VashZ350

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Okay I reaaallly want to lower my car but I know I'm gonna have problems getting into park-garage and and and... thats why Its keeping me away from doin that

but I found something called Robertura from TopSecret (how does that work?) , cuz air-rides will kill my good handling....

any good? (sry really newbie in suspension area..)

Vamos_Rafael

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how to u higher a car?

VashZ350

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Me want new suspensions only problem Im gonna scrape my front lip going into a parkgarage *common here in germany aaand preettty steeeep* so I need something like an air-ride thingy that lifts up my car a few inches and lowers it again after I dont need it......

Top Secret Roberuta

Kaitain

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If you mean to ask, "How do you raise a car's height?" I would answer:

With an air suspension.

The shocks are replaced with super heavy duty rubber air bags that can have air added to or removed from them thus changing the height of the vehicle. A small compressor (usually a VIAIR Corp) and air tank is hidden somewhere inside the car or in the engine compartment and provides the air pressure for the system.

The cool thing about this system is not only that you can slam your car (lower it almost to the frame) you can also raise your car really high if you come to a speed bump or steep entrance. These systems are fantastic because they don't have the weight penilties of batteries and all the associated pain in the butt of hydraulics; the air compressor and tank is usually around 10 lbs or less.


A lot of the cars that have adjustable ride settings (or overall settings) have these systems and do things like lower the car as the speed of the car increases. This seems to usually be done more in a quantum manner than at an analog rate.

Note: I am by no means an expert, I'm simply trying to say in my own words what I think I've learned from researching this a little. Please feel free to correct me where I have erred.