Air Shocks

[BobbyZ72]

My rear springs are so weak, if i put any weight, say 50 pounds in the trunk area my car drops like an inch. And driving up and down small hills i can tell the car was underbuilt....gm engineers again [img]graemlins/twak.gif[/img] Anyways do they make air shocks or adjustable shocks where i could stiffen it up a bit and maybe raise it about an inch in the front and rear. Has anyone ever done this. What do yall recommend

[hockeyman]

Putting air shocks on the rear is like welding the frame in a stance. When you run over any kind of rock, pothole, speedbump, ect. in the street, you'll know it!
You're better-off buying rear springs. My rear springs went bad too. I replaced them and the rear of the car is back to normal.

[BobbyZ72]

LOL thats the same thing the auto parts dude was telling me. Yes that might be true, but springs dont wear out. Over time they may shrink down a very little bit 1/4 inch. But never does a spring weakin unless overloaded all the time. Think about it, its like me saying your valve lifter springs need to be replaced after 50k becuase they have went up and down so many times and this and the heat makes them weaker. If i said that every one here would point their fingers at me and laugh out loud. Do an internet search,, every one agrees springs dont go bad.

[SilverBirdSeven]

Has anyone tried using variable rate springs on their f-body?

[StrtRacer98]

there are adjustable shocks though yes...

KYB makes some adjustable air shocks they are pretty pricey though, they have a knob either on top or in the middle of the shock that you can adjust your ride height or whatever..
but it basically is welding your car in a stance like hockeyman said.
My friend put them on his mustang becuase he weighed down his trunk so much from his system when he lowered it , the back end was sagging, so he replaced his shocks with the kyb's and make the car level out.

[lizzardfire]

I actually installed airshocks over Christmas and they are not at all like what hockeyman portrays them as. I like them better than my stock ride. I also bought the optional air control so I can adjust them from the driver's seat :D

Edit: but if your car is sagging that much you probably do need to replace the springs. I got the airshocks because I probably have like 100-150 lbs of stereo equipment in the rear.

[ January 04, 2006, 07:16 PM: Message edited by: lizzardfire ]

[BobbyZ72]

I jest bought Hijackers Air Adjustable Shock Absorbers off the internet,,you adjust them by adding or taking away air. should be here in a few days... ill let yall know how i like them. Id like to raise it up about 1.5" about factory hight. The only problem is i cant find any for the front. LIZZARDFIRE, DID YOU PUT THEM ON THE FRONT ALSO??? IF SO WHAT BRAND AND MODEL #

[PewterBird]

I have them on. They work ok. I like them better than my worn out old shocks. They will take some tuning to get the right pressure. To soft and it you will bounce around and to hard and you will get a lot of wheel hop. They are not the best for ride comfort.

The best thing about them is when I have a 3 passengers and my trunk is full. They rear doesn't sag at all and I dont drag my rear down driveways.

When I want a lot of traction I just bleed most of the air out and it squats real nice.

The novelty of adjusting the rear height has worn off, and I would trade them for a nice set of adjustble agx shocks anyday.

Originally posted by hockeyman:
Putting air shocks on the rear is like welding the frame in a stance. When you run over any kind of rock, pothole, speedbump, ect. in the street, you'll know it!

Exactly.

[BobbyZ72]

Well i go out to our farm about once a week. I usually load 10 gallons of water, a change of cloths and a small honda 2000i generator. My car looks silly going down the road,and is unpleasent to drive,, im totally not into low riding. Plus i want to be up a little higher because im always bottoming out and the front of my car drags on every drive way. Im putting air shocks on the rear and z28 front springs and new struts on my car this weekend. i will post pics when im done.