I'm suree we're all tired of air ride questions but i figured i'd throw another log on the fire............

I recently obtained an old car of mine and i'm just gonna touch it up a bit and sell it. With the money i get (hoping for something around 2500) I'm planning on getting my flares put on and getting an air ride setup.

What I'm looking for is some suggestions on what to get. There's alot of different brands and what not so i'm just curious what people have found to be the easiest to work with, most reliable, not really cheapest but i'm not looking to spend too much on it (i was thinking around the 1200 to 1600 area). i mainly just want some pros and cons.

Any input will be greatly appreciated

 

The Easy Street stuff works, is easy to install and is not terribly expensive. My front struts are noisy and they have been promising me a fix for over a year now (I doubt they will ever really do anything about this annoying noise), but they work fine.

 

I agrre with Ted -- And he's not lying about the noise issue. It gets old after awhile.

 

peice it together
suicidedoors.com & airbagparts.com both are great companies and have good prices

 

These are on Craigslist up here in Seattle.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/666321549.html

 

my vote as well.

 

Ted and I roll in the same club here in the ATL and we have had this discussion more times than I can remember. We are both getting tired of the noise AND we are both getting tired of waiting on the new strut from Easystreet...

Don't get me wrong here...I love the air bag setup, not a problem and I'm over 15,000 miles on it now...but come on Easystreet, how about that new upper mount already!

 

so i dont want to go with easy street?

 

ok being the air ride n00b that i am, i just wanted to see if i could get a few ?s answered.

ok

1: bigger valves and lines = faster lift and drop?

2: bigger tank means the comp. comes on less often?

3: bigger comp. means it fills the tank faster?

i know these are probably pretty obvious but i just want to understand as much of this as i can before i gett into it

 

I wouldn't go that far. I have put a lot of miles on my EasyStreet front struts and rear bag setup and have not had any problems (other than the clunk noise) from the setup. From my conversations with EasyStreet the "clunk" is an issue with the way the top bag mount hits the factory strut mount. This is going to be corrected in the next generation air strut from EasyStreet, and as soon as they are out I will be getting them.

So with all that said...If I were going to do air again in another xB, it would be the EasyStreet setup.

As far as lines, tanks, compressors, valves...go out and find them on your own, you will get a better price.

 

1: bigger valves and lines = faster lift and drop? - Correct - But you can run "slowdowns"

2: bigger tank means the comp. comes on less often? - Under Normal Use - Correct

3: bigger comp. means it fills the tank faster? - Correct - Of course you can always run two smaller compressors and get the same performance

 

I Easy Street setup is rock solid. I have near 20K miles of trouble free sevice so far. The only issue I have with it is the noise from the upper strut mounts. The noise causes no problems and is (according to Air Lift) not a durability issue either...it is only s bit annoying. It mostly only clunks much when it is cold outside. I reccommend their bags and struts...just want you to be aware of their one issue.

 

I've got 25K plus on my ES kit and the only problem ive had is the front struts making a ton of noise......other than that, solid setup.

 

Thread arrival.... I worked with Jeremy at Air Lift and finally they have fixed the camber problem. I think this is what eventually causes the noise.

PM me if you want to know more about it.

 

True. I talked with Jeremy today. My struts are noisy. Last week they started binding....air out from say 90 PSI to maybe 35PSI and the strut doesn't move until it lets loose all at once. I had to jump up and down on the door sills to free them up to set the "driving height" while doing a wheel alignment after some new front tires. I talked with Jeremy today. The new struts just released. He told me that they include, camber adjustments built in to the lower end, a better ride, and a little bit more lift as well. He also told me that I might even get my replacements by the weekend.

 

I need to start saving up for a set of these new ones.
mine do the same thing all the time.

 

wheres the cheapest place to get the ES setup?

 

PM me for the cheapest full kit price and Ted I emailed Jeremy many times telling them how to fix it. Scion Pro told me this morning on the phone that hey are being released and that Jeremy thanks me for helping them solve this problem.

Gothbox hit them up and see if they will warranty yours.

 

They are sending me mine under warrantee. I would certainly ask them. I have been in discussions with them since I installed them 18 months ago about the noise issue. They have assured me all along that replacements would be provided whan they became available. There have been some delays....hopefully the new parts will be wonderfull.

 

pm spider13 he can help you and had one of the first xb's in the US bagged