice! I like your setup.
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Nice...looks sick. Awesome job on the box. You should pre make some and sell it. I wouldn't mind putting one sub or even a pair...LOL!
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Looks great!

Hopefully it doesn't turn out like a dud like schmexus (unfortunately ).
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Yes I use rise on start. Ride height presets are roughly 80 front and 65 rear. I'm still adjusting it so I'm sure it's going to change a little bit..but so far so good!
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Solid work, looks great.
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Nice clean set up looks good. Did the side fiberglass boxes when I first did my set up how do you like the bass response
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amazing job on the setup, im thinking of doing some fiberglass soon, if you have more pics of the process, i'd like to see them.


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