so guys, i meant to post pics of the air
05-03-09, 07:15 PM
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hi excleusive, do you have any pics of your ride height as well? just for comparison purposes to see how low you can drive with these. If i went air i would probably want to ride about an inch or so heigher than that full down pic you posted a lot of the time, can you drive at that height or is it very soft? i know you say UCA's hit, but say you had that problem fixed would it be driveable?
05-03-09, 07:34 PM
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hi excleusive, do you have any pics of your ride height as well? just for comparison purposes to see how low you can drive with these. If i went air i would probably want to ride about an inch or so heigher than that full down pic you posted a lot of the time, can you drive at that height or is it very soft? i know you say UCA's hit, but say you had that problem fixed would it be driveable?
I want to say yes and no (maybe). You would be able to drive (sans the fact you really couldn't turn without modding the fenders), BUT, then I would begin to worry about rubbing on the mount - I am not saying it will happen, but I just don't have enough information from you. I have dumped the rears and driven around fine.
As long as you can get about 85 PSI in these bags, you can ride decently on decent roads, but as soon as the road gets crappy, expect to bump it up to about 100 PSI to ride smooth. and at 110, you are on cloud 9
Actually today I had it aligned at 95 PSI all around
05-03-09, 07:49 PM
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thanks for the reply. i have seen pics of ur car on the coilovers, and guessing thats it in your signature too? i think i am around the same height as you were on coilovers, im tucking about 1/2 the sidewall in the rear (19s w. 35s) & top of tread in front (rubs a little on rolled fenders up driveways, 19s w 35s). At this height i just clear most things and can get around 95% of places without damaging my car, but if i had the flexibility of air id like another 1" or so lower most of the time and just air up a bit for driveways and carparks etc...
so if you dont have enough air in there then does it just bounce around? Is there any kind of calculation for mm to psi as far as height goes? like when you;re saying bump it to 100psi and such, what's that in height terms?
sorry for bulk questions haha
so if you dont have enough air in there then does it just bounce around? Is there any kind of calculation for mm to psi as far as height goes? like when you;re saying bump it to 100psi and such, what's that in height terms?
sorry for bulk questions haha
05-03-09, 08:40 PM
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thanks for the reply. i have seen pics of ur car on the coilovers, and guessing thats it in your signature too? i think i am around the same height as you were on coilovers, im tucking about 1/2 the sidewall in the rear (19s w. 35s) & top of tread in front (rubs a little on rolled fenders up driveways, 19s w 35s). At this height i just clear most things and can get around 95% of places without damaging my car, but if i had the flexibility of air id like another 1" or so lower most of the time and just air up a bit for driveways and carparks etc...
so if you dont have enough air in there then does it just bounce around? Is there any kind of calculation for mm to psi as far as height goes? like when you;re saying bump it to 100psi and such, what's that in height terms?
sorry for bulk questions haha
so if you dont have enough air in there then does it just bounce around? Is there any kind of calculation for mm to psi as far as height goes? like when you;re saying bump it to 100psi and such, what's that in height terms?
sorry for bulk questions haha
if there is not enough air in the bags, you will bounce all around, if there is too much air, you will bounce all around (like a helium balloon, lol). As for the PSI (ex 100 PSI) - it is all relative to how the system is set up. If you have the coilover set high up, 100 PSI could be 6 inches high, but if it is set low, you can be 3 inches high.
