So you may have heard of coil spring conversion kits being used to avoid air suspension problems. Usually they are put on older luxury cars, but you can also get them for higher end cars to. For example I installed one just a couple days ago on a 97 Mercedes S55. The car was beginning to have some air suspension issues were the rear of the vehicle would lower down sometimes and get stiff sometimes. So my customer came to my shop asking about what he could do to fix it. With the economy being the way it is, he asked me if there was any cheap solutions.
I told him about air suspension conversion kits. And explained that coil springs are probably the most popular suspension you will find on the road today. And in fact air suspension systems are really just over engineered, and really unnecessary. So he decided that a coil spring conversion kit, may be a good route for him. He asked me to price it out for him, and let him know. When I told him that parts would be less than $400 and I could go ahead and install it for an additional $150, he told me to go ahead and order it. I found out that this is where you Order the Parts . That site had the cheapest price around, and a good reputation for customer service and quick shipping.
The parts came pretty quick, and the install was super easy. Most importantly my customer was very satisfied. He said the car drives just as good as it did with the air suspensions system.
I bought a 1995 Range Rover about 6 months back. The vehicle only had 72k miles on it, and was in great shape. The only catch was the air suspension system on the vehicle was shot, they told me the reason they were selling it was because the cost of repair was to much. I knew there had to be some other way to fix this problem. And the rest of the vehicle was in great shape, and ran wondrefully. So I set out to find a cheaper fix.
I went home and started searching the web. I found out that the factory air suspension was going to definitely cost a lot to fix, and there was no way around that. But I also found another interested solution. It is a kit that will complete replace your air bag system with coil springs. Of course that would be wonderful. There is pretty much no way a coil spring is going to give me any trouble, or at least its highly unlikely. It sounded like a great idea to me. I called a friend of mine who is a mechanic, and asked him what he thought. He said there was nothing wrong with it, and that it would definitely be a lot cheaper and more reliable fix.
So now I knew what I needed, I just had to figure out were to get it. I couldn’t really find any reasonably priced air suspension kits locally. So I searched the web, for sites that sell this kind of stuff. I found the cheapest one for my vehicle at Strut Masters.
I finnaly got the Range Rover I had wanted, and at a way cheaper price. I love these trucks though, because they are just built so solid, nothing is really cheap on them. And them come loaded with features. Pretty much the only part people have problems with is the factory air suspension system, so it kind of worked out that it needed to be replaced. The air suspension conversion was quite simple and quick.
I have a 1998 Buick Century, it is actually my third Century that I have had, I also owned a 1997 and a 2001. They are great cars, and very comfortable. After they have some miles run on them the suspension will begin to get soft and loose. At this point it is time for new struts and maybe new springs. There are a few different options you can go with when it comes to replacing struts with an air suspension conversion.
Buick Century Strut Replacements
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If you have a 69-93 Dodge 150 Pickup Truck and need a little more towing or hauling capacity. I have an interesting product to tell you about. Its a air bag kit, commonly referred to as helper bags, that will go between your frame and leaf spring. You simply air the bags up whenever you have a big load. For less than $250 you can add 2000lbs capacity to your truck. These kits are cheap and easy to install as well. They work on 2×4 and 4×4 suspensions. What if you need even more towing capacity? Well your in luck there is another kit that will add 5000lbs of towing capacity.
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I have a 1989 Pontiac Bonneville. I only had it for about 3 months, before it started giving me trouble. Which was not to much of a surprise cause it is a used car. But when I took it to my local dealer for repair, I was shocked. They wanted nearly $1000 to replace two of my air struts which were faulty. Both rear ones went out at the same time. They told me it was a common problem, and that they repaired them quite often. I decided to search for some other options. During my search I found some interesting things that may help you with your air strut problems and info on an air suspension conversion.
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So you like most Fleetwood owners, are having or have had some suspension problems and are looking for the permanent solution for your air bag suspension. Well look no further, now you can replace your air struts with passive non air struts. You can do this in both the front and rear of your vehicle. I did it to my 1989 Fleetwood, and it was the best money I ever spent. The car rides great, handles great. These Fleetwoods are great cars, with only one major flaw, which is the air struts, but with this kit it makes it an incredibly reliable and comfortable Cadillac. These coil spring front and rear kits are extremely reliable, and safe. You will never have to worry about air suspension system again. You can buy these suspension kits for less than $300.
Fits: 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood, 1985, 1987 Air Suspension, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 Fleetwood, and 1992
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