i have been working with easy street for a couple of months now trying to figure out my front end noise prob. if you have the kit you know what i mean. they said there are only a few of us who have the problem so if you have had the problem and fixed it please tell me how.

the problem it clunking over bumps small or big and ALL the time. i have tried air guns new strut mounts pretty much everything and cant figure it out please help any suggestions. i also got some pre production spacers from them and it didn't help? :cry: this is unbearable!!!

Ive heard of alot of problems with the Easy Street Kits from numerous People Including myself..

go to there site and sign up on there forum as well.. The contact they had there jeff looks like he no longer works there so stuff isnt getting taken care of..

My Rear Drivers Bag popped because they had sent me the old design and mounts versus the newer style that fixed theer problems.. And I shipped it to them and they lost it..

Email Corey Rossier he is the sales manager of there.. I explained my situation to him and he got me a new bag and new mounts to replace everything in 2 days after emailing him..

There has been several complaining of the "thud" noise in the front and not just for Xb's check out there forum theres several with toher vehicels with the same problem...

I personally think the design is flawed and they should have used regualar bellowed style bags versus the sleeve =\

When I called up and ask them about this they told me one of the orignal designs was with the bellows but they deceided to go with sleeve instead..

Good luck with it!

thanks for the info. they have been very helpfull and sympathetic about the problem but have had no luck helping me solve it. anyone else have some input? thanks

Airlift tech support sucks. The only way your going to get it fixed is to figure it our your self and make them send you new parts.

If I were you i'd make them send you new struts. They really seem to have trashed those struts with there new powdercoating. There first problems was they had the struts that would bind. it was caused by them overheating the struts and trashing the internal vavles in the strut. Your problem could be realated to that. Struts that are shot can make clunking noises and such.

I went through 6 of those struts before they could get me 2 that worked. I had to basically show my ___ before i got those. Just force them to send you new struts and I bet it solves your problem, no matter what Jeff says.

I dont think Jeff works there anymore Spider,, At least thats what people are saying..

I received my New Rear Bag the Other day along with 2 new mounts and a fittings kit.. They only sent me a Check for the return of the bag 0_o which is really odd it was prob there error.. Im going to call them monday and explain the whole situation to them.. Just from the amount of problems they have been having with the fronts im going to order from EAI for the Front..

They are moving forward if Jeff is gone. I think he was one of the biggest problems there.

I really like mine since I got them to work, now that they work, I wouldn't trade them for cylinders for the world, but that's me. It took a ton of work and hours on the phone to get it all to work. But Matt from Gauge Mag, is the only real reason I have working parts, I diffently recommend them for any parts you need in the future, he will actually get you what your need and take care of your problems.

And the Easystreet saga continues. Trash, every part they make.

Doesn't sound like spider is having problems now that they are working. Once ya tweak with everything, then you should be good to go. Sounds they ride a whole hell of a lot better than cylinders. I'm getting the Easy Street front suspension cuz I trust it more than anything else, plus I don't really go with any of the stories here of anyone else, cuz who knows what most of these people's experience on air suspension is. I got a buddy in my club who knows the guys at FBI so I am not too worried about not getting the help I need when I need it.

I know people like to down on airbagit parts, but I am installing a set of these bags on a mazda tomarrow, these parts looked pretty impressive, clean welds and strudy materials, we'll see if I am still impressed tomarrow.

anyone else who actually has this kit and installed it have the problem or fixed it? any help would be great!

Best bet would be to call Easy street up and get them to send you a new pair porter..

I dont have the fronts yet but im going to take my chance with them.. Ive been talking with corey and they just sent me the newly designed rear bags and mounts and i love them.. With the factory shocks in the back I sit 1/2 lower then the first set of bags they sent me.. Once i get the Lower shocks i should be right there with having the kit on the ground. i cant wait!

From the way it looks and the recent problems I think ES is starting to really fix there issues.. and more power to them if they are :clap:


but porter like i said call easy street up and ask for them to swap them out with some new ones.. Theres lots of people on there forums with the same problems and it appears to be from them messing the struts up with the powder coating possibly, like spider said

Good luck with it! and let us know how it all works out!

Those guys are tryin to get me to drive up there. I still live like 6 hours away. I have the same problem. I think it's a faulty strut shaft. My right strut make a bit more noise then the left, but that could also be the roads here too. The noise wosrens the higher up the car is to. That's why I beleive it's the strut.

JDMJIM please make the drive up there for all our sake. i need them to see that there is a problem so i don't feel like a ___ calling them every week ask8ing if they found a soloution yet. thanks!

Man, it's a little hard to get the time off I need to go there. Still not confident on driving the car that far on air, you know?

i hear ya. i keep asking them if there's a car show near me but there isn't. maybe that would be a better option for you. they go to alot of shows and could look at it there. i am confident with the air setup it just has that problem with the rattle. i am going to the nopi nationals in ga in sept. i just want the noise gone for a three day drive ya know!

Hey guys,

My name is Aaron Lundy I am the EasyStreet Program Manager and a few of my guys that monitor this forum have brought this post to my attention and it is alarming to my self and the other managers at the company.

I have read through everyone's post and I will try to respond to as many points that I picked out. If I missed something I apologize in advance please E-mail me with specific questions or problems, or just re-post here.

In regards to Jeff no longer being an employee with Air Lift Company, everyone is correct. However that does not mean that you as our customer are not going to be taken care of. In fact we still have a great group of guys here that will bend over backwards for you.

I am especially puzzled by the comment that "Air Lift customer service sucks" If someone can please give me specific circumstances I will address them. I feel that we do a pretty good job trying to take care of the customer yet keep our doors open.

Regarding the struts making noises, we are a manufacture of automotive aftermarket we ARE going to have problems. Just like GM, FORD, even Toyota.. We finally have a vehicle in the shop right now that we can actually use to try and fix some of these issues you guys are having. Ironically this customer has about 10,000 miles on the kit and loves it.... Go figure!

As most of you know by now we have recently discovered that some of the batches that were being powder coated were causing internal damage to the strut, which were causing the sticking issues. This problem has now been rectified and will no longer be an issue. Some of the noise issues may also be caused by a contamination to the oil from heat. We will let you guys know as soon as we do some more testing.

If the oil is deemed an issue we may be able to figure out a re-work program where you could send in your old struts and we can change out the oil. Like I said before we won’t know the root cause until we complete our testing this week or next.

Like I said before, I apologize if I missed something, but I will try and respond to all questions. At the end of the day WE are all enthusiast just like you guys we ALL drive bagged cars or trucks and we expect to be taken care of just like you guys do. My goal as the program manager it to run our department like we want to be treated when we buy something... If anyone feels they are not being taken care of to their satisfaction please contact me directly and I will try to resolve the situation.

Thanks again for your continued support and I am confident we will get these issues resolved. Sorry for the novel but I want you guys to know how important these issues for us. Without you guys the customer we are nothing.

Please feel free to contact me directly.
Aaron Lundy
EasyStreet Program Manager
1-800-248-0892 ext.249

the guys over at easy street have been more than patient with me calling them every week especially brian. i know there are always bugs to be worked out on new products, at least they are trying to fix the problem and not blowing us off like some other companies i know of. thanks for the post and we'll wait for more testing results!

matt porter
custom detailz

I agree Porter.. Like i said in my last post Corey up there really took charge of my problems and got my back on air quickly.. Once I see the strut problems for the front getting fixed I will order mine up !!

Thanks Aaron for coming on here and letting us know the situation is being handled!!!

so any updates from easy street?

My biggest problems with airlift was the customer service. Jeff was always rude, never returned phone calls, and never had anything useful to say about fixing the problems I was having with the front struts locking. I never could get anything done until I called Matt at Gaugemag. I tired for 2 weeks to get replacement parts, matt got them overnighted to me in about an hour. Thats the kind of crap customers hate to be put through. I like my airlift stuff on my car now(ie. it works), but I am building a full size chevy, and I am very sure there will be no airlift on it since I have no time to deal with that crap again.

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I have a set of front struts from the first batch of struts that where made.They are silver,and I have not had a bit of trouble out of them.Until recently that is.I drove my car 860 miles to Ohio on full air.While I was there,thats when I started having problems.I talked to both Brian and Corey.The thing I didnt understand was,I knew they where having these problems long ago.They kept telling me to try this and try that.I was having intermitting lockup problems.Keep in mind,these are supposidly one of the first sets.I bought my car new about 1yr 3 months ago.It only had,before I went to Ohio,8k on the odo.I had to have my OEM struts overnighted to me from Fl which I feel someone else should foot the bill,because they wouldnt send me any new struts without the old ones.Which I can kind of understand,however,what if I sent them the struts and I didnt get anything in return.Keep in mind,I have been in the military for 11 yrs,I was home on leave before I go abroad again,for the 5th time.Before the military I was ASE Certified in brakes,suspension,minor tuneup,and hvac.I didnt continue my career as a cert mech because I enjoy doing it to much on my own.
I say this just to let you all know that I am not some shmo full hot air.Those on this board who know me can attest to that,and I have met people all over the country.
Now then,it is hard for me to defend Airlift when I am sitting on stock struts in front.Ones that costed me 92 dollars to overnight from Fl to Ohio.Thanks God they got there in time.I am now back in Fl on stock stuts in the front,and FBI kit in the rear.I was one of the first with the FBI kit,and have not had a single problem with it.
In the end,now that I am back home in Fl,getting ready to deploy again,I will be calling Mon and sending these struts back to you.Refund or replace is what I am expecting.
I will be hoping for a refund.I do not have time to mess with put struts on,take struts off.Especially when it risks me to be AWOL when I am over 800 miles from the base.
I didnt have a lick of problems from them until then.I also do not put as many miles on my car as others.When I did have a prob,they wouldnt help me out,other than,try this,try that,we cant replace them without the old ones back.We could charge your credit card and then refund when we get yours back.Like I said,I am in the military,I was on leave/vacation,My cc was full,and I was stuck 860 miles from home.
Sorry for the novel.I will be calling them Mon to get the add. to send them back to.

I have the Easy Street front strut bags and i have not had a problem with them. i've only had them on for about 2 weeks, but so far so good! However, they do make a 'clunkin' noise constantly and after driving for a few days, i decided to take the front wheels off and inspect the bolts, and anything else that moves......i could not find an answer to the noise. i checked all the nuts and bolts and they were all tight. So guess what..... its the struts!

The rears have been nothing but problems! The first set lasted me all of 2 days and about 15 miles. I got them installed on a Tuiesday, drove the car to the alignment shop wed. morning, and picked it up wed. night, drove around for a bit and went back home and started packing it for Texas Heat Wave! Thursday morning i got up around 7am, and cleaned the XB up, finished packing, and at 9am when i was getting reay to leave to meet up with the convoy to Heat Wave, the Pass. rear bag just blows air out the top of it! 1 Hour before i'm leaving on an 8 hour road trip and the things pops on me! Luckly it didn't happen while driving! So i jack the car up, pull the bags and brackets and throw my rear lowering springs back in for the trip......I'm not missing heat wave because of some junk ___ bags!
So i arrive at heat wave and theres a hot lava with the same kit and he has had 2 of the rears blow out on him too. I'm not one to take other peoples words about products, but when you come accross a thread like this, it makes you wonder!!!!!

So i get home from Heat Wave, and call Easy Street! They want to charge my credit card for the bags, and then credit it back which takes up to 2 weeks! THIS WOULD HAVE REALLY HELPED ME ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD GUYS.....!
The new bags arrive (which are the new& improved ones) and i install them the same night. the new bags look exactly like the old ones but are about 3/4" longer. Bryan from ES told me that they were totaly redesigned, and that they unfold from the bottom like they should. So after i get them installed (and my car is still on jack stands) i double check for leaks and take the car off the stands with 60 psi in the rear bags. I drop the back with the switches and i'm all giddy and ____ since i have rear baggs again! When i attempt to lift the rear up, it doesn't budge! I hear the bags inflating, and the gauges read 80psi, but the a s s end is still sitting on the ground! So i crawl under the rear bumber with a flashlight and the bag is all bound up! Theres 80 psi in it alright, and instead of the bag inflating upward, it inflated outward.... as in... out the side. This was the case with BOTH bags! I let the air out, jacked it back up, and made sure everything was aligned correctly, and it was. I double checked the brackets as well, and it all checked out. while the car was jacked up, i air the bags up, and the operated as they should. i lowered it back down, released the air, and air them back up, and same thing! so i jacked the rear of the car up about 2 inshes and air them up again.... same thing! So now my car has the new and improved bags on it, and i can even move it out of my garage! and all ES can say is...take some pics and maybe i can tell you how to fix it! NEWS FLASH EASY STREET........I don't want a fix, i want a refund! your ____ has wasted more of my time than i can deal with! Its a little to late to take pics, as i have got it all tore down waiting on my 3RD set of bags!

I will never reccommend airlift products to anyone. the service was great until the bind up issue. then all i got was... take pics, and maybe i can tell you how to fix it! you can fix it by not making crap! there are so many people that have had problems with ES products, and then the NEW & IMPROVED come out and guess what.....my car was stuck 2 inches off the ground! Some product!

Not to mention i've also had problems with thier chrome valves, but of course they say..."i've never heard of any problems with those valves"! I bet i'm not the only one with that problem!

In the end, my ____ is on jack stands once again and i'm waiting on my slam speacialties and brackets from FBIMINI.COM!

No more ES for me folks!

how about these http://www.universalairsuspension.com/store/index.php?cPath=25&osCsid=2028aae41c64f3d31e5d80a8863968a0

Don't hold back Clay, tell us how you really feel........lol.

I completely agree with Clay just because I have had to watch and help him deal with all this crap.

wow this is stupid, for every good comment i hear about air suspension on an xb i hear a bad one... so are the problems fixed, or should i go with eai cylinders on front and fbi in rear?..... lemme know share your thoughts.........

Just stay away from Easy Streets.

Just stay away from Easy Streets. what should i run... i am new at air suspension...... dont really want to piece together a custom kit..... what do you recommend... i do need airride though, cuz i have a bodykit now that i got in an accident and its really low, it would be nice to raise up in driveways and stuffs./...........let me know though, seems like alot of people hate easy street. :eyebrow:

The reason your having all these problems is the kits. Ive had the universal air strut kit on both my Xbs' for over a year with no weired sounds normal tire were, and not a leak at all. It even rides like stock, and I'm Tuk'N DUBS. Give me a break, if there this many problems with that kit take it off and put on the right kit. I hve bagged about 9 XB with the universal air kit without any headaches, not a single customer complaint.....

^^^^ correct me if im mistaken, but arent you the guy with 20"s tucked and hopping rear bag kit?..... could ya help me out with some info on what kit to get, or a person that helped u with your kit, that i could get some pricing info from?.............. thanks......

I only have the front struts on my car from easy street. I got both of mine through FBI mini. One strut wouldn't inflate because of too much air or something, but under 150psi. However, it did last me a weekend slowing down the pressure. I drove 500+ miles over the weekend and they worked great. I am getting the one defect replaced though. A shop that had helped me install it is helping me get my replacement and is taking no BS from them. As for the back, I knew not to get the easy street rear cuz I do not like sleeve bags, but had to get the front cuz its the only one I would trust, even though I hear all these horror stories. I went ahead and did the FBI mini brackets and 2500lb bags. I am using E Air Valves and they work like a charm for me. any questions? leme know.

Yea thats me , you can contact a friend of mine that actually desinged the kit . He is cali but he does do mail order. The guys name is Oshie, he runs universal air in san Bernardino, ca. The number is 1-800-864-2470. You can tell him that big john ref you,he knows me real well....any more ? pm me..lats...

if i put my old wheels on, i'd be tuckin 20's too! I'd rather tuck 18's tho.... i'm sitting 2.5" off the groud all the way around at full dump............how low are you with 20's?

$600 dollar struts that last one weekend, don't sound like no problems to me? Maybe I am just picky.

i got pics coming soon. just got easy street front in and 2500lbs in rear done not too long ago. Drove 500+ miles this last weekend with no problems with the easy streets. it helps when you know what you are doing.


I only have the front struts on my car from easy street. I got both of mine through FBI mini. One strut wouldn't inflate because of too much air or something, but under 150psi. However, it did last me a weekend slowing down the pressure. I drove 500+ miles over the weekend and they worked great. I am getting the one defect replaced though. A shop that had helped me install it is helping me get my replacement and is taking no BS from them. As for the back, I knew not to get the easy street rear cuz I do not like sleeve bags, but had to get the front cuz its the only one I would trust, even though I hear all these horror stories. I went ahead and did the FBI mini brackets and 2500lb bags. I am using E Air Valves and they work like a charm for me. any questions? leme know.

$600 dollar struts that last one weekend, don't sound like no problems to me? Maybe I am just picky.

i got pics coming soon. just got easy street front in and 2500lbs in rear done not too long ago. Drove 500+ miles this last weekend with no problems with the easy streets. it helps when you know what you are doing.


I only have the front struts on my car from easy street. I got both of mine through FBI mini. One strut wouldn't inflate because of too much air or something, but under 150psi. However, it did last me a weekend slowing down the pressure. I drove 500+ miles over the weekend and they worked great. I am getting the one defect replaced though. A shop that had helped me install it is helping me get my replacement and is taking no BS from them. As for the back, I knew not to get the easy street rear cuz I do not like sleeve bags, but had to get the front cuz its the only one I would trust, even though I hear all these horror stories. I went ahead and did the FBI mini brackets and 2500lb bags. I am using E Air Valves and they work like a charm for me. any questions? leme know.

you misunderstood. i had NO problems driving down there. When I got the part, before even putting it on, it was defective and we made it work. And after making it work, it still gave me NO problems. I am getting a replacement part anyways, to be on the safe side. Luckily I didn't have to pay $600 for it.

Also, I don't mean they lasted just the weekend and then pooped out on me, it could last me for a long time, but I'm getting it replaced anyways.

jesus people on these boards have such ___ hole attitudes.

I got no attitude, Your posts just seemed contradictory to me,

I have the FBI kit and its Great no problems at all .
you can contact Phil @ FBI 1-877-324-6464 Toll free He can answer all your questions and doubts you may have .

as with anything you gonna have good and bad remarks for peep's



cheers


Dj

Yea thats me , you can contact a friend of mine that actually desinged the kit . He is cali but he does do mail order. The guys name is Oshie, he runs universal air in san Bernardino, ca. The number is 1-800-864-2470. You can tell him that big john ref you,he knows me real well....any more ? pm me..lats... hey thanks, ill def give oshie a call, i need to get on air......lol :clap: good god though nice dub box

I cant talk about Airlift's rear setup as I have no experience with it.
I fully trust my rear setup from Phil at FBI minis though.Having thousands of miles on them.
I got off the phone a little bit ago with Jim at Airlift.They are gonna pay for me to send these fronts back to them.As well as send me new ones.I wont go into the details as to what he stated the problem was.He did say that the problem has been fixed and they no longer powder coat the struts.He assured me that the problem has been fixed and no other problems should arise.
I can understand that when new products come out,there are gonna be trial and errors,design flaws,and other unforseen problems that may arise.If we the consumers werent so pushy for them to get the new products out there!I was mad at the time because I was stuck in Ohio and had to overnight my stock strut to myself.Speaking of which,jim has stated that he will pay half of my overnight charge for me.Now to find that UPS invoice!
I plan to put the new Airlift struts back on my car.Not sure if I will have time to mess with it or not seeing how I will be deploying soon.Always wanting to be the first with something,I know all to well how we are used as the R&D side of a new product.
I guess we will see how the new struts do when they get here.
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We pulled one of my air struts airpart and the strut thingy in the middle that moves up and down is like chrome or polished. I am not sure what part they mean by being powder coated? which part is it that you guys refer to being the powder coated part?

The outside of the strut is powdercoated silver. When they powder coat, its basically like paint then they bake it to make it setup, The inner seals on the strut are made of rubber or plastic and when they baked the strut it melted those plastic internal seals.
What I've been told is they changed from black to silver right before they release the scion kit and that silver powdercoat requires a higher temp then the black did.

So the silver ones are good? if so, I got silver ones, haha. Which means I am good to go. But the only defect on one of em was it locks itself with too much air pressure. so it works running a slow PSI.

No, I think they paint them now instead of powder coat them. So there is no telling if they are good or bad. Just wait til it quits working. K4kas is the only person I have heard of that got any amount of miles on some before they failed. All mine failed before they left the driveway.

I've driven over 500 miles so far with em, in just 1 weekend, whew. So far so good for me. I am not a fan of anything from Air Lift, but i feel these are the only things that are any good for the xB, despite all these problems, once the problems are all gotten fixed and what not, it should be a great product.

Easystreet is still crap. Period. I was one of the first people who started having serious problems with their crap when I purchased their entire kit from a group buy through Gauge magazine. Many others had the same experience that I had when they had recieved their kits after myself. My front setup broke within 2 hours of initial install, leaving my brand new car with less than 1500 miles on it to limp home slammed to the ground. 30 bucks to ship the strut back to Michigan. Then its replaced a week later. I installed the new strut, a day later the same thing happens. Easystreet did NOT OFFER to even cover shipping on this second strut for return. It was "my responsibility".

Yeah, its my fault that I spent 1600 bucks on your product and its a POS. Jeff was an ___, always in a ____ty mood and never returned my calls or tried to blame it on something that I did with the installation. I was lucky to get a refund through Gauge Mag for my purchase.

My car now rides on EAI cylinders and I have haven't had a single problem since they were installed.

Easystreet- if youre reading this. The word is out, I receive hundreds of questions every week on this site regarding air setups and since you let down one of the first customers you had- your product has a bad rap. Being nice to a customer over the phone is great, but it doesnt change the fact that people have ALOT of problems with your products.
Have a nice day and good luck with future R&D on Scion products.

i have been on the same set for over 2500 miles and not the first problem at all. just got lucky i guess.

Yea thats me , you can contact a friend of mine that actually desinged the kit . He is cali but he does do mail order. The guys name is Oshie, he runs universal air in san Bernardino, ca. The number is 1-800-864-2470. You can tell him that big john ref you,he knows me real well....any more ? pm me..lats... hey called up oshie be4 gave me a pretty nice quote on the kit.... i guess i send him my front stock struts, and he installs the bag and stuff? does that sound right?..... he was very nice though, i will most likely order the air suspension kit from him...... thanks alot john, he gave me the kit for wholesale price.. :bow: u da man.......

Hey thats great he is a great guy, and you know that his products work well. I instale atleast 1 kit a week at my shop with out any problems, And to awnser the guy who ask how low I sat on my dub 31/4'' off the groud and can still roll, it was't easy but it was nessary.....Universal air kits are the only way to go if you want bags........

^^^ second that.... ill be sending out my struts when i have the cash, so oshie can work his magic..... but what did you have to do/ trim/ cut/ roll, lol do make the dubs roll, rully droped?...

Hey John (DUB BUS) call me.

hey called up oshie be4 gave me a pretty nice quote on the kit.... i guess i send him my front stock struts, and he installs the bag and stuff? does that sound right?..... he was very nice though, i will most likely order the air suspension kit from him...... thanks alot john, he gave me the kit for wholesale price.. Bow u da man.......
roughly what was the cost?