what i need for air ride ?

ok so iv got thinking of costem making range rover air suspension fit on my caddy . i know i need air bags pump and tank but unsure on as to how to make the ride lift and drop by flick of a switch . any one know how to do this with out buying a full kit thats silly mony ? and what els would i needs . any help would be great thank you

you need to buy valves mate

matty_mk1 wrote:

you need to buy valves mate

ye i know but what the bame of them there s**t loadz diff once so kinda lost as to witch one dose what :S thanks bud

You need 8 valves, 1 fill and 1 dump for each bag. It can be done with 4 valves if you get 3 position valves. Havair do manifolds that control everything. Probably your best bet

Range rover suspension won't have anywhere near enough travel surely?

http://havair.me.uk/shop/shopexd.asp?id=152

There you go, that's not a bad price either.

Havair seem to be a UK importer from airbagit in the states. Airbagit stocks those manifolds but with wiring looms and pressure senders. I'm going to contact Havair and ask if they can supply them like that

http://www.airbagit.com/product-p/airvalve-engine-8aaa.htm

That's the kit I want, but the fact its in the states makes it difficult. hopefully Havair can sort me out

see i have a link to some on ebay but i not sure if they will do but the site wot let me post it on here as new member :S . you have a email i could send it to and let me know if im been dumb or not ? lol thanks again .

also with it been leaf spring on back iv seen some where they are just put in the middle of them but some where they take them off what is best and easier to do if any one knows ? thanks

It wont go any lower if the leafs are left in. Youll need shorter uprated shocks then replace the springs with the bags on some sort of mount.

How much adjustement do these rangerover bags give?

matty_mk1 wrote:

It wont go any lower if the leafs are left in. Youll need shorter uprated shocks then replace the springs with the bags on some sort of mount.

How much adjustement do these rangerover bags give?

tbh mate not to sure just yet . and that would mean i need the t bar bits would it not to keep the axel inline and so on . i not a completed idiot on cars just trying to get head around air ride before i go start doing something and make a balls up tbh . mostly want the air for when have stuff in back so dont rub on wheels . then anything

if thats all you want it for, id jsut leave everything as is, and mount a couple of bags on the rear axle with a couple of 3way valves and a compressor so you can jsut raise it when you need to.

matty_mk1 wrote:

if thats all you want it for, id jsut leave everything as is, and mount a couple of bags on the rear axle with a couple of 3way valves and a compressor so you can jsut raise it when you need to.

well thats what i was thinking but the valves on range rovers are controled by a ecu in a way . so was curios of how i can make them work from a relay if i can and so on ?

iv also seen it where they have left the front half of the leaf spring balted to the body and and two the axel then cut the other half off that balts to the back mounts leaveing about a foot of leaf spring near the axel witch they have then fitted the spring to ?