Airlift Suspension

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Airlift Suspension

Post by georgey » Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:53 am

Hi, my Tintop is lowered and only has approx 2 inches of rear suspension travel. As you may guess it bottoms out frequently. After over two years I decided to oreder and fit some Airlift Suspension bags from Matt Savage. Took 2 hours to fit pretty straigt forward but my what a difference in the ride....I can go over speed ramps without bottoming out it's great...was considering going back to stsndard size springs but no chance now...I would recommend thses totally...Georgey...p.s. see you all at Stourport...
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Re: Airlift Suspension

Post by Simon Jones » Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:23 pm

Out of interest, how much did it cost?
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Re: Airlift Suspension

Post by missfixit70 » Mon Jun 14, 2010 3:24 pm

Here you go Simon - http://www.mattsavage.com/acatalog/copy ... rings.html - finally got around to fitting mine :wink: Didn't use the spring compressors, went old school & dropped the axle, found some more bits to waxoil in the process :wink: Haven't found my ideal position for the valves yet though & didn't take any pics, but it's common sense nutsn bolts stuff. I'll let you know what difference it makes at the bash after a heavily loaded run .
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Re: Airlift Suspension

Post by Simon Jones » Mon Jun 14, 2010 5:04 pm

Cheers for that Kirsty. I'm very tempted to get a set as Bob was showing me his setup at Southern Softies & he was very impressed with the improved handling.
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Re: Airlift Suspension

Post by dandywarhol » Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:41 pm

missfixit70 wrote:Here you go Simon - http://www.mattsavage.com/acatalog/copy ... rings.html - finally got around to fitting mine :wink: Didn't use the spring compressors, went old school & dropped the axle, found some more bits to waxoil in the process :wink: Haven't found my ideal position for the valves yet though & didn't take any pics, but it's common sense nutsn bolts stuff. I'll let you know what difference it makes at the bash after a heavily loaded run .
If its any help, I put the pipes onto a tee piece and located the valve at the rear of the doorstep
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Re: Airlift Suspension

Post by missfixit70 » Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:08 pm

dandywarhol wrote:
missfixit70 wrote:Here you go Simon - http://www.mattsavage.com/acatalog/copy ... rings.html - finally got around to fitting mine :wink: Didn't use the spring compressors, went old school & dropped the axle, found some more bits to waxoil in the process :wink: Haven't found my ideal position for the valves yet though & didn't take any pics, but it's common sense nutsn bolts stuff. I'll let you know what difference it makes at the bash after a heavily loaded run .
If its any help, I put the pipes onto a tee piece and located the valve at the rear of the doorstep
I'm thinking bringing it up to the cab, pressure gauge & compressor out of one of those booster pack jobbies that I've got lying around as the battery went on it :-k :wink:
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Re: Airlift Suspension

Post by dandywarhol » Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:09 pm

Lot of extra hassle methinks - once you've found the suitable pressure (17 psi for an unconverted one for me) there's little to adjust except for a really heavy load on board and you can pump it up 4 psi...................
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Re: Airlift Suspension

Post by bigdaddycain » Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:14 pm

georgey wrote:Hi, my Tintop is lowered and only has approx 2 inches of rear suspension travel. As you may guess it bottoms out frequently. After over two years I decided to oreder and fit some Airlift Suspension bags from Matt Savage. Took 2 hours to fit pretty straigt forward but my what a difference in the ride....I can go over speed ramps without bottoming out it's great...was considering going back to stsndard size springs but no chance now...I would recommend thses totally...Georgey...p.s. see you all at Stourport...
Very interesting! :-k I'll definitely keep an eye out for you at stourport Georgy! Pity i've not the time left to get a kit fitted before the bash in my lowered bongo...I'm still missing a bump stop, so it's gonna be a big bash for me on many different levels! :shock:
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Re: Airlift Suspension

Post by missfixit70 » Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:16 pm

If you get em ordered quick, I'll have Freewheeler's spring compressors with me to return to him, shouldn't take long to do with a field full of volunteers :wink:
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Re: Airlift Suspension

Post by madmile » Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:23 pm

I quite like the idea of these with the compressor built in - drive around in comfort, then park up, let the air out and look cool :roll: ...I can see another mid life crisis comming on :lol: .
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