Air-Ride suspension: anyone done this?

[Ray Smoodiver]

How do you do it? Be so awesome that is?

I'm going to tattoo that on my chest in OE letters.

Have been recommended these guys downunder, http://www.ezygee.co.nz/

Will speak to them in the next few days about how they could go about putting a kit together, but the reality is that in a country of 4mil people, it would in all likelyhood be completely custom.

[E30SPDFRK]

Ah, didn't even think of that.

[318isbmw]

I'm not sure if this would work, but if you could use a two position switch (not sure if that's what its called) like the defrost switch to control up and down, it would be awesome. Have the in position to drop the car and the out to raise it back up.

You would have to run multiple ones. When you flip the switch, your holding it down which is keeping the valve open. Dunno if that makes sense, but you would have to have one switch for up, and one for down, otherwise when you pressed the button to raise it and it would keep the valve open, thus keeping shoving air into the bag, which will make it explode if pressure gets high enough.

[cleaner32]

I'm not sure if this would work, but if you could use a two position switch (not sure if that's what its called) like the defrost switch to control up and down, it would be awesome. Have the in position to drop the car and the out to raise it back up.

This is a switch box rf/lf/rr/lr up & down middle switch all up & all down
middle top row front up/down & middle back row is rear up/down. The toggle switch lets me switch from automatic ride height control (Fab Lab) to the switch box.

[E30SPDFRK]

I only asked that question because you stated earlier that it was a 3" lift to drop bag on the 318iS. I would imagine that would be plenty of lowering, but lower is better!

I am now looking into custom gauges and switches to perfect the OEM+ look with this idea. More pipedreaming but who knows...

I'm not sure if this would work, but if you could use a two position switch (not sure if that's what its called) like the defrost switch to control up and down, it would be awesome. Have the in position to drop the car and the out to raise it back up.

[318isbmw]

Dan, our campaign for 09 has a slogan:

Vote: Bagged, Teched & Split in 09

That's awesome, I like it, wish I could join you both.

[Miasma]

Very cool stuff man, I like the leather wrapped gauge pod. And the Switch placement is good aswell.

[cleaner32]

pics

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[cleaner32]

Here are some pics of 3 gauge pod we made, controller, 3 different heights: ride height, too high & lowered. We need to lower the front some more so after the new motor goes in well see where she sits.

[cleaner32]

I think any camber plate would work, the ones we made are pretty basic but effective.

Would it be possible to use GC camber plates? I'm assuming no, but if they were I could cut down even more costs. Technically I could sell off parts of my suspension once the airbag suspension went in to get back some of the money I spent too...

Thank you all! This thread has become an inspiration for me to get off my ass, DO WORK and get 'bagged.

[cleaner32]

Stock shocks in the rear, we used some Bilsteins and they didnt bottom out when lowered, thats the key

Do you have to run special shocks? Or can you run billys?

[cleaner32]

when stock it was tall and had a good bit of roll, with the air suspension & tires it handles like a race car, not much roll at all with the stock sway bars. Its stiff like a race car but it doesnt bounce around like a lowered ricer,

sooo, hows the handling with bags?? what spring rates are the bags equivalent to?

[M42Technik]

Dan, our campaign for 09 has a slogan:

Vote: Bagged, Teched & Split in 09

How do you do it? Be so awesome that is?

I'm going to tattoo that on my chest in OE letters.

[Ray Smoodiver]

Dan, our campaign for 09 has a slogan:

Vote: Bagged, Teched & Split in 09

[M42Technik]

If you search around Suicidedoors's site, they have those on there also, same price as the ones I posted, but just have more lift. Also, any of these parts can be changed out for different ones. Those makes and such are the ones I would personally go with, but SMC makes a great valve, and there are many options to get the same result, those were simply examples. But that's the setup I would go with personally.

I only asked that question because you stated earlier that it was a 3" lift to drop bag on the 318iS. I would imagine that would be plenty of lowering, but lower is better!

I am now looking into custom gauges and switches to perfect the OEM+ look with this idea. More pipedreaming but who knows...