Care to possibly start a thread about the Air Lift set up you installed? I am semi interesting in looking into this in the future for my tiddy wagon. Wondering what kit you have, where you got it and what you thought about the install kinda stuff.
I'd be more than happy to share that info. It's really easy, I payed a person without a bad back to put it in. ha!
Really though, that's the metric I use when deciding if I want to do something or have it done.
I got the
Air Lift Performance 3H/3P kit installed by a local guy that just does bag installs. (
https://www.classyhouseproductions.com/)
After a long weekend I got my car back with the install complete. It was done with amazing attention to detail and care for my car. Super happy with the quality of work and I'm telling everyone about this guy if asked. (total cost was around $3500)
So... For the install process I can't comment, I can tell you about quality of life and user experience of the kit, having had it for a few weeks now.
For Daily-Driving the 30 way damps are set to
Zero (was 10). I like to feel every other bump, not every bump, in the road. At zero it's quite the amazing ride, soft enough to be a comfortable ride, but still able to "feel" the road. If I ever wanted to do a track day I'd just have to spend 5min of my time to adjust the dampeners to what I wanted.
The controller is mounted on a magnet mount to the center A/C vents. It's mounted in a way that I can easily change settings when needed. So I have discovered the pleasure of having a reasonable daily drive height without any worries of scraping in parking lots/driveways. No more taking up everyone's time as I crawl over a speed bump.
You can park with it slammed but that takes an extra step when getting out. It's not that big of a problem or anything I've just learned to be mindful of opening doors when it's slammed. That 4 inch curb becomes a threat now.
The compressor is a little noisy when it's quite in the car. Windows down or radio turn up 1/3 of the way? can't really hear it. I plan to remake the board in my trunk out of fiberglass and make a mount to hold the spare in the trunk. The underside of said fiberglass board will be covered with sound deadening (fatmat/dynamat). I'm hoping this will cut down the sound to an almost unnoticed level (also gonna put some sound deadening under the compressor). I was gonna do that this weekend but it was cold and rainy. I'll leave it for next weekend.
Best part for last... having a bagged daily driver means you break at least one neck a day
tldr:
Installed by local shop.
30 way Dampeners are set to zero for daily driving.
Compressor is a little noisy but it's not that bad and only runs for a little.
Super user friendly, I'd be ok with my Mother having to get in and drive it alone.
Having a lowered car with next to no fear of scraping is amazing.
10/10 would have this done to a car again.