Hello new shoes. Hello air

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Originally Posted by SAVant

Question for you - with our lovely Winnipeg roads that we have here, I've being wondering about suspension changes for my X. It currently has the sport package, which was great when I was living in BC with their nice smooth roads, but I'm finding it pretty harsh on these roads. When you switched from the OE setup to bags, did you notice an improvement in the X's ability to soak up bumps?

I'm thinking it you have the bags inflated to a happy medium ride height - not so low that you have no travel and not too high that they are infalted to a high PSI - that it might be nicer then the ride I currently have...I could be way off base, I have no experience with bagged rides.

Maybe once we both have our summer wheels on, we could do a little back-to-back road tests between the two to compare? might be interesting

Thanks!

Yeah, the roads here are bad....

Here's the bad news: as far as SUV's (SAV's) go, the X is on the "firm" end of the spectrum when it comes to ride quality. If you happen to live in an area where roads look like they were subject to a Grenade hauling driving around losing it's cargo (aka 90% of our roads here)...the X's suspension isn't really going to help your case. It's really just the nature of the beast.

Here's the good news: The one thing I immediately noticed after switching to air was that the bags seem to filter out more of the road vibrations that the springs transmit. As for soaking up bumps, I've noticed that in my "High" setting (more or less standard ride height of a factory 3.0) it does take bumps a bit better than my lowered ride height...but both better than the coils IMO. Whether or not it would be enough to justify the cost, It would be your call! (I'd do it all over again without hesitation!!)


My X is apart in the garage at the moment as I'm working on some upgrades to my air system amongst other things....but I'm hoping to have it back on the road by the 25th (that includes summer wheels on with the exterior clayed, compounded, sealed & waxed). We can definitely head out after that!!