Ground Clearance 2" Air Lift Kit - trying to find the preCovid $750 kit I posted about ...somewhere

[Tom and Vipers]

This was an all 4 corners kit. Great price. Can't find where I talked about it.

It is used with straight spring coil-overs.

I seem to recall their website was very detailed about how to determine the fit and what is required to make them work.

 

[BoondocSaint]

$750 ground clearance kit?...I'm all ears lol. Nothing says daily driver like clearing driveways and speedups. Probably too good to be true for many reasons, but I've got my bucket of popcorn.

 

[Tom and Vipers]

Actually I've found a bunch of manufacturers. The term is "Air Cup Suspension"
Here are some links:

https://www.driftworks.com/row/stanceparts-air-cup-lift-kit-for-coilover-suspension.html#product-options

Air Cups - Page 6 - D2 Racing

d2racing.com

I think the front only w/o tank is $620 which is pretty reasonable. Biggest issue is where to mount the air compressor

VERA V-ACK + SILVER CONTROL SYSTEM 12.5mm

veraair.com

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[BoondocSaint]

Interesting, so air cups. Now I have something new to nerd out to/learn about. Never knew that was a thing, but I'm definitely curious about the pluses and minuses. Snake oil or realistic budget lift for our cars?

 

[Tom and Vipers]

Interesting, so air cups. Now I have something new to nerd out to/learn about. Never knew that was a thing, but I'm definitely curious about the pluses and minuses. Snake oil or realistic budget lift for our cars?

The "tuner kids" are all into this, also Porsche guys. Saw one in the flesh, little import tuner car splitter was parked and almost laying on the ground. They showed me the 2-3" lift. Viper with splitters, especially ones that extend way forward are nightmare for hits. I'm getting my Hennessy facia redone to sell the car and now seriously considering putting a front lift in it (otherwise there are inevitable hits and glass don't give so always repairing) and IF I do that, I'm probably going to fab the optional splitter that was offered. I've had the car since 2001 and the ground clearance up front has been a thorn in my side. Ironically I should have done this 20 years ago but I don't think this stuff was out then.

There was a fascia where the lower part of the fascia had the splitter and was articulated like a human jaw! If you scraped, the jaw would simply lift out of the way. Saw it at a Viper Days around 2001. Genius design. I think it beloved to a guy that had a small trailer he hauled with his Viper that had his track tires/wheels in it. Very ********* dude.

 

[Tom and Vipers]

UPDATE: there is not even a "finger's width" clearance between the coil OD and the upper inner control arm - need to get some cup dimensions.

 

[BoondocSaint]

Looks like there is a lot of good info on the Audi R8 forums, www.r8talk.com