Hydraulic lift?

[BigMeatVX]

They DO make an IFS air bag that replaces the front bump stop!!!
But I like the idea of cross linked air shocks better my self...

Allan

[BigMeatVX]

Originally posted by MrCrowley
If you are lifting and airloading, dont do the spacers. With the longer Trooper OME 912's you will have more travel instead of just spacing it with stock travel. The only difficult part would be finding a longer airbag to insert into it. This is a trooper spring so a Trooper rear airbag should fit (Trooper and VX carry same size except height). Does anyone know if the VX and Trooper have different part #'s or do they list the airbag specifications? This would reveal all- plus a mucho adjustability advantage with the airbag. As far as the front- we dont have a coil. How do they airbag the front of an Isuzu with the IFS? At the very least a stock VX with airbag rear should tow alot better for people using it this way. Good luck

Sorry, but OME 912 DO NOT give you more travel!!!!
they just change the ride height! to get more travel you HAVE to either get longer shocks or trim the bump-stops or both!

The spacer I will make, go inside the spring and only offer a "spacer" for the airbag itself, not the spring.

The Air Lift Co. lists two different part #s for the VX and the Trooper, However they both use the same airbag, and the same airbag is also used in other applications as well.

Allan

[MrCrowley]

A spacer just changes the height. a longer spring means more height, but also compresses. the 912 just happens to be stiffer, therefore requires more pressure to compress. The shock just happens to be the limiting factor. The stock shock wont extend much further out with the lift, but the compression will remain the same. ie. more travel.

[BigMeatVX]

Originally posted by MrCrowley
A spacer just changes the height. a longer spring means more height, but also compresses. the 912 just happens to be stiffer, therefore requires more pressure to compress. The shock just happens to be the limiting factor. The stock shock wont extend much further out with the lift, but the compression will remain the same. ie. more travel.

You STILL don't gain ANY wheel travel with the OME 912,s period, as the shock AND the bump-stop are the limiting factors...
You could put a REALLY stiff, long spring in there that would sit at the end of the suspensiions range, and you still wont have more travel, period....

Now, if you were talking about commpression travel only, well thats a different story....either longer/stiffer springs OR spacers WILL allow you to change the compression travel, at the same time losing precious down-travel (you will still have the same overall wheel travel, though, unless you change the shocks or bump-stops)

How do you figure that 'the compression will remain the same"
after a lift????? :nop:

As for my VX, I have tried the Calmini springs (Calmini used my VX as the prototype for their lift kit) and I now have jeep springs in the rear that give almost 4" of lift...but I STILL have the stock rear overall wheel travel ( untill I reinstall the longer Calmini shocks)

Anyway, I will post the results of the airbag/spacer lift, in a couple of weeks....

Allan

[Eckstream]

If you think the stock ride is too stiff or bumpy just imagine it 5,000,000,000 times worse. You lose your dampener with hydros. If anything try some airbags. Try firestone they should have everything you need.