UCA-0112 Gas-Filled Air Bag 2B12-412 Rubber Air Spring Suspension
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The big benefit to air suspension is being able to adjust ride
height on the fly by either increasing or decreasing air pressure
on the fly. As you’d expect increasing or decreasing air pressure
will change ride height. When you’re setting up what air pressure
you would like to use at the standard ride height, you will need to
adjust the height of the air strut to get the stance at ride height
you want.
With pretty much any suspension system, the culprit of a bouncy
ride is almost always poor dampening. An underdamped or over-damped
system will ride terrible. As mentioned above, many air suspension
kits such as kits from Air Lift Performance, have single adjustable
dampers. So, unless you adjusted your dampening improperly, no it
is not bouncy.
Air suspension systems seem even more mysterious but, as it turns
out, they aren't a whole lot different. Most modern suspensions are
made up of a coil spring that slips over a shock or is positioned
near it. At its core, an air suspension really just does away with
those coil springs for flexible, pressure-filled bags of air that
are typically made of the same sort of rubber as your tires. At the
touch of a button, the bags can be inflated or deflated, instantly
altering ride height and how the suspension performs.
Adjustability depends on the air suspension kit you decide to
purchase, but on many air suspension systems, you will have some
dampening adjustment. This allows you to control compression and
rebound speed, which is critical to good ride quality and
well-controlled body movement. As mentioned above, the air strut is
also often height adjustable like a traditional coilover would be.
