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Old 09-08-2020, 11:28 PM   #12 (permalink)
JulianEdgar
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Originally Posted by Taylor95 View Post
Would these replace the coils on a car that is set up that way? Some of the ones I've seen seem to work in conjunction with the stock suspension system.
Yes these are 'proper' air springs, not just squishy bags (that fit inside coils) or donuts (that have a terribly fast increase in spring rate with compression). So these air springs completely replace the coils.

Rolling lobe air springs (like the ones I use) are the same design approach as used in Mercedes, Porsche, Tesla, Audi, Range Rover, etc.

There's a huge amount of poor information around about aftermarket air suspension. For example, many aftermarket air spring manufacturers don't even have load/deflection specs available! Many people also believe that air suspension is just for when you want to dump your car into the weeds, not get best ride / handling / aero.

As is almost always the case, original equipment manufacturers do it well, so you won't go far wrong if you look at what they do.
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