Writeup/Review: Universal Air Suspension

[Simans82]

Just as a reminder as to why I'd never want to tackle this again, here's about an hour into the install when we were just tearing the car down and laying things out. Excuse the dark picture...

It's amazing how nicely things clean up though as the install progresses.

[Simans82]

Here are some pictures of the valves and tank with all of the fittings secured before it went into the car. Working with the fittings is straight forward, but considering we ran all of the valves in the rear, mine might be a bit different than someone else's. I'd say as issues present themselves, you can arrange the fittings as need be.

[Simans82]

In reference to how we ran the hoses and situated the trunk, this is once again going to be up to the discretion of the installer. My buddy and I decided exactly where we wanted to run the hoses and then that dictated where the hoses would come in through the trunk. We were able to work with the 90 degree fittings to accept the hose a bit better as it came into the trunk. My buddy is a magician with wiring, and he was able to clean up the trunk and pretty much hide everything that was once a pile of wiring.

The two loose wires at each valve you see is where the pressure sending units will be connected to. I have yet to receive my gauge, but we wanted to ensure that the wiring was there so we could run it to the front when we ran my switchbox.

I have the auxillary input from my Viper 791 hooked up to the dump option on the box also, so I can hit my aux on my remote and have it dump. Gotta love it!

Here's a semi-finished pics of the trunk:

[Simans82]

And here's a pic of how the 4 hoses run into the trunk. I chose to drill 4 smaller holes and use grommets to seal them off. Some may choose to drill one or two larger holes to fit a couple of hoses at a time, but I suppose it's just how my buddy and I were feeling at the time of the install.

[Simans82]

Regarding the rear bags:

My buddy and I had to put on a 90 degree "elbow" and an extention coupler to get the proper angle to accept the rear hose. Once again, this is just how we did it due to us wanting to keep the hoses completely out of the way and against the body far above any hot or moving parts.

You may find this a bit aggravating, but it's well worth running these hoses far away from anything that'll have you crawling under the car again to fix a leak.

[Hustler]

Thats just beautiful....
I cant wait, I would love to see a pic of what you did for the rear bags, Im so paranoid about running out of fittings.
Dubster...
I got the package today.... Man thats alot better after seeing it just like that, Like a cold beer after a hard days work I wish i could find them around here

[Hustler]

Did you just say remote AUX? Where do you hook this up into, the switch box? I have a clifford with an extra aux..... that just blew me away, What a great idea..... now i can get the neibours cat once and for all cat meat pancake....Jk Jk

[CplDaugherty]

Looks good man, thanks for all the info and the pics. That's one heck of an install to tackle by yourself but it looks like you did a top notch job.

[Simans82]

Originally Posted by Hustler

Did you just say remote AUX? Where do you hook this up into, the switch box? I have a clifford with an extra aux..... that just blew me away, What a great idea..... now i can get the neibours cat once and for all cat meat pancake....Jk Jk

If you read the instructions for the 9 switch setup, it has the info needed to hook into the Aux input on your alarm.

lol At the cat comment. I think a 4000 lb object slamming to the ground would startle it just a little bit.

[Simans82]

Originally Posted by Hustler

Thats just beautiful....
I cant wait, I would love to see a pic of what you did for the rear bags, Im so paranoid about running out of fittings.

I'll post a pic of how I have the rear bags later today. Just check back tonight for pics.