Non bacon car

[jjtoutt]

Re: Non bacon car

Sweet snow plow!

Hehe, looks good, hopefully it'll be well worth it.

[Danaldson]

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Sweet snow plow!

Hehe, looks good, hopefully it'll be well worth it.

thanks, already worth it! found some great deals. Just a few kinks to work out.


Took the car for a little test drive around to block, and I'm experiencing some heavy knocking up front. Brought it back in the garage and did a once over of everything except the top nut on the mount.



Im assuming this little black bushing gets compressed under load that it creates a gap on the upper strut mount creating bouncing/knocking. Ill have to pull the struts out tomorrow and tighten the top nut more to close the gap.

[Danaldson]

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Just did some quick research and it looks like airlift made un updated bushing, because the one i curently have is prone to failing/knocking.

My bushing is a little skinny and flexible one in the photo above, whereas the new bushing is almost the size of a hockey puck and looks much more durable. I messaged airlift, hopefully they can send me a proper bushing.

I looked online and it looks like they changed the install manual too. Mine looks nothing what they have on the website.

[jjtoutt]

Re: Non bacon car

I'm no experton air suspension, but it looks like you got everything sorted. Hopefully it's just the bushing. How high does your car sit with it raised all the way up?

[Danaldson]

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I'm no experton air suspension, but it looks like you got everything sorted. Hopefully it's just the bushing. How high does your car sit with it raised all the way up?

The highest it will air up is about 1 maybe 2 inches of wheel gap.


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[jschmidtjordan]

Re: Non bacon car

I had a clunk from left front after install too, pulled out strut and turned upper nut 1/4 turn and it went away. Bushings both are still good after 10,000km

[Danaldson]

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I had a clunk from left front after install too, pulled out strut and turned upper nut 1/4 turn and it went away. Bushings both are still good after 10,000km

do you have the smaller bushing like i do? If so, then i will try tightening the bolt some more. Thanks

[jschmidtjordan]

Re: Non bacon car

I do have the smaller bushing.
Looks good all nice and low. Would love to see final shots of gauge and trunk setup

[Danaldson]

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I do have the smaller bushing.
Looks good all nice and low. Would love to see final shots of gauge and trunk setup

thanks! i will post some pictures of the trunk once i have my interior back together. Im still sorting out how to make the lines look nice and organized. Trunk is still torn apart for now.

Customer support at airlift is awesome! They are sending me the new updated hockey puck style bushings free of charge. I will still try tightening the upper nut for now so the car is drivable.

[Danaldson]

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Upper bolt tightened down, and knocking has disappeared.

Took the car to the car wash for a few quick pictures. This makes me excited for summer!

The ride is a little stiffer than i would like, but i will play with the dampening to get it just right.






The bum will look very nice with some wide wheels and proper offsets.

[jschmidtjordan]

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i find around 70-75psi nice ride quality.

glad the knock is gone.

what kind of check valve did you end up using? I had to change to the SMC's, mine kept freezing

[Danaldson]

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i find around 70-75psi nice ride quality.

glad the knock is gone.

what kind of check valve did you end up using? I had to change to the SMC's, mine kept freezing

On my previous air ride setups, I used the regular viar check valves, which I never had any issues with.

This time around I have smc


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[Fizzo20]

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Damn, looks great! Come summer looks like we might be smelling some baaaaaconnnnn!

[Danaldson]

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Camo was looking pretty haggard, so its time to go. Nice to have the black look again.

Picking up a replacement lower fog grille today as mine has been cracked for quite some time. Also going to go check out a replacement bumper today that looks to be in good shape, Lets hope the black matches... it will be nice to have a dedicated summer bumper, and one that i can run in the winter that i don't need to care too much about.

[VW337]

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I definitely prefer it without the camo. Looks good!