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| Air Bags (vs. Hydraulics) |
Hydraulics (vs. Air Bags) |
PROS
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CONS |
PROS |
CONS |
Air bags react much faster than a traditional hydraulic suspension. |
With Air bags there is no coil springs to gain hopping momentum. |
Hydraulics can gain massive hopping action from the use of a coil spring. |
Hydraulic pumps require periodic maintance to insure a long life. |
Air bags have the ability to flip the vehicle on its side in one hit of the switch |
Air bags can blow over periods of time due to the extreme pressure. |
Hydraulics are fully self contained and do not require any external parts |
Hydraulic o-rings in the system can fail over periods of time. |
Air bags do not require that you charge any batteries or mess with hydraulic fluid. |
Compressed air bottles have to be re-filled frequently. |
Hydraulics can typically hop or dance for a much longer period of time without stopping |
Hydraulics Require you to charge the batteries often for maximum power. |
So to answer this question: "what
is better for your vehicle, Air or Hydraulic?" The
answer to that quesion is easy:
It just depends on what the owner wants to deal with.
As you can see in this article both of these vehicles power sources are from very different worlds.
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