hows the ride quality on your air suspension? honestly? is it better or worse than stock? how much better or worse?

 

well... all that other air compared to airrunner, is the same ride basically. its running 2500lb firestones in the rear. the front could be probably about the same. the front will feel a lil floaty, the rear should ride pretty smooth.

 

THe Easy Street Rear's Are Kinda Bumpy but I think we have already ruled them out for anyone ever using them again LOL

My FBI brackets and SS bags should be here today or tomorrow and Phil said they ride alot better then the Firestone bags but thats true on just about any vehicle, The SS bags have always rode better. even on my s10 I could tell a difference between firestone and SS bags

 

let us know man, thats what i will run if i decide to do it. I can't decide where i can mount my stuff, i want my compressor inside i think, and the tank underneath... but idk

How do the ES struts ride up front? Has anyone had any blowouts on them? (yea, i heard all about the rears...)

 

I havent heard of any more problems since they fixed the powdercoating issue.. No blow outs that ive heard of either

 

i got easystreet kit the back bags have blew allready and i gonna change the rear to firestone 2500;s

 

Flame dont forget the brackets.. the easy street brackets wont work with 2500 series bags..

Phil from FBI said the SS bags are better then the firestones and they ride better..

just fyi in case ya didnt know ..

 

i would definitely get the RS52 SlamSpecialties bag with the FBI brackets dood, everyone says SS > Firestone

 

Peabe, we'll have to take my car for a ride so you can see for yourself. I like the ride, but am not fond of the common rear air setup. you may want to run F-B-S-S. I need a sway bar just to cut down the floatiness when turning.

 

so FBSS is actually more comfy? How is that?

 

From what I have been told, FBSS can cuz a lot of flex in the xb cuz of the car being so flexible and could... COULD (for the guy out there who can't understand this) cause problems that you may not be able to see. But its your decsicion. My car rides just fine on FB. Plus I could care less about a bouncy ride, its just one of the benefits I like of having air.

 

sounds better , is the ride any worse than stock though?

 

DUDE its adjustable......too little air the ride will be harsh, too much air and the ride will be bouncy, just right and it'll feel like a cadilac......

 

makes sense, i figured that but... what i meant is, does having SS make the ride quality any different from just having FB?

 

with a FB setup the bags in the front or rear are 'connected' and during hard turning the vehicle will exhibit more body roll then with a normal coil sprung suspension. This is caused by the air in the outside corner being forced out of the bag by centrifigal (sp?) force and flowing into the inside corner bag. On a FBSS setup the corners are independently controlled and isolated from eachother so the air cannot move from bag to bag.

 

^^^ that's why I am considering a thicker rear sway bar. It may help my handling dilemma a bit.

 

cool. ill take you up on that offer.

 

Ok, makes sense. I will probably just go with a FB setup, less things to break, and i won't be doing much "hard turning" just cruisin ^_^


yea jim, that's what i'm plannin