Tire Width with Air Ride?

[cvaughn1084]

For those running with Air Ride, what tire/wheel width are you guys running? Also, how do you handle camber adjustment with the different ride heights?

Thanks!

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[jasonstang]

For those running with Air Ride, what tire/wheel width are you guys running? Also, how do you handle camber adjustment with the different ride heights?

Thanks!

I think most people set a height and align the suspension for that height for normal driving. Anything else is either for going over speed bumps or slammed for show.

 

[Terminator2]

For those running with Air Ride, what tire/wheel width are you guys running? Also, how do you handle camber adjustment with the different ride heights?

Thanks!

Depends on wheel width and offset as to what width tire and camber.

 

[cvaughn1084]

Depends on wheel width and offset as to what width tire and camber.

While that does make sense. In my mind, you can only fit so much rubber inside that space. I just wanted to know a rough idea of what people were running.

I currently have the 20" Niche Misanos on 275 Nitto G2's. I believe their offset is either +35 or +40. Cant remember right off the top of my head.

 

[Terminated]

For reference, because obviously my set up is different from others, I am running 295/30/20 and 315/35/20s on my car and it tucks pretty far. Just about to the rim lip. My driving PSI is 48 front and 75 rear. Running -2.2 camber in the front and -2.5 for the rear.
275s should clear fine assuming your front offset isn't crazy aggressive. You may not be able to air out completely, but still pretty far, if that's what you're looking to do. Hope that helps some.

 

[cvaughn1084]

Thanks Terminated. I'm just starting to do some research and wanted to at least get a baseline idea to know if what I was running for my new wheels would work or not.

 

[jayman33]

If you want an aggressive set of wheels you'll need to set camber up. Naturally when you drop your car (show parking), you're going to increased negative camber.

This is the hardest part of an airlift system, and thats the setting up and getting everything exactly where you want it. We typically get guys that bring the car to our shop to get things "fixed" after they rushed the install.

Anyway, depending on how aggressive your wheelset is, you can set camber aggressive enough to where you can get a slammed look. You most likely wont be able to let the "air out" completely but can get close. Either way, give us a shout and we can talk about options, techniques and ways to initially setup an airlift kit.

 

[Gdyup50]

My driving PSI is 48 front and 75 rear.

Is that the air bag psi? I don't know much about them, trying to learn, but it can't be your tires....

 

[Andrewg]

For reference, because obviously my set up is different from others, I am running 295/30/20 and 315/35/20s on my car and it tucks pretty far. Just about to the rim lip. My driving PSI is 48 front and 75 rear. Running -2.2 camber in the front and -2.5 for the rear.
275s should clear fine assuming your front offset isn't crazy aggressive. You may not be able to air out completely, but still pretty far, if that's what you're looking to do. Hope that helps some.

Some pretty serious camber for a street car. How regularly/far do you drive and have you noticed any adverse tire wear?

How are the rears adjusted to get that much camber? Do you have aftermarket suspension parts to get there? I know on a stock car there's almost no camber adjustability up front but there's a fair bit on the rear and the Airlift kit comes with camber plates to sort the fronts.

Sorry for all the questions. Pretty sure i'm going this way soon. Procharger, Airlift or new rims? Decisions, decisions.

 

[cvaughn1084]

If you want an aggressive set of wheels you'll need to set camber up. Naturally when you drop your car (show parking), you're going to increased negative camber.

This is the hardest part of an airlift system, and thats the setting up and getting everything exactly where you want it. We typically get guys that bring the car to our shop to get things "fixed" after they rushed the install.

Anyway, depending on how aggressive your wheelset is, you can set camber aggressive enough to where you can get a slammed look. You most likely wont be able to let the "air out" completely but can get close. Either way, give us a shout and we can talk about options, techniques and ways to initially setup an airlift kit.

Thanks jayman33! I am a few months out at the earliest from purchasing. Just wanting to do some research and ask questions so I know what all I will be needing. I am currently running Niche Misanos 20X10 on 275/35/R20 Nitto NT555 G2s. The wheel offset is 40.

 

[Terminated]

Is that the air bag psi? I don't know much about them, trying to learn, but it can't be your tires....

Yes, you would be correct. It's bag PSI. My tires are way lower than that, lol.
The bags will go to 125 each.

Some pretty serious camber for a street car. How regularly/far do you drive and have you noticed any adverse tire wear?

How are the rears adjusted to get that much camber? Do you have aftermarket suspension parts to get there? I know on a stock car there's almost no camber adjustability up front but there's a fair bit on the rear and the Airlift kit comes with camber plates to sort the fronts.

Sorry for all the questions. Pretty sure i'm going this way soon. Procharger, Airlift or new rims? Decisions, decisions.

It is pretty aggressive. I don't drive the car very much. It's something for short tears through the back roads on weekends or a track day. So I don't mind cutting my tire life a bit short. I noticed a bit of inside wear on my last set of tires, but it wasn't that bad. The fronts were fine. Wore better than the rears.

My camber arms are stock. You'd be surprised how much adjustment you can get out of them. Between adjusting the upper arms and the bags lowering the height, I was able to get it to that point. You're right on the front struts from Air Lift - they have camber adjustability. :cheers:

 

[NickGoBlue]

On both of my S550's that are bagged I ran 45psi in the front and 65psi in the rear. I had a staggered set of wheels on the first one 20x9 and 20x10 both +35mm. I ran a 255 in the front and a 275 in the rear. I had less that 1* of neg camber on all for corners. When I aired out my car was able to lay out completely with only the fender liners in the way.

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