E30 with custom air suspension (broken)

[White325is]

Got the rest of my air management from AccuAir. Thanks again to Mike Alexander from AccuAir and Olek for hooking me up.

Well got damn, All kinds of e30s are going to be on air now.
Gonna look good. What do you plan on running for bags?

[Average_Jerk]

Well got damn, All kinds of e30s are going to be on air now.
Gonna look good. What do you plan on running for bags?

I'll be running UAS bags most likely. They seem to have exactly what I need

[White325is]

Yeah thats what I run in mine. With the size of your wheels and ET your going to need to run a spacer in the front more than likely to clear the bag. What shocks you plan on running in the front?

[Average_Jerk]

Yeah thats what I run in mine. With the size of your wheels and ET your going to need to run a spacer in the front more than likely to clear the bag. What shocks you plan on running in the front?

I have koni yellows for a g60

[White325is]

Might as well sell them and just get bilie sports because your not going to be able to cut your housings. Your gonna have to place the bag so its above the wheel so when your deflated it doesnt rub on your tire. So if you cut the housings the bags not going to drop any because you will still need to raise it back up above the wheel so it doesnt rub. know what I mean?

[White325is]

oh, 16x9 -5 should sit like this.


Thats very slight roll/pull with 215/40

[Average_Jerk]

Might as well sell them and just get bilie sports because your not going to be able to cut your housings. Your gonna have to place the bag so its above the wheel so when your deflated it doesnt rub on your tire. So if you cut the housings the bags not going to drop any because you will still need to raise it back up above the wheel so it doesnt rub. know what I mean?

you mean clear the bag when the pressure is low? because the bag will widen (for lack of a better term) when its down?

[White325is]

Your going to want to set it up so when your bag is deflated it is still 3/8 to 1/2 inch above the tire. Just to be safe so you dont rub it. When the bags are new and deflated they are a little skinner then what they will be after you air up and down a few times they will loosen up and be bigger when deflated.
I didnt take this into account when I put mine on and went through a set in two days.

[Average_Jerk]

Your going to want to set it up so when your bag is deflated it is still 3/8 to 1/2 inch above the tire. Just to be safe so you dont rub it. When the bags are new and deflated they are a little skinner then what they will be after you air up and down a few times they will loosen up and be bigger when deflated.
I didnt take this into account when I put mine on and went through a set in two days.

hahah that sucks. But it does make sense. I hadnt thought about that either. Thanks for bringing that to my attention

I was doing all my measurements and math based on the oem spring and perch dimensions.

[Oxer]

you mean clear the bag when the pressure is low? because the bag will widen (for lack of a better term) when its down?

Thats what he meant

And the term you were looking for is expand in diameter.

[Average_Jerk]

Thats what he meant

And the term you were looking for is expand in diameter.

hahaha yes! that was the term.

[White325is]

I was doing all my measurements and math based on the oem spring and perch dimensions.

Good, Because thats about exactly where they will sit.

Maybe this help give to give you an idea of how it will sit.
16x9 et15 with 15mm spacers all around. No matter what I did from changing shocks, cutting housings, spacers. this was all the lower I could get it. I was just about ready to cut the strut mount and raise it up an inch.

[Average_Jerk]

^ thats with the front strut housing not cut?

[White325is]

yes sir.

[Average_Jerk]

yes sir.

werd. thanks for the info man. I'll also be sitting a little lower cause I have lip/skirts/rear to still go on