uas bags on stock struts?
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whoever said uas aerosport airsprings were for comfort? they're not even double-convoluted to make dampening easier. i work on minitrucks as a hobby and i already know the hype about mcpherson slip-over air springs. live upto the hype if you want, bellows will never be better on a passenger car compared to complete mcpherson sleeves. as mentioned earlier, all of the jobdesign cars apparently are using existing strut assemblies. ive been in a passenger car with stock shocks and bellow bags before and it feels like ****. but i'm not the one complaining. i ride with tein cst and i still get moderate ride quality. nothing spectacular, really. ride low, ride hard
the more you make your shocks work, the more stress you put on it. when u ride dumped, you'd probably be riding on shocks and not the air spring. way too much stress. you should never deflate or inflate your bag fully while driving. it just creates way too much stress on everything including the bag. either way, slip-over air springs will cut down the lifespan of the shocks by a lot. u can get away with dampening adjustable shocks to "prolong" the shocks, making it more tolerable against the bags but you'd probably go through a set of shocks at most 4-5 years compared to the normal 5+. i'll show you what i mean when i see you sometime chris. i just need to clean up my trunk cause everything's starting to fall apart =x
the more you make your shocks work, the more stress you put on it. when u ride dumped, you'd probably be riding on shocks and not the air spring. way too much stress. you should never deflate or inflate your bag fully while driving. it just creates way too much stress on everything including the bag. either way, slip-over air springs will cut down the lifespan of the shocks by a lot. u can get away with dampening adjustable shocks to "prolong" the shocks, making it more tolerable against the bags but you'd probably go through a set of shocks at most 4-5 years compared to the normal 5+. i'll show you what i mean when i see you sometime chris. i just need to clean up my trunk cause everything's starting to fall apart =x
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yeha, im calling bull**** on the whole thing
Your ride at around 80-100 psi will be EXACTLY, like it was when you had hte spring on (maybe 70 or so for you stock guys)
I run 80PSI, and it is the EXACT same ride on my coilovers as with the spring.
In fact, its seeing track time at the beginning of FEB
Your ride at around 80-100 psi will be EXACTLY, like it was when you had hte spring on (maybe 70 or so for you stock guys)
I run 80PSI, and it is the EXACT same ride on my coilovers as with the spring.
In fact, its seeing track time at the beginning of FEB
. a lot of good information here.
BTW from my post about AZ Compressors ... they finished it up and repaired it free ! +2 more weeks of waiting but not bad .. haha little late but I have been back up and running
how do u like the AZ units??
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From: WA
yeha, im calling bull**** on the whole thing
Your ride at around 80-100 psi will be EXACTLY, like it was when you had hte spring on (maybe 70 or so for you stock guys)
I run 80PSI, and it is the EXACT same ride on my coilovers as with the spring.
In fact, its seeing track time at the beginning of FEB
Your ride at around 80-100 psi will be EXACTLY, like it was when you had hte spring on (maybe 70 or so for you stock guys)
I run 80PSI, and it is the EXACT same ride on my coilovers as with the spring.
In fact, its seeing track time at the beginning of FEB
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From: WA
Thats why I chose to spend the extra cash and get dampening adjustable coilovers that use high spring rate/short springs and were built for them. Bilstien HD struts or sport struts if driven at a decent height will give you a lot more life, but even on factory struts unless you are driving your car slammed and really hard in corners, you should be fine for a couple years.
I know DriftGirl is running bags and factory shocks on her GS she has had for a while and reports no problems.
I know DriftGirl is running bags and factory shocks on her GS she has had for a while and reports no problems.
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From: CA
i believe the white 3gs with the job design kits have uas on stock shocks, the car is slammed. i don't know about the ls400 to be exact
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