The best way for me to put it; look at it like a coilover set up with a spring. Except you can change the spring rate on the fly (PSI inside the bag). The damper has rebound and compression adjustments just like the coilovers do so to answer your question....yes they do have a rebound adjustment.

When we did the R&D on this kit I installed them into our GS400. I was very curious to see how they would handle as I've ridden in a bagged car many times before and it was very stiff and unresponsive. We had our coilovers on it before the bags and honestly, the air bags at full PSI (about 165psi) were quite a bit stiffer than the coilovers (with a 13K 8K spring rate). The shocks felt under damped and the car felt like it was on air (go figure). When the pressure dropped in the bags to down around 110 psi, the car felt and responded almost exactly like it did with the coilovers, with minimal body roll and a nice responsive feel. I was pleasantly surprised at how they felt and handled. When it was lower in pressure for freeway cruising (95psi) the car felt like a cadillac on stock suspension (relatively speaking), absorbed the road well and was actually comfortable. I hope this can give you a little insight as to how they ride.

Modified by BRosa at 9:45 AM 3/5/2009

FWIW, the bagged suspension buildup is part X:

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That was the old hood (the one that hit my skull at 80mph).

New one is Origin.

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Oh yeah. I forgot that you tried to kill our NICO model with your hood that day.

Drilled me and Amanda at 80mph. Shattered the windshield, bent the windshield header frame, knocked us both out for a sec, and I still managed (miracle) to get us to the side of the road safely.

Drivers behind us said it looked like an explosion (white *poof*). I thought I'd been shot. Very, very surreal.

About a month ago , I went to a 240 meet and the hood came off of this dudes car... Why does this seem to happen to the kids who make it turbo?

I'm glad you survived because the car looks really nice.

I'm guessing in both cases there were no hood pins installed?

ouch, hood hitting you @ 80mph, sorry to hear that Greg.

Have known a few people with CF hoods and no pins to have them fly up, including my coupe (to the previous owner). Definately hood pins for me.

I was using the OEM latch, which is sufficient for a good CF hood like the VIS.

However, during a photoshoot (the "famous" one, you've seen it), the photographers popped the hood (I didn't know) and they didn't latch it.

The downforce kept it in place up to 80. Apparently, beyond that, the air pressure underhood from the front bumper ducting is sufficient to overcome that force.

There was some unevenness from left to right, and the drop wasn't as much as I'd like.

So, here she is now, at ALMOST full-drop. I need to do some trimming of the wheelwells in the rear to get the complete drop.

my car looks like a 4x4 now compared to that, haha.

I still need to fine-tune the spacing... I'm running some 15mm in the rear and 10mm in front (to get the wheel away from the coilover).

Need to cut the fenders more in the rear, and do some hammering in the upper inner fenderwell up front, and she'll drop another 1.5"... Which puts the skidplate and the exhaust on the pavement.

Will do. Might get cracking on it this weekend.

is it because the bag is t big and is giving you back spacing problems?

that camber is gorgeous i think

car is gorgeous

what motor do you have in there?

Well, with a stock hood, my TB was ABOVE the level of the hood. I cut a hole THROUGH the hood to clear it... Miserable process.

The current hood does NOT offer more clearance, even tho it looks like it should - The bracing is in the same location.

Dropping the engine deeper in the cradle presented other problems, namely oil pan clearance. I fabbed a beefy skidplate that should take a direct hit pretty well... Either way, the engine sits LOW.

Greg, is there a 2nd "vent" behind the hood allowing air to escape. I notice it's flared up, but for the life of me cannot find any good pictures showing how much venting there is w/ the hood down. Ambient temps are particular ridiculous in my car after some hard laps - been looking for something w/ a rear flare that's not "too" crazy.

does the origin have a similar rear vent like this (or bigger) - very rear vent:

QV - The Origin does have that vent.

Fully vented going ALL the way back venting wise for maximum lift reduction... and cooling.

I got a BN blister kit a while back (still not fitted just test fitted) and I need a vented hood... the BN blister hood is pretty nice how it fits the original kit though:

Except I'd want more vents for more lift reduction... some of these things have super tiny holes and just have the elevated vent look/'style'.

selling:
Flywheel-
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zer...58359
Brakes-
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=458664
Seats-
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=459344
Turbo
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zer...d=227

I have this ALTITUDE

but I still really like your setup! Air Ride better be an excuse to drive at a lower ride height and not to just park really low and drive only kinda sorta 1 inch lower than stock...

irax, as soon as I get the camber adjustment sorted, and re-cut my fenderwells the right way, I will be able to drive at ALMOST full-drop.

Not that I would, but it's nice to have the option.

this is perfectly acceptable ride height.