How to Have an Air Bag Installed

If you plan to lower your car, you want a better ride, or you tow a lot, you may want to look into adding air bags to your suspension system.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Air Bags
• Car Parts

Before You Shop

1. Decide what you want the air bags for: towing, ride assistance or height adjustment.
2. Decide on some brands you want to check out. You can educate yourself about air bag brands via specialty car magazines.

Finding a Shop

3. Attend car shows. In many cases, owners of show cars added air bags when they lowered their cars.
4. Check the appropriate magazines, such as Lowrider, Truckin', and Super Chevy.
5. Check the Yellow Pages.
6. Choose three to four shops you can investigate.

At the Shop

7. Find out what brands of air bag the shop carries. Do you recognize the brand?
8. Ask to see work that the shop has done. Most competent shops have a photo album displaying their work. Look at the photos and ask the salesperson to explain the procedure shown in the photographs.
9. Ask how long the shop has been in business.
10. Ask about guarantees and warranties. Good shops will have a warranty on parts and a lifetime guarantee on labor.
11. Choose the shop where you are most comfortable.