Coil over or air assist?
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Coil over or air assist?
Well, my rear end on my car is still a little lower than I'd like. I was wondering what you guys thought of air assist/coil over struts/kits. I found some kits for decent prices, I am thinking maybe I should go with air assist but I know nothing on this matter. Also what brand and stuff do you recommend...resonably priced of course. One air assist kit I found was $65.99 I think that was a set of 2. Thanks guys!
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you get a new strut assembly similiar to the SSEI ELC struts, and then get an adaper kit so you can inflate/deflete the struts anytime you need to
ill let Jrs chime in since he was the pioneer of the setup
you get a new strut assembly similiar to the SSEI ELC struts, and then get an adaper kit so you can inflate/deflete the struts anytime you need to
ill let Jrs chime in since he was the pioneer of the setup
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Originally Posted by 1993 SLE
jrs3800 has the air assist adapted to his 95 SE. if i keep my car long enough i plan on doing the air assist also
Yeah I adapted the Air struts to the rear of the 95 Bonnie... It was well worth it... $71 per air strut, and $5 for the line kit to adapt the air struts... I have hauled 400Lbs in the trunk with the rear level<--- 400 Lbs is a bit much I know... Car still drove good and level... Also gave the rear a more solid ride quality... Also if you make any changes you may want to consider changing the 14-18 mm sway bar to the 21mm sway bar...
I have had the rear air struts for close to 2 years now... When and if I ever get around to it the 91 will have the same set up...
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Ok, so what do I need to do to adapt them to my car? Also where can I get these struts. I definitely want to do this, my car is soft and low in the rear so this sounds perfect for me. I learned my lesson about cheap struts after these Gabriel ones, not even a year and they feel like they're shot.
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Originally Posted by 96LeSabre
Ok, so what do I need to do to adapt them to my car? Also where can I get these struts. I definitely want to do this, my car is soft and low in the rear so this sounds perfect for me. I learned my lesson about cheap struts after these Gabriel ones, not even a year and they feel like they're shot.
Upgraded to monroes, I have never looked back... And they have held up 100x'* better than the Gabriels...
Ok here are some pics...
Below is the Monroe Air strut... I believe this is a bit better than the OEM unit...
This is a pic of the Line Kit to adapt air struts to the non air suspension
The strut installed on the car... Look to the left and you'll see the wire loom.. I used that to protect the air line...
Here I drilled holes large enough for small rubber gromets to feed the lines through... I did this for both sides at the rear of the strut... The pics should give you a general idea for the location of the holes..
Here is the T fitting for the lines.... I ran the lines behind the padding and had both lines come out at the location pictured here.... Later I drilled a small hole in the plastic( not too far from my hand ) and installed the T fitting there so that it was easier for me to check the pressure and add air when needed... I usually run at about 20 psi most of the time... When you get to 30-35 psi, the rear end goes up a good bit and the ride gets a little brick like...
Hope that helps... One of these days I'm going to have to Techinfo this... I'll have to do this to my 91 and get a billion pics...
Also A small note, I noticed that the H body cars with non air suspension had a spacer on top of the strut that was sandwhiched between the top of the strut and the bottom of the strut mount... I later had to go back and remove them as every car I found with the air suspension did not have the spacer... I have had no problems...
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Well that doesn't seem too awefully hard I don't think. How do you fill them? Will keeping the PSI equal in both struts keep my car level? or should I do it a little by eye...like if someone really heavy was on one side of the car.
EDIT: also what about P/Ns should I just go to Monroe and tell them what I'm doing and they'll tell me what I need.
EDIT: also what about P/Ns should I just go to Monroe and tell them what I'm doing and they'll tell me what I need.
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