Transform Your Suspension with Airbag Control Kits

There are a lot of reasons you could have for installing air suspension on a vehicle. It could be that you like off roading, that you’re tired of your suspension bottoming out under heavy loads, or that you simply want to enjoy that extra bit of stability whenever you’re shovelling down an open stretch of highway.

The thing you don’t want, however, is the headache of having to make manual adjustments to your suspension every time the payload or road surface changes. That’s assuming you can find a service station or an available air source to make the adjustment from.

Well, if you’re tired of always having to “eyeball” where your suspension’s supposed to be after 30 minutes of inflating and deflating it, then maybe it’s finally time that you took control of the situation.

Incab convenience

Let’s be honest: installing an airbag suspension, either air shocks or air bags, is a relatively easy and uncomplicated mod that’s well worth making if you need to optimize your drive and ride qualities. If you already have a basic 2- or 4-airbag system, or are just now entertaining the thought of doing an initial install, then you’d do well to consider just how effective incab airbag control kits are at making air suspension systems shine.

With incab controls, you’re able to eliminate the inconvenience of literally walking circles around your vehicle trying to tune ride-height by guesswork once and for all. And no more concerns about whether it’s still going to be the right setting after you’ve gone another 10km down the road. A proper onboard air system is going to mate to any aftermarket air suspension or airbag assist system hardware that you’ve already installed, and it’s going to start with the following:

· A 12V air compressor with all the necessary actuating and switching equipment;

· A 12V, solenoid valve with all its related air regulating gear; and,

· A 2-15L aluminium air tank rated up to 400psi.

With a fully incorporated incab control kit system, however, you’re also getting the gear that turns a static air suspension arrangement into one that’ll put smooth operation right at your fingertips with:

· Independently controllable momentary switches with inflate and deflate functionality;

· Analog or LED display gauges with psi ratings; and,

· A gauge panel with all mounting and connecting hardware.

In short, control kits give you complete control over all the improved ride characteristics that your air shocks or airbags were designed to give. Raising or lowering your vehicle becomes possible at the press of a button: no more hopping in and out of the cab, or having to over-inflate and subsequently bleed off air from the suspension trying to hit an acceptable height. It’s the essence of convenience because, after all, no one wants to spend more time setting up their suspension than they would enjoying it.

Full integration

Control kits not only make it possible for you to put your vehicle in a stance that’s inherently safer and more stable to operate under most conditions, but one that allows for even greater scalability by easily integrating with other air suspension enhancement kits.

· 2 or 4 valve suspension blocks

Instead of independently controlling your shocks or bags, you may want to control them in pairs or as a whole. In which case, suspension blocks can be easily integrated into the system to allow uniformed vehicle levelling at all times.

· Wireless airbag inflation

If you like the idea of installing an incab control kit putting an end to filling and bleeding your suspension from an externally mounted valve, the integration of a wireless kit lets you control your suspension with a handheld remote from outside the vehicle as well, also at the touch of a button.

· Level management systems

Air level management is the ultimate achievement when it comes to ride height control. When integrated with a control kit, these systems combine all the attributes of blocked and wireless kits with the premium ability of electronic sensors to automatically level or adjust ride height on the roll.

The best ride all around

Assuming you already have shocks or airbag installed, then you already know the advantages that an air suspension brings to ride height. Consider just how much more fine tuning can be achieved with the range of capabilities and integrations that go along with some real air suspension control:

· Better braking. With the enhanced ability to make minor front-to-back suspension adjustments, you’re going to see an immediate improvement in your vehicle’s weight distributed braking effort.

· Improved steering. An attribute that’s particularly valuable for vehicles with higher centers of gravity; the ability to make subtle side-to-side suspension adjustments are going to help eliminate erratic sway and roll.

· Improved comfort. Quite possibly the most overlooked aspect of air suspension, especially for air shock riders, is that it does genuinely improve ride comfort. It does so while reducing wear and tear on sprung-weight suspension components. You won’t require a suspension replacement anytime soon!

The final word

At the end of the day, there is a world of benefits that goes along with air suspension, but being able to make real-time adjusts to navigate the obstacles you’re facing at an exact moment on the road is what’s needed to really prove the worth.

That’s where airbag control kits come in. With you air supply onboard, and a full range of controls at your fingertips, you can count on them transforming your suspension into something that’s valuable for much more than just hauling heavy loads. They won’t enable you to pull any heavier loads, but they’ll certainly help you pull the ones you do have with ease.