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Do air ride systems do the same things as hydraulics?

I‘ve been looking just about everywhere I could and I just want a straight answer I want my car to raise and lower and maybe raise a single wheel or just one half of the car like back up and front down and I‘ve been looking at hydraulics systems and some people say that air ride systems do the same thing except with a smoother ride and if they have a smoother ride and do the same thing as hydraulics except smoother and less dangerous that‘s what I want to go with but everyone doesn‘t give a straight answer and that‘s all I want so DO they do the same things? Thanks for any answers that make sense.

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i sort of agree with rogers answer the CHEAP way is rear air shocks air bags are ok for off road vehicles and large vehicles buses/trucks etc.because you will need a bigger BATTERY and a air tank to hold air to pump air bags when you what to start the car and go plus sit longer for air to reach bags best way to go is get the suspension by a specialist i did bit up on rear down on front looks so good cost more but safer and cops leave me alone.
It's probably just your imagination. You'll get used to it.
I don't know : who you have been asking but one is a suspension systems helps your car ride smoother As far as the hydraulics where it twists and torques the frame so one wheel rides higher off the ground? I don't think an air ride suspension can do that. There are other airbag systems which are not exactly suspension but geared more toward the hydraulic aspect. I think part of the problem is you have gotten little bits and pieces from several different products and don't know which one does which understandably so as the technology is ever changing I think you need to find the experts who install the systems you are interested in and figure out what you want. A double pump hydraulic setup where you can raise one wheel off the ground is not cheap and it takes a ton of batteries to keep the system operating. these guys have to plug the car in every night and charge a battery bank because no alternator could pump that much amps that fast. do your research and few if any people on Yahoo answers work on that kind of stuff.

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