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When your parked overnight you should leave it at ride height to leave pressure on the valves to prevent future leaks and management failures. I only air out when I'm at shows or at a place for a long period of time. The more things move up n down the more things have the tendency to wear out.

 

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Ah good point, well I have had a few leaks, which were fixed but they were generally at the actuator (or just in the boot in general) and were the mechanic's issue. The only leak I have gotten from general ware would be from the front bag lead itself. Whilst it is braided it was not up to the challenge of being turned left and right as well as up and down. My mechanic is in the process of getting a better grade of braided pipe to replace it. I was just pleased it was not the bag itself.

 

I was told by my mechanic to air it out as it is simply safer to do so. He isnt even comfortable with my air being in the tank overnight.

 

But we had this discussion about airing it up and down after complaining to the distributor about the lead leaking. The distributor asked "do you lower the car?". We all laughed. The whole ******* point of having air suspension is to raise and lower the car. So I do, not as much as I did when I first got it - but I do quite a lot. Generally when parked only now days or when going up/down shitty drive ways and entrances.

 

Have you got any more photos of your car? Aired out etc? Id love to see how low the front bar is.

 

Oh and as for my controller, it is quite small, with a little screen readout of each bag's PSI - very similar to AirLift 3H (but a cheap chinese knockoff). I have a metal plate stuck to the back of it so I then mount it on a small magnetic air vent mobile phone holder on the drivers side air vent next to the window! I have to kinda move my head to see it, but I don't really need to see it when driving anyways.

Here You Go..

Airrex Info

 

Full Up Air Pressure 135psi Front/Rear

 

Front - 26.75 Inches = 67.94cm

 

Rear - 26.75 Inches = 67.94cm

 

Normal Drive Height 75psi Front / 65-70psi Rear

 

Front- 26.25 Inches = 66.67cm

 

Rear - 26 Inches = 66.04cm

 

Full Down 5psi Front/Rear

 

Front - 24 Inches = 60.96cm

 

Rear - 24.25 Inches = 61.59cm

 

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Oh thank **** we are similar. I was really worried about mine. But seeing as you're using Airrex it's likely the same if not similar suspension, they're all rebranded stuff. You're lower by 2cm at lowest. I'm going to tell my mechanic to adjust it lol.

 

Also I air it out whenever I park [emoji85]

 

Also I put switchbacks, halos and demon eyes in. More pics soon!

 

Roads here in California United States suck in and out of driveways So with my Sti Front Lip I have to run

 

Front Pressure - 85 psi

 

Rear Pressure - 70 psi

 

My max Pressure is 135 psi Full Up

 

When cruising the highway I lower the Front to 70 to 75 and 65 to 70 for the Rear.

 

I'll do measurements tomorrow with some pics.. I wouldn't run too low just because you might start tearing CV Boots.. I had a friend on Gecko Coil overs and had it pretty low and kept tearing up Front Axles..

 

 

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Rip on measurements [emoji28]

Ok.. I'll take some later this week and send them to your DM.. What pressure do you run in front and rear..?

 

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Measurements (from ground to the guard):

 

0psi

Front = 62cm

Rear = 61cm

 

100psi

Front = 70cm

Rear = 68cm

 

50/45psi

Front = 63.5cm

Rear = 63.5cm

 

Haha shit I didn't realise how low I was driving.

Ok.. I'll take some later this week and send them to your DM.. What pressure do you run in front and rear..?

 

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50psi front 45psi rear as my bare minimum daily height. Any lower and I'll get knocking.

 

But normally 55 front and 50 rear is safe.

 

Fully loaded car I would just do 60/60.

 

Any higher and the ride quality would be shit.

 

I can do measurements and photos too if you'd like. It's best to do it in the garage as it's as level as you can get it.

Thanks for your input.. Yeah unfortunately we really only have 2 good options for Air Struts and those are Airtekk and Airrex.. Any good management system can work with these struts. I have the complete Airrex setup and haven't had any issues since I installed it in 2016..[emoji41] It's a solid setup

 

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I'd love some pictures and measurements of your car fully raised and fully lowered.

Simply lubing the thick rubber gasket around the opening solved the issue....for a few months anyway. The car is sadly a rattletrap.

The noise is inside the car though or have I misunderstood

Just looked at my old pics and I do have double Bellows in the Rear..You said you had to get the control arms for your too fit.. Was that for alignment purposes?

 

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Well the double bellows I had did not make the car level when fully dropped. It was about 2cm higher in the rear. Winding down the shocks wasn't an option as it would have killed the ride quality and again it wouldn't match the front. So yeah they offered the lower rear control arm.

 

They also couldn't get new struts that would fit the bag etc. They ordered some in to try but it failed.

 

These bags are likely not even for my car hence the issue.

 

But now it seems all good. Except the extension length doesn't seem right. I was told by an airbag manufacturer that it should be extending higher.

 

Note my mechanic is specialises in racing and tuning. My car is their 2nd air suspension install.

 

Other air suspension places are next to non existent and charge x4 as much.

 

Live and learn.

 

If I went with airlift suspension and accuair I would have paid about 2.5x more than I did now and I'd have 100% less drama.

What wheels are those on the Eye Spy car?

https://www.ozzytyres.com.au/wheels/hussla-647-1-way-directional-20x8-5-5x114-chromium-wheel

What Bag system are you using?

 

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Airllen aka KS Racing aka KSport aka AirMext.

 

Just got the car back today. Looks like it's working again. I made them make me a new carpeted MDF board and clean up the lines and cabling.

 

I've had a few issues with the controller, bags and ECU (and they've replaced it) but hopefully for now all is well.

 

Note I had to get a 40mm lowered BRZ rear lower control arm to fit double bellow bags on the rear.

 

 

How my car looks (it's about 10-20mm lower now):

 

 

Before bags:

 

I have more photos here:

 

https://imgur.com/a/rOBbqEz

I'm in the process of changing the air tank (was given an iron one when I ordered aluminium). But this resulted in my mechanic needing it overnight. Once I got it back I drove down the road and noticed my right rear bag was dropping in psi. I turned back and they failed to stop the leak. The bag was empty. After about an hour or so they "fixed it". I attempted to drive out again and I lifted the car and dropped it again. But the the same rear bag wouldn't drop. Turns out they broke the actuator. I had to leave my car there again. It's been days now. They're now saying they blew the actuator's ecu line to the bag. Anyways yeah so that's what I'm up to.

 

Please guys. Don't buy cheaper alternatives and don't get specialist items installed by specialists in something completely different.

I had a similar issue....the rubber needed to be lubed. Subaru took care of it. It's back after 6 months. It was just mosiy enough to be heard with the thing slid open...do not hear it when the cover is closed

So the railing?

I had that happened too. It was the rubber curtain that came out of its track when the sunroof slid back to the open position. It was easy to put back in.

Teach me! I need more details!

If I'm buying headlights and or other lights do they have to be canbus safe versions?

I am absolutely dying from this rattle that happens above the right rear passenger that only seems to occur when the sunroof blind is open. Even closing it half way is enough to silence it. But strangely enough the noise can sometimes happen when it's shut but I think I'm just getting delusional.

 

Anyways with the sunroof blind open even banging on the ceiling will cause the rattle so it's definitely there. Something with the curtain airbag I'm assuming?

 

Please tell me somebody has had this and resolved it!

 

 

Heeeelp!

Wrx/Sti Wheels have a different style Airbag..

 

Oh shit I think you're right. So what I have to get a 2nd hand airbag in order to do this? Now isn't that risky? I may have to get another stock one... Damn it.

Went to Costco. Bought some fittings.

I scratched my steering wheel and it's vexing me. I was looking to upgrade to the nice suede and carbon fibre one from the WRX STi. Is this doable? Is it safe? I have keyless entry, does this affect anything?

 

Or do I just unplug the battery and go for it.

Yes 18s. The whitelines are only a 20mm (0.7") drop vs the 1.3" ish of others like H&R. So yes these aren't as low, but driving in the northeast, year round at my daily that's exactly what I wanted.

 

Funny, you don't think about it but even a 20mm drop is going to necessitate me raising my headlights a touch....not seeing very far at night now.

 

Well given that my car rides about 20-40mm lower than yours as a daily drive, my headlights are fine, they auto-level themselves.

I honestly am not sure if I can recommend this suspension kit to anybody.

 

Its fundamentally a Chinese/Australian mixture. I have had issues with it hence it is being reinstalled at the moment.

 

If you REALLY want to gamble then yeah the suspension is from a company called KSport here in Australia. I got the most expensive kit which features a remote that has the psi readout on it. Its not auto-leveling, but hey.

 

"The worlds best auto parts"

 

But look, when I went to a known and reputable company for my air suspension (airride.com.au) they failed to find anything and wanted me to spend thousands on a custom set and then fork out for the American brand air gear. The only reason I didn't go down this path was the only place that would install it wanted about $2000. So all up the cost would have been around $8000-9000.

 

I went with what I have now for a total of $5000 including installation (a little bit more now that I have the rear control arm - only bought to lower the rear a bit given as double bellows can't go as low as sleeve bags).

 

I still feel I have been overcharged, but this is life - if I knew about installing shit and about suspension I surely would have saved a fortune.

 

More photos: https://legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5921177&postcount=108

 

Fixing up my air suspension. The installers are so....

 

Anyways the stress will be over soon! Double bellow front and rear and a new lowered rear control arm. Wooo

You can get Whiteline cheaper..

 

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The whiteline product won't lower my car 40mm

Going to be putting this in soon: https://www.hardracesuspension.com.au/rear-lower-control-arm-camber-kit-for-subaru-legacy-5th-bm-br-2009-2016.html

 

What do you guys think?

 

Enjoy!

 

Also I think this color is different to everybody elses