My Zed which I have owned now for a couple of years has air valves sticking up through the suspension mounts which todate I have never checked the pressure or connected them to a compressor. Unfortunately no paperwork came with the car on these items and thus I no jacksh#t about how to set them up or adjust them. Has anyone else got air shocks fitted or had experience of them. What I would like to know is what sort of pressure should they be set at for normal motoring and can you adjuct the ride height by increasing the pressure.

Don't know about pressures, but I wouldn't use a compressor - the volume of air will be small and you may do damage - use a foot pump if they do need to be inflated at all.

I had a Camaro back in the early 90s with air shocks. The air really only adjusted the ride height. i thought they were great at the time. (They weren't really particularly effective as an aid to handling though!!)

I had a Camaro back in the early 90s with air shocks. The air really only adjusted the ride height. i thought they were great at the time. (They weren't really particularly effective as an aid to handling though!!)

 

My car handles very well but is a bit hard on the ride especially as I am on 18's and 35 profile tyres. Having driven Jimmers car a few times, it's on the same rubber but his feels softer so it must be the shocks. Would some air make them softer or just lift it up a bit. It feels like it's on the stops.

what make and model are the shocks?

what make and model are the shocks?

 

 

Thats a job for this weekend. To clean them up and see if they still have a manufacturers label on them.

You can get shock pumps for mountain bike shocks and forks. No idea what kind of pressure would be in car shocks but the pumps do really high pressures, and they have a gauge on them so you can check the pressure without letting any air out.