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From: 44735600@sdccsu3.UUCP (Brian Donnelly)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: AIR SHOCKS - PRO OR CON?
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Date: Tue, 8-May-84 23:30:25 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  8 23:30:25 1984
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In my opinion, air shocks should only be considered if you are going to
be loading up the car more than it was originally designed for.  If you
want to tilt up the rear for looks, air shocks will work, but you will
probably have longer stopping distances because the front brakes will
have more load on them than usual, and the back brakes will have less.
This can translate into some unpleasant surprises (like massive
oversteer) if you slam on the brakes too hard with this set up.  My
vote: for carrying a bigger load, yes.  For neat looks, no.

					  Brian Donnelly