Any one using Monroe Max air in the rear.

Hi I like to ask if any one are using set of MA 785 in the rear of his speedster. I have bin looking at mangos speedster and he has the max air ma810 at front and air bag in the rear.But I don

i'm running MA756, not 810's

and the rear won't work. save your money (been there and it was a waste)

the rear is too heavy for these shocks. you need to get to ~90PSI to start eh lift in the rear and at that pressure it essentially makes the suspension solid.

i run anywhere from 5 (five) to 120 in the front and lift starts at 25psi (i am using a hybrid torsion bar/air with safe lockout should the air suspension fail)

this should help:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=313075&highlight=air+shocks

and, if you (or anyone else) do wind up going down this route, i'm happy to help provide feedback on setups, etc.

here is a good place to keep an eye on FS air parts. High end compressors come up quite a bit (FS sticky at top):
http://forums.vwvortex.com/forumdisplay.php?1055-Air-Suspension

okay i have bin looking at your set up. I saw this kit in thesamba http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1026531 maybe it is best for me to buy this kit for my car? but my bigest problem in the rear is the space and I

that's not a bad deal - at all.

shocks run ~$150-$175 pair
bags run $50-$75 each (you'll need 2)
tank runs $0 - $150
compressor runs $50-$250
fittings run $30-$75
pressure switch / water traps run $60-$100
lines $20-$50
valves run $25-$50 each (you'll need 2 for front/back, 4 for F/B/S/S)
gauges run $30-$75 each (dual needle's are more)

3 gal tank and that compressor will take a while to fill up, but it looks like there is a pressure switch.

I'm running oil shocks in the rear. i didn't want to sacrifice speed of adjustability for ride quality. oil: slower, but smoother.

Mangosmoothie - I've said it before and I'll say it again....your car is too awesome for words!

thanks, but you caught me at a bad time with that car.

i walk by it every day in the garage up on jackstands collecting dust (and it's been like that since 1/2 way through the summer). i'm starting to resent it.

What's the deal with it?

engine. cam started to round off after ~60kms. i did all the right stuff on assembly (cam lube, etc), used BradPenn oil, but my EDIS ignition coil was intermittently faulty on one side so the rings didnt seat properly - allowing gas to flow past, onto the cam and lifters under #1 & 3 (EDIS has wasted spark concept so it fires on two cylinders at the same time). by the time i caught it and switched to a distributor, the cam had worn a few thou, so i could read the writing on the wall. :-/

i pulled the engine, all new T4 KS bearings ($$$ and hard as hell to find), new rings, new everything, but i put a much hairier cam in it. custom made for me by webcam. Should be fun.

right now i am waiting for 22 quarts of Brad Penn oil to arrive, so i finish it up. the engine is in, fully plumbed - waiting. the extra BP is for my extra 2.1L with true 2L 914 heads. I'm going to see how this cam performs in the car with the compression I've set it at before i get going on that one.

after the engine is broken in, I'm redoing the brakes (santa is (hopefully) bringing me a bubble flair tool so i make my own lines). I have discs up front and drums in the rear and there is too much brakes in the front, so i am adding a proportioning valve to fine tune it. slamming on the brakes without the proportioning valve cause the fronts to lock up way to fast.

back on the topic of air suspension, i added two more valves (have 4 now) for front / back / side to side adjustability, added bigger lines to the bags and a huge one from the tank. another dual needle gauge modded to match.

i didn't go with electric solenoids for valves, but rather manual. they are a slower and harder to route lines for, but i am happy with them.