Made a world of difference on ride. I am wanting to put my GN on air ride. I have heard of people using the traditional bags in the front with outboard mounted shocks (common for s10 installs) and traditional bags in the rear- the biggest complaint was ride control- the bags tend to be a little spongy. I have talked to some people that have run the shockwaves and absolutely love them as they have control over rebound within the internal shock and they require very little modification to install. Both systems use a compressor, tank, valves and lines (400-450).
Traditional bags run about 50-65 per bag, about 40-50 per mount- the spring cup has to be trimmed out and an external shock mount has to be installed for the front (total of about 400-500). The rearbrackets are simply bolted or welded in place of the stock coil springs and the bags bolted to the brackets. Here is a link showing this installation:
HzEmall.com
I have contacted the shop about this install and they told me the owner has since removed the traditional bags and went with shockwaves.
Shock waves run about 800 front and 800 rear. More expensive, but perform better. Installation is fairly straight forward with a little modification to the spring pocket in the front. The rear is pretty much a bolt in. I guess it all depends on what you are looking for- the look or the performance.
lots of autocross and g-machine guys going to air ride as well, the Camaro I drove was like a slot car, I was amazed it was air bagged
Made a world of difference on ride. I am wanting to put my GN on air ride. I have heard of people using the traditional bags in the front with outboard mounted shocks (common for s10 installs) and traditional bags in the rear- the biggest complaint was ride control- the bags tend to be a little spongy. I have talked to some people that have run the shockwaves and absolutely love them as they have control over rebound within the internal shock and they require very little modification to install. Both systems use a compressor, tank, valves and lines (400-450).
Traditional bags run about 50-65 per bag, about 40-50 per mount- the spring cup has to be trimmed out and an external shock mount has to be installed for the front (total of about 400-500). The rearbrackets are simply bolted or welded in place of the stock coil springs and the bags bolted to the brackets. Here is a link showing this installation:
HzEmall.com
no issues w/ durability on the bags themselves, big rigs have used them for years now w/o incident. The only bag failure I know of was from the bag in collapsed form rubbing a frame rail and wearing a thin spot, which lead to failure. The main issue people have with air ride is one of two things;
1. Leaks from install (easily found, and repaired at install time)
2. Valves stick (open or closed)
If you do a quality nstall, and buy quality valves and follow manufactorers instructions of maintenance, they won't fail you.
I love what I see from the posting in this form but need more information on kit that air ride (shock wave) have for g-body