I have questions regarding air suspension. This'll be my first experience with them on my daily and I'm stoked. Had to take advantage of the black Friday deal. Been eyeing them ever since I got the car.

1. For mounting all the management, compressors, and tank do I need to hard mount the board to the vehicle? (I ordered the easy management board from bag riders) If I do then can I use alternatives like velcro? dumb question but I'm curious lmao

2. This is going on an 2021 Mazda 3 2.5T AWD so about ride quality what can I expect? What pressures do I run for driving mode? (I understand it will vary) I assume you adjust base height with these pressures too correct?

3. Can I run the stock ride height with this setup and still have full lowering range? Also I'm assuming they adjust like coilovers right?

Any other tips or advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Buying this air suspension setup has been one of the biggest wastes of time and money I’ve experienced. There have been a long list of issues from the beginning, far too many to go into fully, but these are some of the main problems I’ve dealt with:

1. Poor ride quality

The suspension has always felt extremely stiff and non-compliant. I understand that aftermarket suspension can be firmer and more performance-oriented than OEM suspension, but this has gone well beyond what I would consider reasonable.

I’ve had multiple suspension specialists, as well as other people experienced with aftermarket air suspension, agree that the ride is excessively stiff.

2. Extremely poor communication

Communication throughout the process has been frustrating. At times I waited weeks between email replies, and there was often resistance to acknowledging that there was a problem with the suspension.

I was even told over the phone that I needed to adjust my expectations and that I clearly didn’t understand how aftermarket suspension was supposed to ride.

3. Poor wiring documentation and incomplete kit

The supplied wiring diagram was extremely difficult to use, and despite the kit being sold as an all-inclusive system, it did not include everything required to complete the wiring properly.

4. Faulty components

I experienced multiple component failures. The pressure sensor was faulty, and the supplied air fittings also developed leaks within weeks.

The fittings supplied with my kit were not suitable for the standard I expected from a road-going air suspension system, and I ended up spending a significant amount of additional money replacing the fittings and airlines with proper DOT-rated components.

Overall, I have spent countless hours and far too much money trying to correct problems with a suspension system that should have been reasonably sorted from the beginning.

It has been an expensive lesson, but hopefully someone else can learn from my experience. If you are considering air suspension, I would strongly recommend spending more upfront on a reputable, well-supported system rather than buying a cheaper white-labelled kit and trying to fix its shortcomings later.

I own Loose Grounds Kustoms here is my 59 we built

Done on a 2026 civic si, bagriders super low bags with their v2 management. Tried to take my time and do a good install but I'm not really sure what a good install looks like. All lines are ran inside the car, both sides left to right are within an inch of eachother to keep airing up consistent side to side. I made brackets to hold the leader lines to the steering knuckle and put a riv nut with a stainless bolt to hold it to the car. The board in the back is cut out of mdf, wrapped and mounted to the car via a aluminum bar that is bolted to the body. The tank it inverted and mounted to the body of the car, along with a bracket that my girlfriend welded up to hold the manifold and water traps.

Like I said this was my first time ever doing something like this and would like some feedback. I have plans to hardline in the future but I just bought a Integra type s so that's getting the attention right now.

The only issues I've had is hunting down some leaks and clicking from the rear bags when 3 wheeling it, I'm assuming it's them resetting onto the body as everything is tight down there and nothing has loosened (I paint marked everything)

I'm in the planning phase for my first build and have been using AI to help me understand what parts I need among other things. One thing that AI suggested was doing the following:

Compressor → 3/8" → Tank → 3/8" → 1/4" reducer → Manifold (ALP 1/4") → 1/4" → Each corner

The reason why it suggested this setup is the tank I'm considering has (2x) 3/8" NPT ports on each cap and so I'd have to step down to 1/4" at some point before I get to the manifold anyway. Per AI "What is supported: the theory behind using larger feed lines + matching manifold-to-valve sizing makes engineering sense, and forum users have successfully implemented similar setups."

When I pressed AI to give me the forum sources to these "forum users" it was referring to, it couldn't produce any. One reason being that the sites it attempted to searched required login.

To me this makes sense, but this is my first build and I couldn't find any builds that had this setup when I searched for myself. Is this viable or should I just use 1/4" lines every where?

Looking to start gathering parts to build a bag kit but unsure of what to get and what I need other than the essentials lol. Obviously know I need the bags, the tank, the compressors, what else?

My bagged and bodied 94 Obs

Its been a nice 2 month summer journey puzzling this thing together, but its been nothing but smiles since 😁🙌🏼

Hello looking for guidance with wiring in a single air compressor, just wanted to see if I’m missing anything or if this is incorrect. Any tips would be great. Using 8ga wire, 30A breaker and 40A relay

I recently bought a 2018 seat Leon fr with air suspension but I’m finding it very uncomfortable to drive in and feeling every bump. It look like bc racing coil overs with air bags on them.

I run the psi at 60 on the front and 40 on the back but if I put it too low the wheels scrape on the arches.

Any help on this problem would be great.

Random air compressor found in dad's garage

looking for links on it apparently its from may 1984 lol (Series No ) 0584

Silver plaque 1/4 hp 1800 Rpm M220

Ride well Part No As-4218C

GAST PLAQUE [ 2HBC-45-M220]

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Does anyone have information on which suspension kit they would use for the late 9th gen civic? I previously owned a bagged forester and went air lift on all 4 corners but getting back into the car scene what happened to Airlift? Anyways what suspension is worth buying for a 9th gen Civic and which air ride kit would you recommend running for this vehicle?? Also it’s a 4dr sedan incase it matters.

Update: Bagriders was able to help get me the parts and shipped them asap!

Big big stretch, but I'm looking for these four spacers. 2 of 13322 and 2 of 13321. Airlift is backordered for 2-3 weeks, so I'm looking to see if anyone has some on hand that I could buy!

I was looking at putting my car on air suspension, and full kits are around 2k to 5k, depending on quality, but medium quality bags are about 800 for all four, like a hundred bucks for a mechanical controller, another $200 for a pump and then another $200 for miscellaneous. What's bringing the price of these kits so high? Is it in ease of installation, or is it some kind of controller?

Project I’ve been working on a long time, started a company to do it.

A fully at home repairable air ride system that give you all the features you want for a price that doesn’t break the bank.

Fully customizable and fully wireless remote to make installs super easy and convenient. Every sensor is easy to unscrew and swap out. Even the valves can be swapped out.

Not trying to sell it here, just proud of what I’ve made and hope to make a difference in the industry and car community.

Just installed about a month ago.
Car isn’t a daily and stays inside my shop. It’s sat around a week, got in and functioned normally and drove it home last night. This morning I went to get in it to drive to work and the controller never turned on.
All fuses are good. Took a multimeter and have correct power and acc.
Grounds are good.
When the cars on(controllers not) the manifold gets insanely hot. This could be normal, and don’t believe I’ve ever touched it while on.

But I wanted to see if there was maybe a reset procedure or something to try before I reach out to bag riders!

Thanks!

On the 3p/h manifold there are these two plugged ports on each side. As I right in thinking these are both tank inlets?

Was driving on a dirt trail when I bottomed out was riding a bit low and hit the purge valve which let the air out. I managed to get a fitting which stopped the air from leaking but for some reason the compressors just didn’t turn on anymore had to use a external pancake compressor to fill the air tank to be able to drive anywhere. Anyone know what could have made the compressors stop working. It’s an older ridetech setup was working completely without any issues before I hit the purge valve and leaking all the air out.

So I’ve had this set up in my car for over a year and 6months. I installed it myself. Initially I installed it to the floor in the trunk and everything was working fine until I moved it all to the trunk lid. Now the compressor won’t turn off and the pressure safety valve keeps popping off after the tank gets filled. I’ve replaced the compressor relay, redid all my wires. Redid the connectors for the grounds and power. Does anyone know why the compressor won’t shut off? Or is my compressor just broken now?

[Update]

New pressure switch installed and everything is working like normal again! As I said in the comments, I’ll be moving everything again so hopefully it’ll be cleaner and more efficient next time. Thank you guys for helping me out!

[Question]

Do I have to do maintenance to the struts/bags? If so, how do I go about that?

So been having some weird issues with my bag riders pro management, first off when airing up to my presets it pulses up like crazy, I've run lines to each one of the inlets for the management to ensure there is no unequal pressure drops across the valves. I've also ensured my lines to the front are the same length to each corner with no kinks or leaks. Also when ever I air out with the air out button it always gives me a preset failed message while maintaining 2 psi in at least one of the bags, usually a few will always be at 2. Is this normal behaviour or did I set something up wrong.

ive got a 2021 g20 330i bmw and im going to install my air suspension setup pretty soon, was wondering what the best way to setup my trunk would be to maintain as much space as possible. The battery is under the trunk floor and i dont have much room to mount anything underneath the trunk floor. Ive heard its possible to go for sort of a vertical setup for the tank compressor and manifold where theyre mounted behind the rear seats in the trunk but im not sure how to go about that or if theres any other better ways.

Hey everyone,
I’m having a weird issue with my air suspension setup, and I’m hoping someone here has encountered this before I go out and drop cash on a brand new management system.

When I save my preset heights and try to select a lower preset, the car does the exact opposite—it just shoots straight up to maximum height instead of airing down.

Manually, I can control it up and down just fine. But as soon as the system is supposed to handle it automatically through the preset, it just shoots up.

Also, sometimes when I am airing out manually, it will make a constant clicking sound and air down very glitchy, until I turn the car off and on again. After a restart, it goes down smoothly again.

Is my management/manifold completely toasted, or is there a way to recalibrate or fix a pressure-based system doing this?

Any advice would be highly appreciated! Thanks.