[RustyH]

Originally Posted by japantuner

thanks for the answer

the question you are not sure is about the maintenance, do you have vale to change, some cup who broken some hose out scrap out ?

do you drive the winter?

me in Québec, I think we have to put more bigger jet valve for making work in -0 celsius... is it real?

In last , the reason to put a side down is for park, like lowrider or somwere else with sick looking

thanks

Josué

Woooo!

Okay, still not sure about the first question, but here goes.

I was able to contact the company that installed the airbag suspension on my Ridgeline. Heres their link

http://www.ekstensive.com/index.html.

I talked to Bill Carlton, the owner of the company who bagged my truck. He told me this was the first ridgeline ever bagged and it was a full on custom install. Since it was two years ago and he's literally done hundreds of rigs since then, he doesn't remember much about my install, except to say despite being customized, it was a pretty solid install.

I asked him about maintenance and he says they design their systems to be maintenance free. Visually inspect the airbags when you rotate the tires and that's about it. They always install two compressors, so you have a built-in failsafe so you won't be stranded if a compressor fails while the truck is lowered.

He did say I shouldn't try to "bounce" the truck (Something I wouldn't do anyway" and give the compressors a chance to cool down between use. I can park it, drop it, then raise it up right away, but don't drop it again then try to raise it up again. The compressors could burn out and they cost about 200 bucks a pop. Just in case, I'll be buying a spare compressor and converting the airline connections over to quick disconnects so I can pop in a new compressor without losing any air.

Yes I drive in the winter, but it's winter in Arizona As for driving an airbagged suspension in zero degree or less, check with the experts.

As for the last question, again my rigde is set up front and back, paired up. I suppose you could get two airtanks, four compressors, four soleniods, four valves and four switches and then drop one tire at a time, but I don't think you'd ever be able to maintain a proper alignment.