anyone ever used Ride-tech?

ttocs · Jun 29, 2012

just got back from the shop with the receipt for my order. The shop could not be any cooler, the guy I worked with kinda reminded me of the owner in the show "fast and loud" but he had the long beard. He use to work for ride-tech and has been installing air-ride for almsot 20 yrs now. AFter telling him what I was wanting he suggested going with a more traditional air-bag/spring system rather then the shockwave. This way I can get a nice set of adjustable struts and it will give me a little more tunability to the ride/handling and also if one of the two parts fails I will not need to replace both. This also works out well as I will be using a granatelli rear control arm set I got used a while back in the back now rather then the strong-arm pieces that the shockwave came with. The strong-arms were nice for the easy integration of the shockwave set but the granatelli looks like a stronger piece to me. Another advantage to this set up is that it is cheaper. With the money saved I might just upgrade the front control arms to match just to have less to worry about later on.

I also opted for the automatic leveling system, should be cool... He said it could be here as early as monay/tuesday. Pics will come when it arrives.

Tony · Jun 29, 2012

upgrade from strong arms? those are pretty fn good a arms! yea the shockwaves are easy to install but the fn sleeve wears a whole in the bottom sometimes if they are not perfectly centered so good choice there bro! fuck dude i love this thread, keep updtes comin

ttocs · Jun 29, 2012

need to find some nice adjustable struts now. Any advice there would be greatly appreciated as I know less about suspension then I do motors which is scary....

Tony · Jun 29, 2012

qa1s from am are what i have! they are pricey though dude! think they are like 250 a piece! awesome though! worth ever fn penny

KidK9 · Jun 29, 2012

So what was your final bill on the setup ttocs?

D3VST8R96GT · Jun 29, 2012

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ttocs · Jun 29, 2012

dunno as so far all I have ordered was the tank/electronics/valves that I will be installing. Once that is done I am going to be having them finish up mounting the bags and running the lines for it. Be happy to give you a total when its all done but I am plannin for around $5k with the automatic leveling feature installed as well and some nice adjustable struts. The only reason I can really justify the price is because when you never plan on selling the car suddenly there really isn't any $$$ lost to in resale.