Buncha pansies.

I wouldn't have even bothered with that tool. A wooden baseball bat and a heat gun work way better. We rolled the fenders on my friend's subaru WRX, and he had rented that tool. We tried that first, and after about 30 minutes of making no progress, I finally said forget this, walked in the back of the shop and grabbed the bat, put the wheel back on the car, and all 4 corners were done in an hour. The easiest way is to have the car on a lift, but if that isn't possible, get it nice and high up, with the wheel still on the car and the suspension unloaded, then use the heat gun to heat up a little section, starting at the top center, and let the lip dig into the wood of the baseball bat a bit, then push up on the lip while also prying out using the tire as the pivot point. Once you get it started, just slowly work your way around the wheel arch, making sure to heat up the paint so it doesn't flake. Also don't try to get it perfectly flat right away. First go over the whole thing and get the whole lip bent up. Once it is up, then you can take the wheel off and roll out the waves by using the bat like a rolling pin, with some pressure.
 
i wouldnt roll that fender id be scared of ruining it...why dont you just raise the suspension a tad so that the tires dont rub against the fender...thats what I would do.
 
Yeah... no. Not gonna use a bat on this. The tool will be here tomorrow and I have the right supporting tools so I am gonna do this how the tool was designed to be used. Hopefully it will work.

As for the lifting.... no. Its already lifted and still get the occasional rub. I dont want the car that high up anyway, looks dumb. I have an ASHAM8 on order and want to be able to drop her down without rubbing. Whats the point of an air ride if I cant play with it. :D
 
Ill just drive down and take one of yours. :p

Most of the time the ASHAM will be set at or one setting below normal with my 1" sensor drop. But on real bad roads I will want to lift it and if meeting friends or a show then I want to slam it. I wont be slamming it every time I park it and I wont ever peak it out except for maybe one time just for chits and giggles. :D
 
And that would be once a year for me too. I think I am gonna order one anyway cause the car worried me this morning. I came out and the nose was all the way down. Seemed fine for the whole trip in and I dont think the compressor turned on after it raised itself when I got in town and drove at 40 mph for 10 miles or so. Its been sitting for an hour now and the nose is at the normal park height.

I hope me messing with the easy entry is what caused it last night. I turned off and on the key a few times and opened the door a few times too. Maybe I just confused it and it vented twice. But seeing that made me think it would really suck if it was stuck like that at home without a spare comp laying around.
 
easy entry doesnt concern the air ride,

Only the steering wheel and drivers seat position are affected by "easy entry"
 
LaserSVT said:
Maybe I just confused it and it vented twice. .
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it wont "vent twice", it'll only vent down to parked height...

cycling the key, opening the door, several times wont make it "drop" lower than parked height.
 
XLRVIII said:
easy entry doesnt concern the air ride,

Only the steering wheel and drivers seat position are affected by "easy entry"
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I didnt mean the easy entry controlled the air ride. I never used the easy entry before and was curious how it worked. So I was seeing if the door open/close moved the seat and wheel or if it was just the key. But since I did it a few times (dont like it so turned it back off) I was just hoping that it may have caused the issue.

I figured the front vent solinoid must be sticking a little or something. I never read any air ride threads on here cause I never cared about it before but I will be spending today reading them cause the issue may come back and that worries me.
One air strut is new and the other is old but I thought the front operated independantly on each side so I thought if the old strut was leaking then the car would have only lowered on one side. Also before I sensor lowered it I had the air ride off for a couple days and the car never dropped a mm. :confused:

Maybe it was just a glitch, maybe its a sign of a bad compressor, IDK. I will read up on it today and try to edumacate myself.
 
If you have one bad/leaking strut in the front.. the other good strut doesnt have a snoballs chance in hell of holding the front of the car up by itself...so the whole front goes down.

DO this....
Next time the front goes down.. dont start the car, dont let the air ride power up.
Reach in the fender wheel and try to squeeze the bag.
If you have ONE that is deflated, it will be "not as hard" as the other bag.

One should be "rock solid" because it's holding the whole front end.

The other should be alot "less" solid, it might not be "completely soft"..but it will be softer than the one that didn't/isn't leaking
 
and.. good job turning OFF the easy entry.
it's a neat feature, but it completely overworks some expensive to replace and hard to find parts, like the drivers seat track AND the steering column.

I have mine turned off, and only adjust the wheel as needed.
 
XLRVIII said:
If you have one bad/leaking strut in the front.. the other good strut doesnt have a snoballs chance in hell of holding the front of the car up by itself...so the whole front goes down.

DO this....
Next time the front goes down.. dont start the car, dont let the air ride power up.
Reach in the fender wheel and try to squeeze the bag.
If you have ONE that is deflated, it will be "not as hard" as the other bag.

One should be "rock solid" because it's holding the whole front end.

The other should be alot "less" solid, it might not be "completely soft"..but it will be softer than the one that didn't/isn't leaking
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But wouldnt there be SOME height difference? Both sides were equally down.
I have it sitting out there with the air ride off right now to see if it drops at all.

This is why I was always leery of the air ride on these.
 
Just like we talked on the phone, do the cut. Easy, you can do it yourself and you get far more clearance then rolling.

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LaserSVT said:
But wouldnt there be SOME height difference? Both sides were equally down.
I have it sitting out there with the air ride off right now to see if it drops at all.

This is why I was always leery of the air ride on these.
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No not really.. it slams the front.
Follow my advice....check the bags the next time.
ONE should be different than the other.

and if your "leary" of the air ride, the last thing you should be doing is jacking with any aftermarket air ride controller.

This system can die on it's own, without any help from aftermarket controllers that overwork the compressor.

If you doubt what I'm saying.
Turn off your air ride.

Jack up the drivers side of your car, remove the soleniod from the bag and let the air out of the drivers side bag, then put the soleniod back in..and let the jack down.

the front of the car should be or very close to be equally slammed on both sides.
 
XLRVIII said:
No not really.. it slams the front.
Follow my advice....check the bags the next time.
ONE should be different than the other.

and if your "leary" of the air ride, the last thing you should be doing is jacking with any aftermarket air ride controller.

This system can die on it's own, without any help from aftermarket controllers that overwork the compressor.

If you doubt what I'm saying.
Turn off your air ride.

Jack up the drivers side of your car, remove the soleniod from the bag and let the air out of the drivers side bag, then put the soleniod back in..and let the jack down.

the front of the car should be or very close to be equally slammed on both sides.
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XLRVIII said:
he's just the #1 source for replacement air ride parts and those damned coil conversion kits.

americanairsuspension.com
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Tommy, I dont doubt you and as i said, I have a lot to learn about the air rides. I have been reading many threads in the last half hour and was just about to post that NM I now see who Eddie is. I guess all I can do now is wait to see if it drops down by morning again. Its been sitting out there for a couple hours now with the air ride off and I am not seeing any drop on it. But I still think an extra air strut is a good idea just in case. I see new phoenix ones for $180 and new comps from the same company (not Arnott) for about the same cost. Or I could get a rebuild one from Eddie and send him back my core. I forgot which strut was new but guess it will be easy enough to see when I do the brakes tomorrow.

Also I have something special to bring down with me next weekend. :D
 
Scratch that. I have been starring out my office window at the drivers side. I just went outside and the passenger front is down a good 1/2-3/4" :(
I can see that its the old bag too. Guess I will be ordering a new bag today before I kill my compressor. :mad:

Doesnt appear to be too bad of a job.

Gonna order a Phoenix right now unless someone says different.

Gonna get this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Linc...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
 
OK, scratch that one too. :lol:

Car was sitting with thge passenger rear tire on the angled driveway. I spoke to Tommy and vented the system to park height after I moved it to a level spot. Turned off the switch and checked each front level. The passenger side is about 1/4" down but I think I just need to tweek the sensor a little cause I havent adjusted it at all since dropping it. Then I let it sit for an hour or so and then went to get lunch while it was still in the lowered position and the system off. Parked it back in the same spot and it still has not dropped any more on eaither side.

Now the drivers strut is new and OEM as are the rear bags. So I guess that meens I get to spend $400 on another OEM front bag for the passenger side. :(

The drop MAY have been a fluke but its not worth the risk so I may as well just buy a new one.
 
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