CRAZY Cheap AIR RIDE! TURBO DIESEL Swapped 240z on BAGS

[@Jonathan_Doe_]

My mate turned up with a $250 bag once, it was a good night from what I remember of it.

[@paolojorge]

HA!

[@martijnt1353]

On 20th of april, I assume? 😉

[@3rd-eye-neenja563]

🤣😆😃😜🤣😅👍

[@kylemcweeny878]

I see what u did there! 250 is enough for 2 for a night

[@kevincrawford6864]

I think your air ride setup is functional, it would be interesting to see your impressions on a track day with that setup once you get the car sorted.

[@josephbusby4625]

My only worry is how fast they system can inflate and deflate....

[@sammus1412]

@@josephbusby4625 You can slow down the deflate side of things by limiting the flow out of the exhaust on the valve block/manifold.

[@uninani2626]

"this is basically if you can't do this you shouldn't be diying anything in your car" ...........so brutal but also true.

[@rattyratstuff7125]

im halted because of a lost really odd sized locking nut. im not willing to use a non specific one cause last time i did the arm loosened and fell off after about an hour of track driving lol. im just looking for a locking one in that size that isnt $7 each cause i want a full set of spares. that + backorder parts has been very annoying.

[@rattyratstuff7125]

its the new ae86. the blue one isnt getting rebuilt for a while lol. and i wanna do this car right

[@-DEATHSTROKE]

I absolutely love how far this old weapon of Nissan destruction has come, I still don't believe you have the fan following you blokes truly deserve, sorry I'm not around as much but I'll always be here supporting you kents. Much love. 🙏🏻

[@tigersasha559]

This is the air ride video I didn't know I needed

[@TheDeathskull37]

I'm 100% putting air ride on my 73 super beetle now, thank you!

[@michaelblacktree]

I'm a simple man. I see Team Boosted Z-car video. I click. 👍

[@TheHungrySlug]

I SECOND THAT!

[@ichoozjc]

I'm a simple man, I see a "I'm a simple man..." comment, and I thumbs up.

[@michaelblacktree]

LOL

[@Barty.Crowell]

David Gilmour covered Fleetwood Mac and here I am watching another Datsun video. Can't wait for more!

[@Barty.Crowell]

We have levelers like that on semi's. Almost all semi tractors have air ride on the drive axles and when you put an extra 20,000lbs on them, they tend to drop a bit. Give it a few seconds and you're right back at level. I wouldn't be surprised if these are actually very similar to those same sensors (most are actually just valves though)

[@samjohnson7325]

i honestly wouldnt be surprised if these were pioneered by a trucker who looked at em and though it would be rad to have on his benz.

[@coreystrandberg9087]

I feel like the only difference between cheap and expensive that I noticed here is the sound the bags make

[@thatautogarage3644]

Those wheels look killer on this! Also, I’m 33 and have never wanted bags in my life until now. Thanks for sharing.

[@karlkiernan6863]

Just a quick note 7:30 to 8:00 I would add a second O ring on the top under the spacer to help keep the bag sealed as I have found they leak after a few months of use. Also, I have used that same brand air springs they are good quality items the set on my daily has done over 30,000 miles and still good. I have just noticed that you have not fitted a bearing block which means when you turn left / right the seal that is fitted on to the shock shaft will wear against the inside top of the airbag and it will leak after a few weeks/months of driving.

[@NateRist]

Until watching this video I have never seen an uncircumcised suspension setup before, but here it is in all its glory. Great job guys (now let’s just hope it doesn’t become unexpectedly circumcised, that would be bad)

[@danielhughes9556]

This car is fucking cool. Love the swap. Glad yall ditched the 2.3! The noise the car makes when it airs out is crazy. You should route the air to go through a train horn!! Wheels look damn good. Somehow it just works!!!

[@IanWrigleyNZ]

Air ride looks sick. The ability to use ride height rather than pressure and instantly compensate has some serious track options and for drifting

[@stinkopung2914]

Usually i dont like cars with airride but this looks sick

[@curvs4me]

I can't believe how fast that tiny little box moves that thing up and down it's ridiculous. That is an awesome system!

[@artfisher1235]

Air bags are the answer to a number of needs.

[@LocalB.B.HChamp97]

Air ride looks so cool. Now only if I could afford the cheap stuff

[@madmod]

Buy a 90s Lincoln

[@hughjass100]

Im loving this project, the bagging of the 240 is brilliant, nice1 guys.

[@rattyratstuff7125]

had a 70 c10 with old 383 build. built my own kit from 2 sets of tow helper bags. might have spent 450 plus used some air lines and tanks i had laying round. found an old jeep ac compressor and did the air compressor mod to it. worked well but with nx it was not a good fit so i sold the setup for like 900 to a friends brother who still uses it 6 years later

[@puskinsz]

This Air ride system is coll, because it's cheap. Thanks for showing the website, might use it in the future.

[@jeffh6971]

air ride is a nice touch! the whole car is awesome, diesel, big wheels, air ride...

[@m0i0k0eAnthony]

Great content boys. you're makin me feel real awesome for buying airlift bags at full retail.

[@nastyzasty813]

Man I’m out in the middle of nowhere and somehow I got the notification for your vid and hiked up a hill just to get service to watch it

[@DaWindowLicker]

I use the same Airmex bags on my Caddy and Sonoma. They Sonoma is manual but the Caddy uses the Airlift 3H on BC coilovers. Never had any issues after years. They only issue with the Airmex bags is that the shipping is quite expensive and is a bit slow. I ordered an extra set of bags just in case one fails. Still no issues though 5 of 5, would recommend.

[@fattony3115]

the kit looks pretty sick, gonna have to try it out on my project and see whats up!

[@nicequzzlecoat4985]

Sooo badass imagine your parked and you start your diesel datsun 240z with fricken bags gosh just gets cooler and cooler what ever is next can't wait love it

[@ryanhoaglin9907]

You guys just talked me in to air ride for my Datsun. I drove my Z for a few weeks with super cheap coilovers and I swear I'm 1/2" shorter now. Thank you for showing folks how to do air ride on a budget.

[@johnbearclaws3300]

Air ride is sick especially for that cheap it’s a steal

[@nevilleweskob3613]

Changes the car totally. Looks dope!

[@jacdariper]

I'm really loving the car and I owned a Datsun 240z and Datsun 280zx and loved them. I like the air ride, but quite jerky and pretty loud but ride height settings look great.

[@woodzy575]

It's looking really good. The 240 has a long enough nose that the wide fenders look great

[@MrSinester100]

The interior looks great No more bare bones

[@dommoss4264]

Love it, glad someone broke it down for the diy crowd

[@desert_edition_na6]

Been on these same exact bags for 2 years now.

[@MindDezign]

See that is useful any thing you would change? Do you track it. Or just street drive? Do you leave it inflated or do you always park it deflated? Do you drive your bagged car often or just on those perfect weather days ?

[@BoostedSpeedDemon]

FYI that's called a leveling valve, not a height valve. They are standard on semi trucks and trailers to maintain ride height under different loads. Which requires different pressures in the airbags.

[@sammus1412]

Ayyy, I actually used the same supplier to convert my BC coils to bags a couple weeks ago! So much cheaper than other places and they seem great as far as quality is concerned.

[@dxd48c]

whenever you drop video I'm very happy.

[@Nathan-gj8ch]

That sound it makes, i need this on my ej8

[@paulwilliams7816]

The air ride is heaps sick. Likes really good when it's slammed now the fun part starts when trying to dial it in

[@DariusFrost]

Not always a fan of air ride. But this system is soo simple makes it easier!

[@nicksteele1706]

Honestly love the build not really a diesel lover but this is dope same as the air ride and the noise it makes it's sweet and from last video I really like the wheels on the car there just so wrong yet oh so right

[@mitchellemmons7221]

Never been a fan of air ride. But, it looks like you guys have it figured out. Keep up the great work. Diesel life is the best life.

[@theycallsmeella]

I used to run that 3h system in my old lexus, drove amazing, no one could believe how well it cornered. Maybe with the affordable bag setup in here, I'll do another one!

[@burgersandburnouts]

No joke, those wheels actually look fresh

[@silverfin198]

Super cool guys! 500 bucks for adjustable on the fly ride height is insane!

[@jasonfletcher8444]

I have always viewed bags as sketchy. You have convinced me I was right all along.

[@proxlamuz4591]

Lol so true

[@Thenoob1519]

+1 video interaction

[@noduh736]

Damn guys its lookin pretty sweet now I didn't like the new wheels at first but now they are growing on me to answer the question I think air ride is great you can drop it down when parked and pop it up to burn rubber thanks guys see you next week

[@isaiahcampbell3217]

The air ride is pretty damn cool, my dad had airbags on his 98 dodge 1500 magnum

[@tphvictims5101]

I had a dog I named Bagger. He didn’t like the name. I told him baggers can’t be choosers 😉👍🏻 Great videos. That sounds like Darth invader when you discharge the shocks.

[@volvovalor8051]

The bags are sick. Didn't know you'd get around so cheap. Sadly though they are illegal AF in Belgium. Most of the hardcore air fans out here swap the entire kit to OEM for MOT every few years.

[@Michael_Lorenson]

If you're thinking about air springs in relation to handling performance: A conventional straight-rate coil spring compresses one inch for each additional increment of its weight rating. So, a 100lb/in spring compresses one additional inch for each additional 100lbs placed on it. There are, of course progressive-rate coil springs, as well. The air spring's resistance increases exponentially with compression, so each additional 100lbs results in less compression distance than the previous 100lbs. The difference between lowest and highest spring rate is down to the loaded versus unloaded volume of the air spring. The smaller the change in volume, the less progressive the rate. Space restrictions limit what you can do with that in a car. Air springs also have substantial friction during their motion, so they are less responsive to bumps and other loads. In the late 70s, Fox and others in the dirt bike / motocross world introduced air suspension components, but that fell out of favor very quickly. I'm out of touch with bikes now, but I'm pretty sure the only surviving element is low air pressure supplementing steel springs for tuning purposes. I personally believe the exponential rate-progression of pure air springs makes good overall suspension tuning nearly impossible. Progressive springs generally produce a bouncy, pogo-stick effect. The more progressive, the worse that problem becomes.

[@edmdarkstar]

I love air ride on my car . glad you went with air ride

[@jpstrim]

Can never go wrong with air ride guys, always fun and makes getting around much more enjoyable!

[@ajmoser5605]

I love this bag setup since bag set ups are now going out and can’t find any anywhere around

[@DC_DC_DC_DC]

The "shitty" handling (which is actually quite good with height control) with airride is because you have variable spring rate, changing along with the load on the strut. More load equals more pressure to keep height the same, equals stiffer spring. The problem is that for a different spring rate, you need different valving for dampening. Dampening and spring rate are in balance with each other on a good handling car. This is the reason that for example the Audi A8/S8/Q7 handle SO extremely well for what they are (large air ride barges) - their dampening is continuously adjusted along with the pressure in the (height based) struts. Ideally for ease of install, you want to run a coilover with a 'cup' on top (filled with air or hydraulic fluid) to have height adjustability. With air you'd have 2 good handling settings, fully dropped and fully extended (with as much pressure as the system can hold so it becomes as solid as possible). With hydraulics you can put it in any position you want. Oh but and then there's the issue with change in wheel geometry -> adjust height, adjust all sorts of settings. But at least you have 1 setting with optimal handling.

[@redbeard_raccoon]

So far the best car on youtube.

[@Hekkie]

Dudes, I think this is great work. The amount of time you guys have spent on the interior has absolutely payed off, even though the amount shown in that video doesn't even remotely come close to the total time spent in the garage. Love this series, watched all episodes so far! Keep it up.

[@tonycrispin]

Funny the diagram you made for the air ride was the only way to do it back in the day way before these plug and play kits, except you would have to weld universal bags to stock struts lol!

[@blakef8314]

The bags are a nice touch on this car. The full tuck is 🤤

[@GreasyFingerboys]

Pretty rad for you to layout exactly what is needed

[@Watchmedome3017]

Active suspension like Williams F1 back in the 90s

[@discipleoftheword1785]

You win bulls eye. I have looked for an install and never found one.

[@ashleygosling3569]

whats not to like air ride is awesome !!!

[@juscozcustoms]

Thanks for all the info I am building a bagged Subaru brat and was just missing the bagged part, These will fit well in the limited space I have in the rear

[@captnjaygreybeard6394]

6:52 some people add grease to help seal rubber gaskets.

[@JalopyDad]

Even though I am getting new struts, this gave me hope of converting to bags on it at the same time. Thank you guys,

[@Ricerguy]

This + 4 trim switches would make corner balancing a dream🤣

[@chrisgarabedian7585]

The air ride seems very appealing now

[@dxd48c]

A lot of big name manufacturers use air ride. You're on the right track.

[@TheHungrySlug]

Air ride done right and cheap too? almost sounds to good to be true, yet it is and looks really clean with that install you guys did. I swear it feels like you are building my own dream car. Better yet is you are giving me a "How to" tutorial.

[@Mrjuiceboxhyuga]

I'm definitely going to try and replicate this system.

[@tobiasstaermose]

This is one of the coolest builds on YT rigth now!

[@michaelblacktree]

i agree

[@davemoxon8523]

This could help me in the future I’m restoring a 260z at this time thanks for the information

[@Barty.Crowell]

I absolutely love the air ride on the Datsun. I can't wait to see this thing hitting corners

[@travisjohnson1225]

I love your videos, your content is better than most car youtubers! Btw, I love the air ride!!!

[@no50svo]

Definitely a pretty concise kit. Beats having to set different hights for each driving event. Can't wait to see your real world testing. As always, great content

[@Nik-sq5tv]

I definitely appreciate that great, real breakdown for cheap bags. The Bags are awesome. Seems like the best choice!

[@jdog3690]

Air ride is sick! I’ve got a 280z and will probably be going to air now that you guys made it look so easy! Answered a lot of my questions.

[@damnitdang]

Did you get air ride?

[@builtonabudget6160]

Absolutely love the air ride !!!!!!!

[@VEDEMRACING99]

I've wanted to do air ride for a while now and didn't like the cost.. Now you guys have me actually looking into doing it!

[@seanellison3318]

Air ride is sick makes me wanna try make it work with my 3sge swapped ke30 corolla wagon

[@LXGspec]

Super cool vid! I have done the same conversion with AirMext bags on my Blitz coilovers and running the bags with a 3p. Initially I ran sleeve style rear and bellow style front but unfortunately the sleeve style ones are never on the correct ride height at any given pressure, depending on if they were inflated more or less before reaching the desired pressure. Even if you run height sensors they will always end up with different pressures which is why I went full bellow style all round. I highly recommend going with the slim double bellow style if anyone is trying this. (SN120180BL2) The sleeve style ones also have quite some resistance when airing out completely, if you stand on the boot you can literally push em down a bit further!

[@rattyratstuff7125]

on my c10 i ordered 2 sets of tow helper bags for a 6500 Kodiak. they were nearly straight drop ins and were like 80 per bag. ran those for a few weeks and decided i didnt like bags at all on that monster lol

[@Jinx-dv7ne]

honestly i love this car so much and air just makes it that much cooler keep it up

[@MrAndrius12]

I'm a simple man, every time I see an OM606 I click.

[@chrisperks1112]

I love that thing wider than a lambo and can be lower than one now!!

[@stezenast5878]

I cannot believe how great this build is.

[@chrismartin6544]

Wow the reset rate of those bags are insane

[@TeamBoosted]

We ran 3/8” line instead of 1/4” ... and the car weighs under 2600lbs.

[@lucapistellato3498]

This car is turning out amazing... I love how it looks with the bodykit, wheels and bags 🔥

[@finlay230]

Super instal explanation, i had no idea it was that straight forward, makes sense👌👍

[@99neonfreak]

Love it . Thanks for Sharing an affordable air ride solution

[@honkhonk6443]

this is my favorite build on yt right now

[@xXSQPRXx]

the bagged 240z looks clean af! can't wait to see it finished

[@blakehoskins9293]

The air ride is super neat.

[@K5_BlaZer]

Love the air ride! I never thought about doing something like that on my own car. But this looks great and easy to install.

[@lepreseanaz]

I was excited to see this on bags anyway, but the extra info for us to use is awesome, thanks guys

[@Wargraven]

I think it helped me determine if I wanted to go air ride with my S30. Thanks for making this video!

[@HeartFire_]

This is super sweet, I'm really excited about seeing this finished. Only thing I would've tried to do differently if possible is mount the compressor either outside the car or under the trunk deck. Cuz they're not exactly quiet

[@MrSinester100]

The z looking insane