it's amazing the response nitrogen has with air ride but it's definately abusive. many around here run at least 1/2"-3/4" lines with 3/4" smc or larger valves (whatevers cheap as they fail often) and nitrogen for some of the shows they attend. things move so fast it's insane. makes my setup look very slow in comparison but it's true, they replace parts quite often. a common thing to see as well would be those who drive at the improper ride height... there are countless things that can happen, more often then not it's the owners fault. reguardless though it's interesting to see the nitrogen setups when used for show.

as far as the rest i completely know where your coming from. i wanted air ride awhile back but everyone said as many have here how the handling aspects weren't the best so it scared me off and i settled for coilovers which was a huge mistake. i agree that air ride in general is extremely expensive when you weigh the other options out there but in comparison to my coilover setup it was only slightly more expensive in the end, however it was 10 fold over the experiences i had with coilovers.

i agree about being able to adjust the qa1's or something similar in car as that would be great... i can only imagine what those would cost. i use to have a 88 turbo coupe that had that which was nice for the first 50,000 miles. then when they went bad the $1,600 price tag for the front made me get rid of the car.

 

double post..?

 

any word on any dealers interested? I dont want this thing to fall into the archives and be forgotton

 

I wish the company I worked for did mail order- I would hook up guys up.

 

hook up guys up?

Do you work for a Co. that carries ART? If so, why don't you buy it from the company and then ship it to us, that's mail order.

 

chances are very slim you'll get a group purchase out of them but your better off at least contacting them direct instead of waiting for tony.

 

Has anyone purchased this kit yet, and if so, posted pictures? Anyone????

 

make a list for whos interested and i'll get my company www.ronsraceshop.com to hold a GP

 

well i already have my setup so that wouldn't be good for me. contact the others who are interested.

as far as pictures, visually it wouldn't look any different then my own or the others on this forum which i believe are up to 6 now.

 

I want to purchase it but should i get air struts or not is the question.

 

Hey kandied I saw your name in the credits in some Michigan street racing video. I guess that parish dude rocks down there! Was your car in the video?

 

I watched the parish vids also awsome truck over 800 rwhp and 1000 ft lbs of torque.

 

Spdfrk1990 you have to get the normal spring replacing bag..they dont make the strut ones for are cars anymore..from what the guy said anyways

 

by any chance have a link to it? the car has been in several over the last few years but "parish" doesn't ring a bell??



as far as the bag struts over traditional.. personally even if they did sell the strut bags you'd have to ask yourself is it worth $1,000+ extra just for the front strut bags over the traditional bags. i love my kit but if i had the option to use the bags the $1,000 could go to something else. there is a difference in the handling but you can make that up with a great strut and good suspension upgrades.

 

Heres the link to some parish vids
http://www.1320video.com/videos.php

 

yea thats the site i saw them at. I think i saw your name in the second video

 

those videos are shot here in nebraska heres a link to parish's truck www.turbotruck.net

 

No i take that back, it was in a video called michigan muscle III. Blackhawk and some other 3rd gen people were there two. Awesome scene in michigan!

 

Kandied: So you're not using the air-strut setup anymore? You're using the cool ride kit? What struts and shocks did you go with? Are you doing the tubular k-member and arms? If so, who did you use?