So what DOES happen with air suspension failure on 22's?
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So I'm driving out of town doing the speed limit [80
] then all of a sudden pfffffsss ccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk<---- thats like the sound like trying to hock a boogie
couldnt think how to type it
so naturally I'm like CRAP there goes a bag!!! I quickly grab the switch box and hold down the UP switch on that bag to keep the bag open as long as I can as to not have the car just STOP and make a MESS!!! (it worked
I thought of that idea after our fellow member from SOCAL had that happen to him, I though of what I would do if in that situation) anyways.... I'm about 10-15 miles from town/home and I KNOW there aint no way a tow truck is gonna be able to lift and tow it, so now its time to contemplate how the hell I'm gonna do this
Now remember this is on 22's so its not like I can drive home, that ccckkkkkk sound is of the 22 being grinded by the inner fender
When I dump the car all the way down, my car sits on the tires
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So I have no spare bag :/ so all I think is how am I gonna get it home so I can park it and order a new bag... then I remembered, we can still drive fine with 20's on, so what do you do when you have no CL members near you? Well you call the next best thing
mom and pops
My pops stayed behind as my mom and I go to my place to get what I need...
so there was no way to get the jack under there, even tried the rear ( I swear thats all muscle under that shirt![Stick Out Tongue](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
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Failed over and over trying to drive over some boards to lift it a couple inches (couldnt get the rim to turn
all it did was drag):
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tried different heights with the bags to get some kind of lift, but no luck... but finally got the wood under the rear tires to HOPEfully be able to lift both front and back from the rear..... (it worked :P)
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(thats pops my twin
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Gotta use the oh so convenient knee pads![Stick Out Tongue](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
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So I have no spare bag :/ so all I think is how am I gonna get it home so I can park it and order a new bag... then I remembered, we can still drive fine with 20's on, so what do you do when you have no CL members near you? Well you call the next best thing
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so there was no way to get the jack under there, even tried the rear ( I swear thats all muscle under that shirt
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Failed over and over trying to drive over some boards to lift it a couple inches (couldnt get the rim to turn
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![](http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/119/l_b332dc9dc8ee4c14a4d4aec732cef0db.jpg)
tried different heights with the bags to get some kind of lift, but no luck... but finally got the wood under the rear tires to HOPEfully be able to lift both front and back from the rear..... (it worked :P)
![](http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/127/l_0691d2ea4f7c43ebaa515a4936b3298f.jpg)
(thats pops my twin
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Gotta use the oh so convenient knee pads
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Frowny face cause It's been a while since I've had to use hand tools since I got used to using air tools for everything ![Big Grin](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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almost.... rims beginning to tilt (check out that bulging muscle above my belt
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Aaahhh.. there we go:
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so now to find out what the hell really happened... I was thinking, its WAY too soon for my bag to go out
what really is it.... then found this:
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apparently the hose shifted at one point and well, that happened
well not really sad, more of a
cause its a cheap easy fix
so got the 20" on:
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now just wondering if I'm gonna be able to turn so for now I drive off to a clear area to see if I can. Well, I was able to do a complete U-turn with no rubbing
and heres where I think my 22's payed off
I did a bit of 3'wheel motion (full inflate front driver side, full inflate rear passenger, deflate rear driver) to see what it may do with the ride cause I was also fearing that I would have to drive 5 miles an hour in the 5 o'clock traffic going in to town on the freeway :/ I was able to drive 65 almost like I had no problem!
so I was happy (having a great strut also helped too) so anyways, I give a call to my bud where I get all my hoses from, had him mock one up for me and presto all ready to go ![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
I forgot to bring home and take pics of the hose cause it was a lot worse on the back side of the hose. Seems like ever time I parked the car, I was slowly cutting the hose on that tab above the wheel. so anyways, cant tell very much by the picture, but the tire was eaten up pretty bad:
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the far right groove that is about 1/2" wide, well where you see the scraping to the left of it that about 1/8"-1/4" is close to even with the groove, but all in all, tire just may be fine once it wears a little.
so thats it, I always wondered what would happen if something happened to the air, not nearly as bad as I would have thought, good thing I was on 22's cause then my kit would have been TOAST!
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almost.... rims beginning to tilt (check out that bulging muscle above my belt
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Aaahhh.. there we go:
![](http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/120/l_f6bbab498beb4dbaa4b4110e17b7d540.jpg)
so now to find out what the hell really happened... I was thinking, its WAY too soon for my bag to go out
![Uhh...](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/1387914497.gif)
![](http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/129/l_4c647f8f856e4ccbba99fddbd9a991fb.jpg)
apparently the hose shifted at one point and well, that happened
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now just wondering if I'm gonna be able to turn so for now I drive off to a clear area to see if I can. Well, I was able to do a complete U-turn with no rubbing
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I forgot to bring home and take pics of the hose cause it was a lot worse on the back side of the hose. Seems like ever time I parked the car, I was slowly cutting the hose on that tab above the wheel. so anyways, cant tell very much by the picture, but the tire was eaten up pretty bad:
![](http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/124/l_8a4c5fffdafd45fa99ae8f4818826921.jpg)
the far right groove that is about 1/2" wide, well where you see the scraping to the left of it that about 1/8"-1/4" is close to even with the groove, but all in all, tire just may be fine once it wears a little.
so thats it, I always wondered what would happen if something happened to the air, not nearly as bad as I would have thought, good thing I was on 22's cause then my kit would have been TOAST!
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That happened to me 3 times in a day once!!
I took the mud flaps out because my rim would rub against it.. I had no idea the rim would rub against the exposed air line
... At first I though it was the bag, but then realized it was the line.. Happened to me on the freeway.. Scary as hell,
I heard ppphhhhfffffffffff... Luckily it was a cheap fix.. I was running my lines sames as you Mr. Jokster, but I decided to run them underneath the car, into the engine bay, and into the firewall. Never had a problem since
Good thing you where able to figure it out. Mom and Dad FTW!![Stick Out Tongue](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
Edit: Wait, you rode it with a broken air line?? I would have not done that
What I did was just cut the line and stretch it to fit the bags ptc. Luckily I had enough spare line
Just for refernces, while driving, did you have to keep inflating the bags??? I think you loose pressure in all corners if you dont..
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Edit: Wait, you rode it with a broken air line?? I would have not done that
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Last edited by EN_VY; 01-08-10 at 08:08 PM.
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Edit: Wait, you rode it with a broken air line?? I would have not done that
What I did was just cut the line and stretch it to fit the bags ptc. Luckily I had enough spare line
Just for refernces, while driving, did you have to keep inflating the bags??? I think you loose pressure in all corners if you dont..
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Well knock on wood when I had problems it was with Airride Technologies. Custom install..
Glad to hear you was saved and had time for photos.. last time this happened to me I was just pissed lol
and also it was an easy fix.... your a good guy and glad to see its taken care of
Glad to hear you was saved and had time for photos.. last time this happened to me I was just pissed lol
and also it was an easy fix.... your a good guy and glad to see its taken care of
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i always wonder what people do when their bag pops. My thoughts would be what you basically did. Seems like something should be created just for these cases like an emergency small bag attachment on the bottom of the actual bag with a Y air splitter to it(laying dormant till needed), just not connected.,,. we can all dream
glad ur okay dood. life as a air-baller doesnt come easy.
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