texis30O Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) I think it has promise.... I talked to the guy, he is putting this system on Lambos, NSX, and GT-r cars currently.... opinions.....It is from Umbrella Auto Sport, it is their Variable Ride Height suspension system. Edited January 4, 2012 by texis30O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelix112 Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I guess that'd depend on the height issues you are trying to resolve? If the objective is to be sick and be able to go over speedbumps, I guess? Would be interesting to be able to increase rake on a straight on the track also perhaps? Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Since there's no real information in the video, I have nothing to comment on - except they are wrong when they say it does not affect handling. A change in ride height has a definite affect on handling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 tuff z Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Not much on their [fairly] useless website either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashintar Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Looks like its just a tool to get your sweet slammed hellaflush ride in and out of parking lots without scraping. I Wouldnt put any performance value into it for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getoffmyinternet Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Yeah that was more like the fan type, just showing off the function. Or possibly part of a new dub step music video. Showed zero of the supposedly dramatically unconventional components of the system. Also, how does changing the ride height not affect the handling whatsoever? I'm more of a set it and forget it kinda guy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I think ashintar has this one nailed. It's not about setting ride height so much as it is about getting the front end high enough to be able to drive in and out of and over speedbumps without scraping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texis30O Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 I thought the system was interesting. It goes on the existing coil over system that the car has. I thought it was cool in the fact that you can have coil overs set and get the ride height adjustable from in the cab. I talked to him today. No way I would spend what he wants for it. I don't get how it would not effect the coil over performance. However he says that the system is inactive and goes back to the ride height set by the coilovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaaJeHaa Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 A lot of supercars have a similar system for getting over speedbumps installed by factory. Don't know how this is engineered though, if it relies on gravity it wouldn't really be good for your handling. My guess is a vaccum to hold it down, and a pressure to activate it. If it stays down no matter how much battering you give your car in turns and rough surfaces it would actually be a great product. Doesn't say anything about that though on his website... It's a good idea, since getting over high speedhumps is a challenge in a lowered car and it is incorporateable with existing quality coil overs. Looks like a bit of work and fabricating to get it to fit our Z's, but would like to know results and how it works if anybody installs it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicArtist Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I didn't even watch the video and it sounds like glorified airbags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I think the main difference is that, unlike airbags, the lifting mechanism doesn't provide the main spring component of the suspension. Like others have said, it seems to be for raising a lowered car for speed humps, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenState Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I think the main difference is that, unlike airbags, the lifting mechanism doesn't provide the main spring component of the suspension. Like others have said, it seems to be for raising a lowered car for speed humps, etc. I have a WRX wagon I drive in the winter, if this would let me raise it up for the few days where there's deep snow on the roads and leave it low the rest of the time I'd be psyched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getoffmyinternet Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Looks like the top hat can expand and contract independently of whatever spring is under it so it's almost like threading the perch up and down on adjustable height coilovers on the fly. I would suspect you set the ride as low as you want it for normal driving, since the target audience is for lowriders with speedbump woes, and then pneumatically expand the top hat temporarily to clear something, then lower it back to the bottom so that the system is unloaded most of the time. There's nothing wrong with riding on air all the time as long as it's built strong enough for that, however it would dampen the springs some, plus you'd hate to have the pump running constantly it there's a tiny leak down. Even if it's a pneumatically operated hydraulic ram with a lockout, there will still inevitably be some leak down, but at least it wouldn't be compressible like a purely pneumatic ram would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkumaNoZeta Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I would love to have something like that except for one pet peeve I have about mounting a compressor in a car. I just see it as another thing to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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