How to Setup Your Air Suspension for Ride Quality or Performance

Maybe the single biggest benefit of upgrading to Air Suspension is it's adjustability. But with great adjustability comes a great ability to F&#* it up if you don't know exactly how much flexibility a quality system can offer.

Whether you've switched to air to get as low as possible or because your looking for a ride more comfortable than coils were offering; you can ABSOLUTELY achieve that with Air Suspension AND while getting the ride height that has your car looking dialed from the curb.

Will from Bag Riders is here to explain a few key concepts you need to know while you're dialing in the feel of your new suspension!
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00:00 -- How to Setup Your Air Suspension for Ride Quality or Performance
00:27 -- What makes Air Suspension so adjustable
01:06 -- Tweaking a divorced spring and shock vs. a true 4 corner adjustment
01:50 -- Different goals for performance vs comfort
02:06 -- Wheel Deflection
02:54 -- Why you would want a stiff spring-rate
03:18 -- Side-note on making adjustments to your Air Suspension
03:49 -- Finding a comfortable ride quality at a low drive height
04:20 -- Adjusting a lower mount on Air Suspension
04:41 -- How to adjusting threaded length of Air Suspension while it's installed
05:24 -- Side effects of changing the threaded length of your Air Suspension
06:20 -- Finding a balance for body height and air pressure
07:09 -- Different brands have different "standard" setups
08:05 -- How to adjust your dampers for Air Suspension

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[h.cavidarabac]

Finally someone talks about comfort with airrides.

[granitfog]

Most of the tech youtube videos I've seen seem like ad hoc presentations, disorganized, filled with personal anectodes, irrelevant stories, "and ah's, " unnecessary foul-ups and more. Yours was clear, concise, well organized and to the point. My hat's off to you.

[VNT]

Great video! On my vw bug which was my very first bagged vehicle that I built all the bag brackets for I had no clue on bag geometry so I set it up as best as I could. I ended up taking the collapsed height and the max extended height and figured out the middle distance. From there I adjusted my suspension to the ride height I wanted and made the mounts at that middle distance of the bag travel. The bag never bottomed out or over extended and gave me a really good ride(a little on the stiffer side but not bad at all still plenty of cushion) when I would launch hard it would squat down about an inch and a half and dig(it was about 120 psi on ss6 bags) since then I've always used that middle of the travel setup at ride height with great success

[Yhuyhu]

I had no idea you could spin the bag to adjust the height! Thank you for this informative video Bagriders!

[kingtee]

I just used this video to extend the front struts on my 2014 Mustang GT. I was needing to put just over 100PSI to get my car to the desired ride height and it pretty rough. Now I can actually run the recommended PSI of 55 and the car rides so much better. And still airs out the same amount as before. Thank you!

[Sigue]

Awesome video, so glad I found you guys for my airbag journey.

[SuperJmoney]

Great video !!! Answered a lot of questions thanks subscribing to this page

[TrevorRankins]

Currently learning how to wire everything up for my 3p. So far it’s easy but I think if yall could Release a Step by Step guide that would be nice .

[kingtee]

You guys make amazing videos. Thank you for this video.

[JustnstaysFit]

Hey guys, is there a certain style bag that works better for certain setups? I.e. Single bellow/slim double bellow for stance/low ride height, regular double/triple for ride quality/lift?

Currently static, planning on converting to air but don't want to sacrifice much ride height if any.

[iczqhnx]

On my STI i recently installed bags on it. When I ride on 60psi or lower, suspension feels smooth… but if i drive over 60psi, it feels stiff you can even feel the car go over those little rocks on the road lol

[ancient.journey]

Very good info👍 I want build softest possible suspension to my pick up🇹🇭

[nachocheese]

I'm building a vip style LS400 and i want the ride quality premium but also lower it by a decent bit not too much maybe like 2-3 inches should i go with airlift performance kit? Or something else?

[eliacasanova]

Novice beginner, 54 bel air, had somewhat close pressures for each wheel, for best control and comfort, shipped vehicle Sat for a while lost notes. Best recommendation on where to start over for max control and comfort, start lower pressures and cruise a bit?

[wobjobs]

Great video Will, love the recent content you’re putting out. Do you have recommended air pressures for SuperLow? At least for Air Lift, people run the bags with too much or too little air pressure, and the struts top and bottom out. It’s really important to get your ride height at mid stroke of the shock for the best ride quality.

[christianbenson-icxq]

Could really use some help re adjusting my air ride. First time all diy. I find the most comfortable at 80psi front and 100 rear. But the truck doesn’t sit level.

[johnrosario]

Hi I’m on airtekk struts and when I go over a bump I hear a noise on the rear struts. When I raise the psi on the rear the noise I hear when going over bumps goes away but when I lower the psi the clunk returns. How can I fix this? Thanks

[DaveyA]

How do I know if my air spring is bottoming out or topping out? Cause when I accidentally hit a small pot hole, I heard a loud-ish thud sound… but I’m following the specs you guys recommend for my GR86. This is on the Super Low suspension and I mainly hear it in the rear.

[brandonhernandez]

Not sure if this is a major or minor issue but my bags need around 60psi just to start lifting the front. I have max load which is a good brand but maybe it’s something with the wiring. I have no leaks and rears are perfect.

[Noe_Accord]

I try to explain this to people but they don’t understand. I’m just going to send them this video 😂😂