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**robnolimit** · 11-26-2010, 12:37 PM

Good answer. An air bag is infact an "Air Spring" in it's purest form. If the bag is mounted correctly so that it is in it's "sweet spot" at ride hieght, and the correct bag is used (load rate), so that the air pressure at ride hieght is in the 80 - 100 psi range, then you can have great handling with a bag. We build all of our performance air suspensions to use a 3/8" spacer in the bag mounting, so that we can add, or subtract spacer thickness to 'tune' the effective spring rate at ride hieght. After that, it's all shocks, swaybars, and set-up.

11-26-2010, 12:37 PM	#3
robnolimit Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Dandridge, Tn. USA Posts: 2,226	Re: how well do bags handle? Good answer. An air bag is infact an "Air Spring" in it's purest form. If the bag is mounted correctly so that it is in it's "sweet spot" at ride hieght, and the correct bag is used (load rate), so that the air pressure at ride hieght is in the 80 - 100 psi range, then you can have great handling with a bag. We build all of our performance air suspensions to use a 3/8" spacer in the bag mounting, so that we can add, or subtract spacer thickness to 'tune' the effective spring rate at ride hieght. After that, it's all shocks, swaybars, and set-up.