Coilovers vs Air Lift Performance! THE HARD TRUTH.

Is Air lift performance better than Coilovers? Matt here at SPEEDhaus has been Installing Air ride on cars for almost 15 years. He shares some insight and his honest opinion into which ones best for you! There is a huge debate in the car community about which type of suspension system is better; Coilovers or Air Suspension? Today, we will be explaining the pros and cons of each suspension type. Whether you are looking into deciding what setup to purchase or just want to hear the other side of the argument, this should leave you walking away with a better understanding of the 2 suspension systems.

Air Lift Performance is the performance division of Air Lift Company and produces full air ride and air management systems for lowered and performance vehicles. Our bolt-on, direct-OEM-replacement kits are designed precisely for each individual chassis and with a commitment to quality are engineered to fit, work and last.

Air Lift began engineering and manufacturing performance air suspension products in 1949. Our performance days started in NASCAR and the success of our products quickly spread to the wider consumer market.

Air Lift Performance (previously known as EasyStreet and Air Lift Lifestyle & Performance) has also gone to great lengths to support the do-it-yourself market with our universal air suspension products for hot rods, late model and classic cars.
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[michelleday]

Thankyou for this video. Sept ‘22 I bagged our Maserati Quattroporte using Accuair and Youtube videos! Never had any issues so far. I had zero experience besides vids like this.

[Capable_intentions]

Quick and to the point! Thank you for the great video

[MPQuicksilver]

Opinions don’t matter when it comes to suspension facts do. Air ride is not meant for sports cars at all. Specially if you are going to track your car. Spring response compared to air bags are not the same. Springs respond to compression much faster compared to a air bags. You will never see any race car run on air bags. Bags are meant for cruisers, low rides or someone that wants to have the adjustability of the ride hight. As far as pricing goes actually Coilovers can be more expensive depending on what company you choose to go with. Also depends on the materials used to create a Coilover. Like JRZs, Penske or Motons can cost over $15, 000- $30, 000 depending on the level of motor sport. Even some street setups can run over $10, 000 for a proper set. If you run air bags on a proper sports car, you are running the suspension setup and handling or the car.

[JohnnyLehti]

Intresting.
Personally i wonder why not all race cars runs air suspension if it's faster on the track.
I run coilovers on all my cars and they are not extremely bumpy. I would say that if they are extremely bumpy they are not set up correctly.

[Cortez-kl]

Loved his honesty if it popped that means you put it in wrong👍🏽👍🏽

[Nordic_Mechanic]

air ride when coupled with active dampers is where it gets really great. I have a car with 377 000miles and original rear airsprings

[yodrum]

Just got bags installed on my 86 for the first time and I'm loving it so far. Just the convenience of adjusting height on the fly when I need to is great.

Only issue I have was I wish I bought the smaller 1/4" air lines instead of the 3/8" just because airing up feels a bit jarring at first, its not as smooth or fluent as it should be. But that's just a minor complaint

[LP-qgkc]

Can we drive daily and go for long drives without any issue with air suspension? What are things need to maintain them regularly.

[danr]

How do the dampeners work for the air ride? Is it a separate replaceable strut cartridge that travels through the center of the bag, is it an integrated piece, or does it even have one?

[gdotone]

I looking for a suspension where I don't feel the road at all. just like sitting in the car when it not moving, smooth. soft recoveries

[toekneecovarrubias]

It's called an Air spring, and an air spring is superior in EVERY suspension situation. Air is completely different because a coil spring is a consistent spring rate and Air gets stiffer the more air pressure you have. Adding weight adds Air pressure from the g force giveing the car better traction

[blankslate]

Airlift has had a racing league since the 70s with cars that are all on airlift suspension

[derekrawlins]

I am seriously considering purchasing a quality air bag suspension kit for my 2017 Mini Cooper f56 hardtop. My only hesitation is that in some areas, we have really rough roads with many potholes, and I'm currently having a very rough ride over them. This is despite having a set of quality, brand-name coilovers on my car. My question is, would the air suspension hold up to the very rough roads for a daily driver?

[meepcheep]

Damping* when referring to reducing vibration. dampening means to literally make something wet... only correcting because it's such a looked-over mistake that many don't know about it

[GAdrian]

How do they perform in negative degree weather?

Thanks!

[Dynasty-sy]

Great video. I had coilovers on my last car.. I loved the handling I got from it and spent at least 4 days in the garage a month changing the height for one reason or another so I kind of vowed to go air on my next car. I really do not want my car on the ground I just want a modest drop.. I also don't care about the quickness of rising and lowering and was wondering can these air suspensions be installed without multiple compressors and large tanks? I basically wanted to replicate the mercedes airmatic system... which I think is just aribags with a tiny pump under the hood (correct me if im wrong).

[Eli-]

Common sense would tell you that when it comes to sports cars there is no way bags can out perform coils. Bags (long term) cannot handle the abuse coils can.

[drupe]

There’s flooding here in Miami what is your opinion on putting Airbags into a Honda accord 2024? On stock rims

[stan-wlyj]

So in short, coils if youre on a budged and or if your just doing it for track, and bags if you do have a bit more to spend and you want to drove over a curb

[Getrightwithyou]

The only times springs win is if you are offroad…. Even then you are gonna need high wuality coilovers to touch air bags. I am a DH mountain biker and i run EXT springs just for that added feel and speed in the trails. Airbags on a car are king on the roads if you ask me 🤷🏿‍♂️