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<blockquote data-quote="STR33TR" data-source="post: 458122" data-attributes="member: 10162"><p>Air ride technologies has air springs for our cars. These -supposedly- just take the place of the coil springs, and can be adjusted with any air compressor (or bicycle pump if you're really cheap!) as long as you get the right valves. The beauty of these air springs is that -as opposed to coil springs- the lower you go the smoother the ride!</p><p>I'm sure there's a point where you can't go any lower b/c the suspension is so soft that the suspension would bottom out, and I know that a huge part of how well the car would ride would depend on the shocks/struts/sway bars.</p><p>Why go this low? B/c I'm trying to go wingless AND skirtless and it's gotta be REALLY LOW to pull that off. As much respect as I have for Ryclef, the ride height on his car kills me! I know that his is high(er) because it's a race car, and his drag springs are for weight transfer ...blah blah blah...</p><p>Mine's a DD car and I wanna get it down! Like the black car below.</p><p>I've said in other posts that I'm not looking to have the fastest car. This car is my daily driver, it's faster than most commuters and I want it to look good and ride nice. </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: red">Anyone have any suggestions on what shocks/struts/sway bars to use since I'm looking for a/b a 2.5-3 inch drop?</span></strong></p><p>I may team these with the racecraft drop spindles if I can't get a good comfort/clearance balance from the airbags.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"><strong>Also, anyone have suggestions on how to get my exhaust up higher?</strong></span> Right now I've got the factory cat forward sytem and at stock height I don't have 3 inches of clearance under the cats. Will shorties and an offroad X-pipe get me much more clearance? Any other trix?</p><p></p><p></p><p>[attachment deleted by admin]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STR33TR, post: 458122, member: 10162"] Air ride technologies has air springs for our cars. These -supposedly- just take the place of the coil springs, and can be adjusted with any air compressor (or bicycle pump if you're really cheap!) as long as you get the right valves. The beauty of these air springs is that -as opposed to coil springs- the lower you go the smoother the ride! I'm sure there's a point where you can't go any lower b/c the suspension is so soft that the suspension would bottom out, and I know that a huge part of how well the car would ride would depend on the shocks/struts/sway bars. Why go this low? B/c I'm trying to go wingless AND skirtless and it's gotta be REALLY LOW to pull that off. As much respect as I have for Ryclef, the ride height on his car kills me! I know that his is high(er) because it's a race car, and his drag springs are for weight transfer ...blah blah blah... Mine's a DD car and I wanna get it down! Like the black car below. I've said in other posts that I'm not looking to have the fastest car. This car is my daily driver, it's faster than most commuters and I want it to look good and ride nice. [b][color=red]Anyone have any suggestions on what shocks/struts/sway bars to use since I'm looking for a/b a 2.5-3 inch drop?[/color][/b] I may team these with the racecraft drop spindles if I can't get a good comfort/clearance balance from the airbags. [color=red][b]Also, anyone have suggestions on how to get my exhaust up higher?[/b][/color][b] [/b] Right now I've got the factory cat forward sytem and at stock height I don't have 3 inches of clearance under the cats. Will shorties and an offroad X-pipe get me much more clearance? Any other trix? [attachment deleted by admin] [/QUOTE]
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