Customer Reviews

AIR LIFT 60740 1000 Series Rear Air Spring Kit

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Over all, I would recommend this product. The installation took me about 2 hours. However the most tedious part of the install (for me) was getting the rear of Pilot jacked up high enough so both wheels are off the ground, my 4 ton floor jack would not raise it high enough, I had to use the Pilot's jack as well as one from my CR-V. Also worth mentioning, the picture of this product is bit misleading, for the Pilot. The bags are much more swat (shorter and fatter).

Here are few tips for installation:

1.) Do not try to install with the wheels still on, there is just not enough room
2.) The removal of the bump stop was actually quite easy; I used a cheap serrated knife I bought for $2.00 for projects (my wife would kill me if I used her good knives.
3.) When it comes to drill the 3/4" hole in the lower control arm, use a hole saw bit attached to my drill. I bought one at the local hardware store for under $8.00
4.) The straps they give you to install the heat shield are way too long but you cannot cut them. I was able to wrap them around twice around the exhaust pipe.
5.) I decided to install separate valves for each bag so one bag could not feed the other in case on side was over-compressed.

Results:
(TIP - pump up the bags before you put the load on the vehicle)
When towing our pop-up camper, the rear would sag about 3 to 4 inches, it's a heavy pop-up at around 3100 pounds. With the air bags at about 32 PSI, the rear only sags about 1 inch. On my next trip I'm going to try 35 PSI and see what the results are. I was hoping for no sag what so ever but hopefully more PSI and shift more weight to the rear will improve the sag.

We've been towing a large pop-up for two years with our 2000 Honda Odyssey, and by the time we had our 4 kids and all our gear in the camper and van, the van was squatting pretty low. We installed the Air Lift springs and towed the camper that weekend over 500 miles, and the springs made a big difference in vehicle handling, especially on the highway. They were sufficient to keep the rear end at normal height even under load, and ride well even on rough roads.

Installation tips:
- Installing the fill valve behind the fuel door makes checking pressure and adding air very convenient.
- The Odyssey has a tubular frame member between the back wheels which worked very nicely for running the air hose between the springs. This eliminated the need for the heat shield on the exhaust pipe.
- Toughest part of the install is cutting off the rubber bumper inside the coil spring. I recommend taking it off in slices, which allows you to pull the pieces out from inside the spring. Otherwise, you have to cut the bumper in pieces after you cut it off, which is very difficult.

I bought these for a Honda Odyssey to help in pulling a camper , as well as carrying plywood/drywall.

Honestly I'm not sure I noticed a huge difference with the camper but it was very noticeable recently when I carried 15 boxes of granite tile. The van was perfectly level - so much so in fact I didn't notice the strain I had on my rear tires resulting in a flat when I luckily got home.

As far as ride is concerned, you're supposed to keep them between 5 psi and 35 psi. I'm too lazy to go back and forth so I just kept them at 30 psi. I never noticed a bouncy feel in the back of my van when I drove it.

installation - well it wasm't too bad if you started out thinking it was going to be horrible. The kit itself is easy enough but prepping the car is a huge pain.

They provide specific instructions for cars, and in my case I had to cut a rubber "cap" (not the correct word but a dense rubber piece designed to keep the axle from bottoming out on the springs. That involves jacking up the car, taking the wheel off, and then finding something to cut about 3/4 of the rubber piece off flat inside of springs that are angled. I used a sawzall, a serrated kitchen knife and finally wd40 and a small keyhole saw. This was very time consuming and took multiple efforts, not to mention the nerve wracking approach to cutting a piece off your car that is pretty vital to its normal driving.

Next you need to drill a 3/4 or 1 inch hold into the base cap of the spring. This required me to jack the van up as high as a could and use an electric drill with a high dollar drill bit (an additional $20) along with a file to dull the edges of the hole.

After that you have to take a dull brake tool or some other piece of long metal that doesn't have a sharp end (no flat screwdriver) and shove the rubber air lift in between the springs and then contort it until it is naturally vertical in the spring with the nipple poking thru the hole you just drilled.

From this point on its pretty easy to finish up. Decide where you want the air stems mounted. I chose next to the gas cap, drill holes and mount the valve stems, run the air hose to the lift, use zip ties to mount to the bottom of your vehicle and you're good to go. Getting the air hose connected to the lift nipple with a clip is a little tricky with needle nose pliers.

Installation took me about 3 hours with a couple of breaks between to curse at cutting the rubber stop.

I needed to raise the rear end of my Odyssey for towing and these did the job. Not sure how long they'll last though. Took my mechanic 3 plus hours to install.

I installed these in our Honda Odyssey for when we pull a pop-up camper and they work great. The install wasn't that bad but does take some time, you can find directions at [...]

We have a 2002 Honda Odyssey Mini Van. Great Van....just needed a little help with rear sag / leveling and handling with a full load of kids, 4 bikes on hitch mounted Thule bike rack and Thule Atlantis roof carrier. We purchased the Air Lift 1000 Air Spring kit model 60740 (for the 2002 Odyssey)from Amazon. Great Service. We went to Four Wheel Parts at 3383 NW 167St in Miami for Installation. They were also fantastic!. In and out in under 3 hours with air valves neatly installed inside the fuel filler door, the air lines running in the hollow frame tube in the rear suspension. All in all, this is a fantastic solution for leveling the vehicle out and providing stability. Great stuff. Very impressed.

Simple looking to install but in the middle of CT winter I wasn't crawling under my car in the driveway. It cost $140 to have my mechanic install it. So far very good, loaded car with kids, skiis, and other stuff and noticed that the normal dip in the rear end wasn't there. Big ski trip in a few weeks with roof box will be the real test. So far very satisfied.

The kit has everything needed including easy to follow instructions.

I had to get my Honda Odyssey jacked up pretty high to drill the holes in the bottom of the spring brackets. I would highly recommend having a good set of jack stands for this installation. I took my time and it took me just under 2 hours to complete the installation.

I also had to buy a better pressure gauge to set up the right pressure for normal operation (8-10 psi) and then up to 30 psi for when I'm towing my popup tent trailer.

Before the installation my van was dropping almost 3 inches with the popup hitched, but now it rides level when towing. Will recommend to friends that also have vans with soft rear suspension when needing to tow a heavy load.

I need to get something to help out the rear suspension of our '00 Honda Odyssey. It was going to have to haul 6 men and their golf clubs 6 hours one way for an outing. I knew that we'd be riding on the frame otherwise and these had gotten good reviews so I tried them.
Installation was made easier from the instructions I'd found on the Odyssey forum and it took me approximately 5 hours to get them totally installed. The only issue I had was the hole to be drilled in the bottom swing arm never came out centered like I would have liked. They provide a template but it is hard to center itself because of the design of the swing arm. It worked though. I've had them on for a couple months now and it hasn't lost any air. I set the bags at 25psi for that trip and it road great. For around town with our 4 small kids I keep it at 10psi.
Defintely a good addition to a minivan.

I installed this product on my 2004 Honda Odyssey. It took about 4 hours to do it according to instructions. The instructions were well written with good photos. I also decided to surround the air lines with 12 feet of 5/16" fuel hose I bought at local auto parts store, to protect the air lines from kinks and/or objects from road. I mounted a line to each air bag individually and placed the valve stems inside the fuel door compartment.

I am very satisifed with the purchase through Amazon, the product itself, and great improvement in the handling of my van!