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Rear suspension coil conversion

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Old 09-27-2022 | 08:31 PM
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Hey all,
Wanna hear from anyone who has done this. I'm SICK of the air suspension failing. It's nice but I would prefer something I don't need to deal with ever again.

Strutmasters.com has a kit for $300. I need to do my brakes and rear shocks so it seems to make sense to bang this out at the same time.

Anyone have experience with this kit or another coil swap?

Thanks!
Old 09-28-2022 | 09:50 AM
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I looked at a video showing the process, and came away thinking it was probably more work than doing the work to bring the original (well-designed) system back to full operation. I know air suspensions can be "interesting" but at least the rear air bags are pretty cheap (relatively speaking) and really not that difficult to repair.
Old 10-13-2022 | 08:11 AM
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I bought the full coilover set from ISC suspension and chose the sport valve and sport spring options. I'm very happy with it.

Was not difficult to install or tune, and I'm very happy with it. Far better than the full stock suspension in my opinion. It was a little bit floaty before and now I'm feeling much more connected to the road, without getting the slammed bouncy feeling from cheap stuff.
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