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Old May 16, 2012 | 10:23 AM
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Does anyone make an air lift for the front suspension. It would be nice to be able to raise the front a couple of inches going into driveways and over speed bumps. As it is, the ants duck when I pass over them.
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Old May 16, 2012 | 11:21 AM
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Don't know but that would be a pretty extreme mod to do just to go in and out of the driveway. If it's just the lower aid dam scraping it doesn't hurt anything.
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Old May 16, 2012 | 11:48 AM
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Pratt and miller did it with a secial setup from arvin meritor. It added a ton of weight to the suspension though
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Old May 16, 2012 | 12:01 PM
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scrapeing there is pretty common
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I've done a lot of looking on the internet and found nothing. Scrape it is I guess and thanks for the comments.
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I'm sure with enough time and money the whole car could be outfitted with a ridetech suspension. Other than mounting the compressor/tank; its not much more involved than a coilover setup.
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http://www.katechengines.com/street_..._12-07%291.pdf

article on the system

car is the C6 RS

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More info http://prattmiller.com/news.php?NewsID=526
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Just approach all bumps at an angle as it helps a bit. I take speed bumps at almost a 45* angle and I still scrape from time to time.
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