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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CLEEN 50: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Dusty122: [qb] Yea ive got the bags where it replaces the coil springs and i think the kit was about 700 bux. Ive replaced most of the stuff that came with my kit though. The problem with airride stuff is its really meant for trucks and there is so much more room around the suspension on trucks. This makes running the plastic dot brakes lines kind of hard without kinking them or getting them to go straight into the push pull fittings. Ive replaced all my line with 1/2" steel braded line which you have to order custom and aint to cheap. I also upgraded my valves. The valves in the kit are normal crappy as p.o.s. that leak the day u buy them. Im running smc 1/2" and 1/4" valves Ive replaced the tank with a 5 gallon and gone to electronic gauges. The only thing left on my kit are the bags, brackets and the compressors. Go with the firestone compressors unless you want to see them or want to run an oiled system which is quiter. but the firestone ones are the most reliable and are way under rated on power. Ive over heated mine several times and they always come back to life. As for the ride it is preety sweet. It rides like a caddy minus the bouncing around like a boat. It rides preety sweet on the freeway but rides like a normal lowered car around town. It will bottom out on the freeway on large bumps though so u have to ride it about the stock hieghth on the fw to keep that from hapening. I was preety impressed with the setup other than i always wish it would go lower. It also did preety good cruisin to vegas a buck 40 with the top down. Other than the loud ass noise at that speed it was damn stable [/qb][/QUOTE]Damn this got me worried about odering the kit from them. :( Do you think you can put a list together of the parts I should order from air ride suspension along with the parts that should be upgraded (i.e. fittings, lines, etc.) Will all these parts be available from them? I want a complete no-leak system. thanks for all the great info. Did you do the install yourself? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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