I only have the rear kit in my car because I didnt like the front/had problems. My car has TRD struts and TRD front springs on it in these photos.


The car at full dump. My driveway is sloped so its kinda weird. it also looks lower when the front is dumped as well.

my car as almost full lift. This is about 100psi. I drive it at 60psi which makes it sit even with the front that has TRD springs....

This is my air management stuff. I mounted the tank vertically so I could keep my space. I welded some angle iron to make L brackets to hold everything up. Everything is mounted on a false floor of MDF that I covered in matching carpet. The wiring is still a little messy so pay no attention to that. I installed it this way because I wanted to keep my spare,wrench and jack back there. Ive made a cover for them but it is not in the car...

This is my switchbox and the gauges that I mounted in the storage hole below the HVAC controls. I flushed them in with a matching piece of ABS plastic and run the wiring and airlines under the center console to them.

EDIT* here are more pics

This is at ride height of 60 PSI.

This is dumped.

Comments and questions are welcome.

- Brian

 

looks good. How do you like the compressor inside? I mounted mine underneath..is it overly loud inside? I am so steamed about the fronts...I guess we are having some of the same problems.

MattB

 

Are you going to do the front eventually? I looks good, but would look better with the front done.

 

its not too bad. It only runs 2 minutes at a time if you need to refill unless youre playing with your switches for awhile.... Ill mount both compressors outside when I buy another. Im just not risking having the one lock up if its outside. Id like to have a backup.

I had the fronts done. They broke, twice. I sent them back for a refund. EAI is currently machining my brackets for their fronts to go on my car.

 

looks good, baby!! r u gonna be at Bateman's on tues??? Would luv to see it in person.

 

oh great. now that my dealer has seen it my warranty is fuxored on my suspension...

Of course Ill be at batemans. It was my idea to go there!

 

 

cough bribe cough

 

I will buy rose many alcoholic drinks....

 

Looks good. Nice and Clean. What actually failled on the front struts. The struts or the bag parts?

 

the strut locked up. Easystreet says they have corrected this problem as it lied in their manufactering process with the powdercoating cooking it too hot and melting the inner seals. I got sick of getting stuck wherever my car broke after the second time so Im ordering cylinders monday. I also did like the way the steering felt with the bags. Lots of understeer and sloppiness.

I do like their rear kit though. It rides great with a pair of TRD shocks. I wish the rear brackets went on a little easier because getting enough threads in the framerail for the bolts is quite hard to do because the metal is so thin. I had one or two not tighten all the way because it so I had to use large bolts with different pitch threads to torque them.

 

I've heard other people say the front felt funny w/ bags too. I'll let you know what I think in a few hours if all goes well.

 

Well, I took my front strut bags off today, and went back to my df210's. My front struts apparently have the same problem. THey will compress, nut they do not rebound at all, not even with 150psi in teh bags. I will be calling airlift on monday to see what they will do for me. I bought the kit back in Dec. on the group buy, and just got to installing them this past week.. I will hope for the best...

MattB

 

sean (mybox) got his sturts air shipped to him fixed all for free.

 

Yeah, they replaced mine twice as well... but should I have to swap my suspension 5 times a month when they break? no....

 

well his work , you just had bad , luck , sorry man.

 

i have the eai kit but just to give everyone a heads up easystreet has fixed there strut problem and will replace yours for free.

 

i sent an email to matt from guage and he said that he met with airlift and he stated that the problem with the front air struts has been resolved and that all new air struts are working great.

 

Phew i was about to say I just saw this post after ive already started on getting my kit put in.. All I have left to buy is the front struts. And to see everyone having problems.. I hope they do have it fixed cause im ordering the fronts soon

 

Yeah, I called airlift today, and it was 'no questions asked', gave me the return auth. #, and was gonna get me some new ones out. What he (Jeff) told me, is that they used to have all of their parts powdercoated in black. They decided to switch to silver, which requires about 25* more temp to cure. That little difference is what they think killed the inner seals. They gave me no static, and assured me that I would not have the problem agian.

fwiw.

MattB