And so begins the Air.....

FIXR7 · Dec 8, 2016

First box arrived yesterday.....

Bradek · Dec 9, 2016

i'm sure there will be a lot of followers to this thread

Burkey · Dec 9, 2016

Very cool :hail:

66 WAS · Dec 9, 2016

I would love to do this to mine

FIXR7 · Dec 10, 2016

Bradek said:
i'm sure there will be a lot of followers to this thread

Yes maybe. I'll try to have as many photos as I can and not so many words.

Burkey · Dec 11, 2016

FIXR7 said:
Yes maybe. I'll try to have as many photos as I can and not so many words.

Did you choose the Accuair because you can get it legally engineered in Australia? Some other reason?

FIXR7 · Dec 11, 2016

No Burkey. It's just the best gear I could find. In the past I never would have considered air suspension but with electronic height sensing this gear has finally come of age. If it was air pressure based height sensing I simply would have forgotten about it. Friends of mine have used that stuff and it never gets it right!?

Accepitris · Dec 11, 2016

Definitely will be following this!

Burkey · Dec 11, 2016

FIXR7 said:
No Burkey. It's just the best gear I could find. In the past I never would have considered air suspension but with electronic height sensing this gear has finally come of age. If it was air pressure based height sensing I simply would have forgotten about it. Friends of mine have used that stuff and it never gets it right!?

I was very seriously toying with the idea but I just found it too scary to spend that sort of coin and potentially ruin the handling of the car.
I really look forward to watching your progress and hearing your feedback on this.
The research I did quickly revealed that the Accuair system is the only one that can be made legal in Vic (not sure about other states) due to having some kind of input for a handbrake (car can't be aired out unless handbrake applied).
That's why I asked the question.
Totally agree that the only way to get consistent results is with a height based system, no two ways about it.
This is gonna be awesome to watch, thanks for sharing. :cheers:

FIXR7 · Dec 12, 2016

Burkey said:
I was very seriously toying with the idea but I just found it too scary to spend that sort of coin and potentially ruin the handling of the car.
I really look forward to watching your progress and hearing your feedback on this.
The research I did quickly revealed that the Accuair system is the only one that can be made legal in Vic (not sure about other states) due to having some kind of input for a handbrake (car can't be aired out unless handbrake applied).
That's why I asked the question.
Totally agree that the only way to get consistent results is with a height based system, no two ways about it.
This is gonna be awesome to watch, thanks for sharing. :cheers:

Except for the legality bit they're all the same concerns I had plus also durability.
I was already willing to spend over half the cost of this system on coil overs and I tend to run my cars very low anyway. So i figured why not wait on getting wheels and blow the extra which will allow me to have my lowered cake and eat it too. No more problems with speed humps and rotten steep driveways again! And I've found engineering is not required,(in WA at least) you just make sure it meets the criteria and they inspect at the pits and you get a permit. Auspost just notified of another delivery today

FIXR7 · Dec 14, 2016

Some bits..... Although, they stuffed up. The tank is too big in diameter to fit. Their excuse...."that's the smallest one we have"

Burkey · Dec 14, 2016

FIXR7 said:
Some bits..... Although, they stuffed up. The tank is too big in diameter to fit. Their excuse...."that's the smallest one we have"

Who did you buy from?
Are you trying to put the tank in the wheel well?
If so, Hypermotive sell a tank that fits.
Pretty sure it's this one
http://www.hypermotive.com/specialty-suspension-4-gallon-seamless-air-tank/

[MENTION=9610]jayman33[/MENTION] @hypermotive may be able to comment?

FIXR7 · Dec 14, 2016

air ride in Melbourne. Thanks Burkey. I'll see if I can get one locally. or maybe two.
But yes, that one would work @ 6.25" diameter. I have 170mm(6.7") approx to work with.

FIXR7 · Dec 14, 2016

Just tried to buy it on their site.....won't ship here!

Burkey · Dec 14, 2016

FIXR7 said:
Just tried to buy it on their site.....won't ship here!

Do you have a shopmate account with Auspost?
Not sure on the limitations for size, but they're an economical alternative for freight forwarding.
Just saying.

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