Boostdls

I have factory springs.. a customer of mine is having trouble with his factory air suspension.. can we just swap them? I know there are gonna be some differences but what can i expect?
Mine is a 93 his is a 96.. I run a complete automotive shop and can fab if i need to just would like to know what all I'm looking at..
Any help is greatly apperciated

Yamae

Your 93 to his 96 is not but a 95-97 spring to a 96 air is possible.

Boostdls

so it can't be done?

RA40

iTrader: (6)

The 95-00 factory shock assembly is ~2" longer than the 90-94 LS's. Your 1-LS into his 2-LS is potentially 2" lower ride height and I don't know what the spring rates are between models. The 95+ had a slight tuning adjustment for improved handling (relative to the LS boat feel FWIW) so his may result in an even softer feeling with your springs and shocks.

Fabbing his to fit yours one possibility is altering the spring perch position. That would reduce the nominal piston travel about 2". With the normal compression, that would be close to 4-5" in piston travel used on a non-moving car. Same would happen if hacking the coils off a spring to fit. Either way, the shock becomes the limiting factor as I see it.

Factory shocks are ~$100/corner. Top hats and springs added to that should ball park ~$6-700. (New, street retail) Plenty of springs can be found at the wrecking yard if thinking used.

Many here desire a reduced ride height so off the shelf adjustable lowering coils from Megan, BC-R, etc are $600-$1K. Nicer units will be $1K+.

Boostdls

no fab work was needed..




direct swap

Boostdls

only thing we had to do was run wires and hook up switches!!

PureDrifter

iTrader: (10)

you linked private facebook pictures.

Boostdls

Haha I don't know what I'm doing... lol I'll post up more when I get back to my computer

Boostdls

here it is.. beautiful shots thanks to my buddy Cody aka MRXPhotography!!

timmy0tool

iTrader: (7)

love the pics!

so let me get this straight. you now have his 96 air suspension on your 93? you plumbed in aftermarket tank/valves?

Boostdls

Yea i took his complete system, compressor bags and lines and ran my own wires and made switches..
its SLOW as ***** but lays out nicely.. future holds an aftermarket tank and compressor, BMW 7 series wheels will be on this weekend

PureDrifter

iTrader: (10)

won't last long. stroke differences will blow the bags relatively soon, especially if rolled low.

Boostdls

they seem to be holding up fine.. doesn't seem to be effecting them..
He paid us $200 to swap so I'm not complaining about free parts!!

as i remember people also said they wouldn't swap over, so we will see how long they last

Boostdls

hide the switches in the ash tray.. black is up red is down

cgawelko

I sent a PM regarding details on how to wire up the switches. If anyone has any information detailing how to put in 2 simple switches or even one so I can control my stock front air suspension, that would be great.