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Re: air suspension

Post by stuc » Wed May 01, 2013 7:36 pm

Has anyone fitted actual Air Ride to a Bongo, would love to see one done. Very expensive though. 8)

http://airride.co.uk/#
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Re: air suspension

Post by Terri & colin » Wed May 01, 2013 8:43 pm

Mine was £99 plus 10 postage.
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Re: air suspension

Post by stuc » Wed May 01, 2013 9:31 pm

Can you pump it up and down and adjust the ride height, if so how much can it go up and down.
The air ride I was looking at was £2000
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Re: air suspension

Post by dandemann8 » Wed May 01, 2013 9:45 pm

stuc wrote:Can you pump it up and down and adjust the ride height, if so how much can it go up and down.
The air ride I was looking at was £2000
From memory the compressor system fitted was approx £500, I may be wrong so don't quote me....... :D
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Re: air suspension

Post by francophile1947 » Wed May 01, 2013 10:12 pm

stuc wrote:Has anyone fitted actual Air Ride to a Bongo, would love to see one done. Very expensive though. 8)

http://airride.co.uk/#
Mine had the Japanese equivalent fitted. I always used to lower the suspension when camping and, as it had a full body kit, the front spoiler was nearly touching the ground. People used to ask how I got over speed bumps - they looked amazed when I pushed the switches to pump it up by about 6" :lol:
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Re: air suspension

Post by stuc » Wed May 01, 2013 10:27 pm

Have you got any pictures, I like the sound of that, 8)
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Re: air suspension

Post by Simon Jones » Wed May 01, 2013 10:30 pm

These are the £99 spring assisters. The are not air suspension units, but inflatable 'bags' that sit inside the coils to help give them some extra resilience and reduce bottoming out. You can slightly adjust the ride height if the current springs are quite saggy, but they do not do any of that jigging up and down malarkey that you see on Pimp My Ride.

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Re: air suspension

Post by Terri & colin » Wed May 01, 2013 11:27 pm

My van already jiggles.. That why I'm getting them lol
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Re: air suspension

Post by francophile1947 » Wed May 01, 2013 11:43 pm

stuc wrote:Have you got any pictures, I like the sound of that, 8)
Only of the van itself, which i no longer have.
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Re: air suspension

Post by Simon Jones » Thu May 02, 2013 1:28 pm

Very handy for letting the old people off at the bus stop :)
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