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Old 05-28-2020, 11:07 AM   #44 (permalink)
bobo333
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Adelaide, Australia
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F Truck - '77 Ford F100 2x4, single cab, lwb
90 day: 8.75 mpg (US)

Bombodore - '98 Holden Commodore Exec Wagon
90 day: 21.35 mpg (US)

Civic - '93 Honda Civic GL
90 day: 36.62 mpg (US)

Jim The Prius - '09 Toyota Prius
90 day: 36.66 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by Yippeekyaa View Post
Yes, the air bags fit inside the coil springs. From deflated to inflated i gain almost 3 inches of lift at 60 psi. The entire system cost me less than 150$ us. Biggest advantage was no longer getting flashed at because oncoming traffic thought i had high beams on due to the rear sag. Plus it just drove better.
Unfortunately I cant do that with the gen2 prius as the rear shock absorbers are inside the coil springs rather than next to it like gen3+. Instead i need to replace the whole struck with an airstrut which is much more than $150 and has no coil spring to hold the car up when the bags are deflated.
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