VagabondDK
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There are numerous threads on this forum about air-bag suspensions. Instead of spending hours to go through them and see if they might answer my questions, I have some specific questions that I hope someone will answer here.
I am thinking about installing an EasyTOP air suspension for a Hymer 544 based on a Fiat Ducato model 244 year 1999 (although the Hymer was actually built in 2004). These air-suspensions have taken a dramatic price-hike recently, but I hope they come back down in price.
www.sospensionieasytop.it
Does anyone have experience with these particular ones? How do you like them?
The specs say that the min height is 14 cm and max is 31 cm. The current distance on my motorhome between the leaf-spring and the chassis is around 14 cm, so around the min height for the air-suspension.
These are my questions:
1) Would I be able to lift the back end a full 17 cm as indicated by the specs? Or what is realistic? One of my main reasons for installing air-suspensions would be to lift the metal support bars under the rear-end of the motorhome, so it doesn't scrape when I drive on steep inclines and gravel roads.
2) Although the specs say the min height is 14 cm, this might not give a very comfortable ride, so I might have to raise the air-suspension a few more cm (how many is normal?), and this would make the front/back of the motorhome uneven. I see two solutions: Either install larger tires on the front, and/or install a lift-kit on the front suspension. Does anyone have any experience with either or both? Are there any problems with this?
3) I have seen a video on YouTube of the chassis-metal breaking at the edges of the metal-fitting of the air-suspension, because the chassis is not reinforced for carrying so much weight there. This might become a problem if I use the air-suspension to dramatically lift the rear-end when driving on steep inclines and bad roads. I wonder if a simple solution would be to ask the manufacturer to simply extend the metal-fitting of the air-suspension so it distributes the weight to a bigger area onto the chassis? Would that be enough, or should the chassis be reinforced even more?
Thanks!
I am thinking about installing an EasyTOP air suspension for a Hymer 544 based on a Fiat Ducato model 244 year 1999 (although the Hymer was actually built in 2004). These air-suspensions have taken a dramatic price-hike recently, but I hope they come back down in price.
Fiat Ducato x230/x244 costruzione dal 1994 al 2006 IIª serie - FIAT - Catalogue - Sospensioni Aria easyTOP
CODICE SOSPENSIONE: duc002 MARCA VEICOLO: MODELLO VEICOLO: DUCATO x230/x244 PERIODO DI PRODUZIONE: dal 1994 al 2006 IIª serie FORMA ASSALE: 75x75
www.sospensionieasytop.it
Does anyone have experience with these particular ones? How do you like them?
The specs say that the min height is 14 cm and max is 31 cm. The current distance on my motorhome between the leaf-spring and the chassis is around 14 cm, so around the min height for the air-suspension.
These are my questions:
1) Would I be able to lift the back end a full 17 cm as indicated by the specs? Or what is realistic? One of my main reasons for installing air-suspensions would be to lift the metal support bars under the rear-end of the motorhome, so it doesn't scrape when I drive on steep inclines and gravel roads.
2) Although the specs say the min height is 14 cm, this might not give a very comfortable ride, so I might have to raise the air-suspension a few more cm (how many is normal?), and this would make the front/back of the motorhome uneven. I see two solutions: Either install larger tires on the front, and/or install a lift-kit on the front suspension. Does anyone have any experience with either or both? Are there any problems with this?
3) I have seen a video on YouTube of the chassis-metal breaking at the edges of the metal-fitting of the air-suspension, because the chassis is not reinforced for carrying so much weight there. This might become a problem if I use the air-suspension to dramatically lift the rear-end when driving on steep inclines and bad roads. I wonder if a simple solution would be to ask the manufacturer to simply extend the metal-fitting of the air-suspension so it distributes the weight to a bigger area onto the chassis? Would that be enough, or should the chassis be reinforced even more?
Thanks!