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Old 08-25-2018, 06:10 AM
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Have now swapped out my koni sports adjustables and eibach springs for the ridetech air suspension as i don't want to damage my kooks true duals on my 99 here in the UK

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Damn! How does it handle?
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Didn't realize they had a bag setup for fbodies. I'm curious how it rides as well
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Damn! How does it handle?
It handles like a dream
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Originally Posted by blackbyrd
Didn't realize they had a bag setup for fbodies. I'm curious how it rides as well
They are air shocks with adjustable damping
https://www.ridetech.com/application...bird-trans-am/
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I'm running their level 2 coilovers. Didn't really think about air when I did it. Always thought of bags as a low thing but not performance thing. I think that's changed a log in the past few years thouh
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hell.......ANYTHING is better than eibach springs
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If I had that I would literally have to roll myself out of the car lol
That is pretty f'in sweet though!
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Originally Posted by sjsingle1
hell.......ANYTHING is better than eibach springs
To be honest the eibach pro-kit springs are great combined with the koni sports adjustable's, it handled really well with that setup.
I only went with the air suspension because i didn't want to damage the kooks headers and true duals as this exhaust system was a little too low to the ground on a lowered car, otherwise i would have stayed with the eibach and koni setup.
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Originally Posted by bigbomber5
If I had that I would literally have to roll myself out of the car lol
That is pretty f'in sweet though!
thanks.
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Where did you get the chrome bumper support bracket???? I NEED ONE!
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Ive never ridden in anything but stock shocks but i HATE how my rides and squeaks, feel like im in a go kart. I want that nice classy new car ride quality with handling capabilities, would you saw these ridetech shockwaves can achieve this?

-LOVE everything about the the car btw, props!
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Looks awesome!
I think Yofab sells the polished radiator cover .
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what wheels are those?
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I think those are Boyd Coddington smoothies.
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with eibach springs .....my hemorrhoids grew in proportion with the number of bumps I hit
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Originally Posted by fozzi58
Where did you get the chrome bumper support bracket???? I NEED ONE!
i got it from emblempros top quality
https://www.emblempros.com
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Originally Posted by Snake_Skinner
Ive never ridden in anything but stock shocks but i HATE how my rides and squeaks, feel like im in a go kart. I want that nice classy new car ride quality with handling capabilities, would you saw these ridetech shockwaves can achieve this?

-LOVE everything about the the car btw, props!
Thanks, my old setup was eibach-pro lowering springs with koni sports adjustables and that setup was brilliant, the only reason i went with the air suspension was that after adding the kooks LTheaders and true duals i was scraping the exhaust system because it was made for stock height .
And yes to your question it rides and handles great with the air suspension
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Originally Posted by qweedqwag
what wheels are those?
They are 18" Boyd coddington smoothie II's
18x9 front and 18x10 rear
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Originally Posted by Toronto LT1
I think those are Boyd Coddington smoothies.
Yes they are



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