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Hey guys,

After recently purchasing my stagea, with an aftermarket kit/skirts, lowered on nismo springs, ive come to realise how stupidly hard its going to be going anywhere. (Maccas is now off the cards as the stagea wont get in their driveway!)

Ive decided to start looking into a fully engineered airbag suspension kit.

Now, the issue im facing is that no one knows wtf a stagea is, let alone if theres an airbag kit suitable for it. I Hear there are alot of similarities in the stagea to other nissans (V35 mainly) Does anyone know what the suspension setup is like? (Im aware its springs/struts allround anything past that i have no idea)

ive spoken to a guy on the central coast (nsw) who does airbag suspension for showcars and he asked me to take heaps of photos of how the car sits now and what the suspension is like currently. so im yet to take photos and send them up to him but i figured id ask first to see if anyone can shed any light on the matter. i will be updating this thread with my progress but any tips would be greatly appreciated!

If i do choose to go ahead with the install (Set a budget of $5500) watch this space!

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Im really only toying with the idea at the moment, but in order to make a decision i need a little more information on the matter, ive heard of people bagging their accords for little over $3k, aware the job may have to be a custom job, ive allowed a little more for the job.

p.s. im 21, currently living at home, no expenses, little responsobility, May aswell, right?

If you can't get into Maccas with nismo springs, your doing it wrong. How much did you chop off the bloody things?

IMO, let the accords/lebspecs have their airbags. Instead budget fora turbo rebuild, because it will go eventually, and power/handling improvements, and a nice set of genuine rims.

Its the bloody Gialla(Galah) Front bar it sticks out a good bit from the front of the car...

Just do it bro, that's exactly what customising is about, doing shit your way and your styles.

Should be easy enuff, go see a mini truck bagger, there are some excellent units out there, you will probably need custom inserts to match your chassis pick up points in the rear, the fronts would be a bit different as they are struts. Just make sure you get bags with damper capability, but the bagman will know if he's any good.

Im really only toying with the idea at the moment, but in order to make a decision i need a little more information on the matter, ive heard of people bagging their accords for little over $3k, aware the job may have to be a custom job, ive allowed a little more for the job.

p.s. im 21, currently living at home, no expenses, little responsobility, May aswell, right?

The $3k++ can be used wisely elsewhere on the car that will bring you more pleasure and rewards....

If you can't get into Maccas with nismo springs, your doing it wrong

Japanese laws regading the 'height' of your car relate to the chassis and what hangs off it from an 'engineering' perspective ( exhaust, etc ) - so, as a result, they design body kits which make the car 'look' really low. a la kenstyle, Galia, etc. the car isnt lowered, the body kit is. Nightmare. And I completely empathise with it!

'Bold world' (Japanese company) have an air suspension kit (more than one actually) so if you're serious about it I'd chase them up first up.

Japanese laws regading the 'height' of your car relate to the chassis and what hangs off it from an 'engineering' perspective ( exhaust, etc ) - so, as a result, they design body kits which make the car 'look' really low. a la kenstyle, Galia, etc. the car isnt lowered, the body kit is. Nightmare. And I completely empathise with it!

'Bold world' (Japanese company) have an air suspension kit (more than one actually) so if you're serious about it I'd chase them up first up.

Any contact details for bold world? The google machine seems to be broken, and im not very good at japanese >.<

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UAS (Ultimate Air Suspension) in the US do air bags that replace your spring on standard struts or coilovers. This would be the easiest route to go on the front as it keeps everything in the standard spot. 

https://www.universalair.com/Aero-Sport-By-Universal-Air-p/02-st-sb-14.htm

Then for the rear, you would put these in but they look like they require some chassis drilling to hold the top and bottom plates. 

https://www.universalair.com/Air-House-2-By-Universal-Air-p/02-2600.htm

And finally a whole management kit to run the show depending on if you want front and back control or all four corners control. 

https://www.universalair.com/category-s/108.htm

I'm no expert on the subject, but IMO this is easily doable for the weekend garage warrior with guides found online and troubleshooting. 

 

 

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On 14/06/2017 at 9:07 AM, Sack87 said:

Very helpful.  Thanks heaps.  I would love to see the setup in "MrM35" Stagea.  I have only seen exterior stance photos? 

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