hey i ordered some parts to piece together my own air suspension kit,.... i will be using the easystreet front air struts, and for the rear the fbi cups and congitech bags...... can somebody please tell my parents which i will show this post, that it is cheaper and will actually work to piece together your own kit.... rather than spend 2600 on the full easystreet kit, with the rear sleeves n stuff............please help me out, it is making me mad, and they want me to return everything.......please help me out.................thank you veru much....................................

 

Well, convincing a parent is a very tough thing to do. And relying on what are essentially strangers, I am sure won't make it any easier on you. However, I will throw my two cents in.

First, I am one of the biggest proponents on this site for piecing together your own system. Money can be saved this way, and a better collection of parts can be had. The only drawback is you need to be pretty knowledgeable about air suspension to be sure that you are getting ALL of the parts you will need. The last thing you want is to be 90% done with an install only to realize you are missing one vital component required to make the system work.

Piecing together a system can be done though, and pretty easily I might add. Especially with the help of online resources such as this website, retail websites and sites like http://www.sportruck.com. There are plenty of people out there willing to help people in your situation.

But the lure of a complete integrated system like those offered by Air Lift / Easystreet is great. Especially for a parent buying this stuff for their child. The only drawback is that there have been a lot of negative experiences with parts of Air Lift's kits. The rear bags in particular have received pretty harsh reviews.

There is room for compromise though, if your parents want you to have a integrated system, and you want to have something with a proven track record. You can order the rear cups and air bags from FBI, and whoever else, and then use the Air Lift front struts and one of their air management systems. It won't be the cheapest route necessarily. But it may get you into an air system because your parents would have greater faith in the parts. As opposed to a system pieced together from sources all over the internet.

I know this post might not be exactly what you are looking for, but I hope it helps. I guess my final thought would be that there is nothing wrong with a "pieced together" system. But if a compromise between an integrated system and what you want is the only way to get into an air system, you may want to give it a shot.

Good Luck.

 

rt gave some good advice but the only thing i would suggest is if you are not pieceing the whole kit together i would buy my air managment kit from suicidedoors for alot cheaper than the easy street.

but as for this topic, you will probably save in the thousand dollar range by buying seperatly.

 

I tell my parents that if i buy quality parts and read up on what i need to do (also have some people to ask for help during the install) and i take my time installing it and test everything out that it will be safer than having my car at a full-time 2" drop like it is now. When it rains around here streets get flooded and it would be nice to pop the car up if i have to go through/around obsticles(sp?). I think after this past hurricane my mom isn't going to mind me having my car with on the fly height adjustment

I also tell her it'll be easier to work on my car cause i can pop it up, then use a jack a lot safer then trying to jack up a full-time lowered car.

My main point to them is:

"I can have it low and do cool stuff with it at shows/meets, but when i'm daily driving i can drive at a reasonable height and even raise it up higher than stock IF i need too."

Good luck

 

I agree Scion1616. I only suggested the Air Lift air management, because I know how parents can be. They would more likely be comfortable buying a "kit" it from a manufacturer, than one from a retailer.

But Suicide Doors is a great choice for an air management kit. Jason doesn't have nearly as many kits on the site as he once had. However, he will put together pretty much any kit you like, and take a percentage off the top to give you a great deal. Innovative Air Suspension also has air management kits. They are a little more expensive, but include the fittings where Suicide Doors does not. It is kind of a trade off because each kit uses a few different parts. Innovative Air Suspension also has "Fitting Kits." You could buy one of these to supplement your air management kit from Suicide Doors. The kits for a 4 way 3/8" valves and line are under $150. It makes the kit prices pretty much a wash if you do that. But buying a fitting kit from Innovative takes away a bunch of the headache in designing your air suspension system.

Either way you go you will probably end up saving over $250 compared to really good retail prices for the Air Lift air management kits.

 

I have the complete air management system from easystreet that retails for 1000 bucks that you can buy from me cheap. used for 5 months. PM me if your interested. I need to clean out my garage.

 

cool thanks for the info.......i guess they want me to get everything from easystreet..... i try to tell them that i am not just throwing parts together, but they still do not understand.......i guess i will still try to convince them..... would it be cheaper to buy a air managment or built my own kit.......thanks for the help........i will def show your resonses tothem, hopefully they will have more faith in me............thx again

 

cheaper to piece your own together (air management)

 

i had the problem of parents before, so i learned to just do what you want to the car and suprise them! i agree with the other guys when they say buy only easystreet products b/c its from one single company and has warranty but you could save money and buy things seperately (if you look in the right places)

 

just build your own kit. don't get the rear bags from easy street for the xb. slap some sense into your parents, haha.

 

Just remind your parents what a pain in the ___ Airlift is if you have a warranty issue. Also remind them how nice some people like suicide doors are if you have a problem.......

 

lol.... well i dunno suicide doors has a killer deal on airmanagment its like 555$ for 3/8 kit...... everything i was gunna get anyways, and is cheaper too..... so then i would just need the front struts and rear cups and bags and im on my way.............noice.........now to convince them still,.... poop