Air Ride Suspension

[bmason01]

If a post on this topic is already on here, I apologize. I searched, but did not find one.

Does anyone know of any companies actually producing made-to-fit kits for the Sonic yet? I have seen tons of universal kits, but no direct kits yet. Anything "universal fit" has always been a red flag to me.


Thanks!

 

[$ub$onic]

If I'm not mistaken, m2 motoring was working on a kit. Might want to start with them.

 

[shorebreeze]

If GM -- or a modder -- could fit the hydropneumatic suspension from Citroen, that would be simply fantastic. It's an amazing system -- incredibly comfortable, phenomenally stable in the event of a tire blowout, and height adjustable on the fly. Lower it for speed. Mid-height for around town. Raise it for low speed driving on dirt roads or snow. And, coming from a company that was overall notorious for reliability problems, notable for its dependability.

 

[CheapFuneral]

http://www.superstreetonline.com/how-to/project-car/1402-2014-chevrolet-sonic/


If I die, bury me in my truck, because it's never been in a hole it can't get out of!

 

[CheapFuneral]

They did it. Should be easy to put together if u do what they did. Costly but easy.


If I die, bury me in my truck, because it's never been in a hole it can't get out of!

 

[sonix13]

I put in a request for accuair suspension.

The more people the better, so follow the link and request one!

https://accuair.com/unlisted-vehicle-request

 

[sonix13]

I heard back, the lady said they do make make vehicle specific kits for the sonic (that much I knew already) and that they're working on several custom kits for other vehicles. But if there is enough interest for one, they would look into it.

 

[Swordsmith]

I put a request in. Not sure I'd buy one, would depend on price principally, but if it were free and weighed one pound, I'd definitely get one, while if it cost $4000 and weighed 1000 lbs I definitely would not.

 

[sonix13]

Everyone should request one, the more people the better. If they see a bunch of request they may oush to make a set up to meet demand.

 

[mcanderson0]

Reviving thread for interest.

 

[sonix13]

Airrex makes a kit one is 3k the other is 6k M2motoring can help you out with that

 

[jzj]

Airrex makes a kit one is 3k the other is 6k M2motoring can help you out with that

What's the difference? They look the same and there's no specs or any descriptions.

 

[Tevloescobar19]

Diff is a lot of those kits I believe are typically packaged together with everything needed for most part and some even in a subwoofer looking enclosure to save space and not have a whole mess every where. Plus alot of those have the nice auto/ digital air manifolds and those are nice bc usually you run them with height sensors so it knows exactly how far to go to have a level ride height instead of just trying to manually guess or have to push them all the way to max and run risk of popping your airbags from rubbing also some of these kits have the bag built onto the coil overs which is nice and the way it should be it’s all just fancy stuff doesn’t have to be that way! But will def extend the life and save a lot of hassle it’s not fun constantly having to tweak these things and if you pop or have a issue that leaves you running on almost frame alone it can be hard to navigate roads and gotta be careful. I had to in a old Sonoma I had for a while on straight frame I would scrape everywhere and when my transmission went out ended up the edges of the trans crossmember got folded over the top of the bolts the only option really at that point was to get a plasma cutter to get the damn thing out it was a nightmare,

I ended getting some bags and coil overs from a guy locally tho for my sonic he had me on a Cruze but it was just a slight modification to the airbag mount brackets and the front bags screw right on to my coil overs then have to adjust it all evenly he threw In the good metal sway links as well which is best option for those and I admit it would be nice to prolly have airex pair of coils with the bag built onto it but isn’t the worst thing the way mine is the rest of the stuff is all preference as I’m tank lines fittings and manifold or switches being digital or manual and you can always upgrade to the better stuff as you go but the goal is bc it’s not a min truck to do as minimal cutting as possible and to hide everything suffficiantly to keep space and let the compressor and other equipment breathe. I got my set with 8 air bags and all the stuff to do it and coil overs for 100 or 2 locally just had to get lines tank and manifold so I feel it was a sweet deal