Steve T Taylor asked:




If you talk to any driver of a vehicle with an air lift suspension, they’ll entertain you with stories of how “smooth and sweet” their air ride is. How “you simply can’t beat that air ride feeling!” I’m sure you’ve heard this before, right?

And sure, this all sounds great in theory but if you’re at the stage of still considering the possibility of air lift suspension, either purchasing a new car that already has air suspension or perhaps even converting your traditional steel spring system, you’re probably after a little more information than this.

Now you’re probably wondering if aside from the legendary “air ride feeling” is there any real performance difference between an air ride and your transitional suspension system?

The truth is there are several benefits of an air lift suspension system over the steel spring suspension system.

First up, air lift suspension gives you a wider turning range and you don’t need the adjustments your traditional steel spring system would need to get to the same level of turning capability. Not only that, air suspension also gives you better handling ability of your vehicle on the road. This is because most air systems will adjust to different compression levels and your air system can adjust for different road conditions.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re driving around town in the city, on the highway or on particularly rough road conditions your air suspension system will adjust and give you better handling than a traditional spring system. So not only do you get a better ride and handling – when it comes down to it, this means you and your family will be safer on the road as well.

If you’re someone who carries heavy loads, then you’ll for sure get a far safer and more comfortable ride with air lift suspension. This is because the level of suspension will be automatically matched to the weight of the load you’re carrying. With your traditional suspension systems you needed to have a lot of work done or have a high degree of mechanical know how yourself to switch out the parts before hauling heavy loads. As a bonus, now with the ability to easily adjust your air suspension, it also controls the pitch of the trailer.

Another reason many people will choose air lift suspension is the ability it gives you to give your vehicle a customized look or ’stance’. Using air suspension you can change the way it sits, either tilting it backwards or forwards. This is especially favored people in the hot rod community – but also increasingly by your average car enthusiast!

If radical custom suspension and even hopping capabilities is what you’re after, the only way to get this while still having a pretty normal ride on a daily basis, is using air lift suspension. More and more car owners want to get that ultimate slammed look when the vehicle is parked up but then still need to be able to drive it comfortably on the road.

So air lift suspension gives you a great and varied number of advantages over your traditional suspension system. On one side you have the handling and safety features, and on the other there is the ability to get your vehicle ‘up in the air’ or ‘as low as you can go’. You can ‘pancake’ your ride on shut off or just bounce to impress the kids! And why not? It’s your ride after all, have fun with your air ride suspension!

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Kuldeep Singh Sethi asked:




If your Lincoln Navigator Air Ride System is leaking down, make sure you find the leak before buying parts. Many people think if there air suspension is going down, it means they need a new air spring, solenoid, or compressor. Which is sometimes the case, but often it could be just a leaky seal. It is important that you check for leaks, a good way of doing this is cover the system in soapy water, to make the leak visible. Once you do this you may notice that it is coming from an air line or air bag. If thats the case you will now know what to replace. But if you dont notice any leaks, it could be a very slow seal leak.

On an air ride system there are solenoids that go into each air spring. These solenoids are what control the release of air from the air spring. There are a few small seals on these solenoids, that often will be the cause of a leak. If you suspect its these seals try to put some soapy water around them and watch very closely. It may be leaking to slow to see. But if you cant find a leak anywhere else, it would be a good idea to replace the seals, as seal sets are only about $10-$12 for each solenoid. A slow leak from one of these seals could eventually cause your compressor to go out.

When you replace these seals, the ones that leak are usually the two that between the solenoid and the air spring. But you should also go ahead and replace the seal that goes between the solenoid and the line as well. That seal is included with most seal kits anyways. It is especially important to replace these seals anytime that you remove the solenoid. As the seals can go out even if the solenoid has not been removed. But once it has been removed they will never seal up right, it will leak every time.

air suspension systems have several major benefits over steel spring suspension systems. air suspensions have a wide turning range and don’t require the adjustments that steel springs would require to reach the same level of turning capacity. Most air springs progressively adjust to different compression levels, which often provides a greater level of handling than spring systems. Air suspensions are also easier to customize than spring systems, meaning that individual vehicle owners can choose their own levels of softness or hardness by easy tuning methods. Air suspensions are also usually much better at carrying heavy loads while still providing a comfortable ride. Many hot rod and customized car enthusiasts also use air suspensions to give their vehicle a customized look or “stance,” meaning they change the way it sits, tilting the vehicle forward or backward.



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Muppy Rocks asked:


My air ride is bad now,a kid stole it and busted all the airbags. I want to change it over to struts and shocks. can i take it off of another car and use them on mine. If so what years and makes. I can’t afford alot, i also have to fix other things on it- he wrecked it to. It is my only car and i can’t drive it and i can’t buy another car. I want to fix it the cheapest way i can .SAM

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BIG MONEY asked:


my truck has a four corner leveling suspension and i was wondering if there was any thing i could do to the air ride to make the truck sit higer without buying new parts (change posithin of hiegth senser change comp somehow ) anything like that or do i need to just get a new suspension or do a body lift …. if more info on ??? is needed just e-mail me

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Zero X asked:


What other shocks besides the Lincoln Mark VIII rear shocks will fit on the Mark VIII. I read that the 97 Ford Thunderbird rear shocks will fit, but does it matter which ones? I installed a conversion kit in the rear end and removed the rear air ride. It has a bang in the rear end and I know it is the rear shock mounts and I wanted to replace the rear shocks and mounts. Thank you for any info you can provide for me! I would like to do this as cheap as I can and save my wallet.

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