Which one. And why.
Typical Monroe Air Shock vs Airlift 1000 airbag.
I've got a couple hundred pounds of stuff in the trunk. Its making the rear sag. Removing the stuff from the trunk is not an option.
And since Ford springs are stupid soft even with the "heavy duty" moniker. These wagon rear springs just ain't cutting it (I held a thread of hope that the wagon springs would be better suited to having some load on them, guess not). The begining of the variable rate seems to be softer than the sedan variable rate springs they replaced as the car rises a heck of a lot more when emptied out than it did with the sedan variable rate springs. (It actually sits with a nice rake when empty). I don't like lowered. So speedway springs are not an option either to get a proper high rate spring in there. So that leaves me to turn to add-on air suspension piece of some sort.
The question is which. Gut reaction says airbag would be better suited since I want to support the initial weight better. Air shocks would end up holding up most of the initial weight, while the spring really does nothing until the suspension would get sufficiently compressed to put the spring back into the picture. So, which one would you chose and why.
Alex.
Typical Monroe Air Shock vs Airlift 1000 airbag.
I've got a couple hundred pounds of stuff in the trunk. Its making the rear sag. Removing the stuff from the trunk is not an option.
And since Ford springs are stupid soft even with the "heavy duty" moniker. These wagon rear springs just ain't cutting it (I held a thread of hope that the wagon springs would be better suited to having some load on them, guess not). The begining of the variable rate seems to be softer than the sedan variable rate springs they replaced as the car rises a heck of a lot more when emptied out than it did with the sedan variable rate springs. (It actually sits with a nice rake when empty). I don't like lowered. So speedway springs are not an option either to get a proper high rate spring in there. So that leaves me to turn to add-on air suspension piece of some sort.
The question is which. Gut reaction says airbag would be better suited since I want to support the initial weight better. Air shocks would end up holding up most of the initial weight, while the spring really does nothing until the suspension would get sufficiently compressed to put the spring back into the picture. So, which one would you chose and why.
Alex.
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