55.2-59 1958 Saab story

[dsraven]

wondering if your air bag compressor will get hot if not in the open air like factory? run it and see? lots of guys have disabled the air bags and installed the coils back there anyway as the compressor is pretty spendy as well as the air bags if they need replacement at some point. bags get a leak, compressor runs overtime to keep up and then quits entirely. guys get a quote and decide to go coils instead. kit is available apparently. air bag height sensors are a pain to adjust for proper ride height as the system takes a bit to self level and find it's new height. trust me, I have done this before-too high-nope, just too high on the right ot left- too low- grrrr. try not to mess with them and life will be better. haha. maybe a scanner could tell you what the inouts from each sensor are-no scanner in my shop presently.

[gottattooz]

None of the panels are air tight. The splash panels were only intended to deflect debris coming off the rear tires. My original thought was to make a small vertical plate by the tail light wiring access hole to keep debris from collecting and rotting out the body panels over time. But when I saw there was almost a straight shot from the 2 bolt holes left on the fender well and the rear panel where the original wooden floor was, I thought that was the better option. I thought about making louvers to drain any water that got trapped and, like you mentioned with air flow, but we'll see what happens and I'll address any issues as they arise.

-Josh

[Madkidd007]

Originally Posted by dsraven

wondering if your air bag compressor will get hot if not in the open air like factory? run it and see? lots of guys have disabled the air bags and installed the coils back there anyway as the compressor is pretty spendy as well as the air bags if they need replacement at some point. bags get a leak, compressor runs overtime to keep up and then quits entirely. guys get a quote and decide to go coils instead. kit is available apparently. air bag height sensors are a pain to adjust for proper ride height as the system takes a bit to self level and find it's new height. trust me, I have done this before-too high-nope, just too high on the right ot left- too low- grrrr. try not to mess with them and life will be better. haha. maybe a scanner could tell you what the inouts from each sensor are-no scanner in my shop presently.

I can assure you he won’t have overheating issues as that compressor only ran once a week if that and for no more than 5 seconds. The air ride on that works perfect as I’ve already gone through the compressor last year