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A good portion of our business deals with air suspension, specifically the kind made for custom cars, trucks and SUVs. When something new comes along, we learn as much as we can about it by trying it out and putting the product through its paces. It’s how we learn what works and what doesn’t.
But we’ve also discovered that sometimes new ideas for custom vehicles come from new products for stock ones. And that trickle-down effect can produce some interesting results.
With that in mind, let’s see what’s new and upcoming in air suspension technology.
AI-Powered Suspension
Look, we could go off for a solid four hours about how “AI” as we know it via LLMs like ChatGPT are different than the kind of AI that most computers run, and how it’s all basically marketing. But we’re not going to do that here. Instead, let’s talk about how predictive driving is becoming a thing.
Mercedes-Benz offers E-Active Body Control, which, admittedly, has nothing to do with air suspension. What it does is use a series of sensors and cameras to sense bumps in the road — even upcoming ones — and then adjust the suspension to accommodate. It also can dynamically adjust based on how you’re driving. Pretty neat, right?
Now let’s consider how this could work with air suspension. With the proper sensors and cameras, it could function the exact same way and lift the vehicle up or down to accommodate bumps. Imagine how great that would be for driveways or potholes. Is it likely to hit our shelves? Probably not, but who knows, right?
Vehicle-Specific Height Sensors
There are a lot of cars, trucks and SUVs that use air suspension from the factory, and some of them use height sensors to dynamically adjust as you drive. Arnott Industries, the company that purchased Accuair, offers ride height sensor replacements for specific vehicles. This way if you own one of these cars and the sensor fails, you can replace it with one from Arnott.
At first, we would place money on this not coming to the air suspension world. Why would they shift from a universal fitment on an e-Level+ setup to something vehicle specific? And yet, we offer Accuair kits for certain models of Jeep, which means Arnott does have at least some interest in that area. Could it be coming to other vehicles? We’ll have to wait and see.
We’re not psychic
Sure, we can’t predict the future, but we do know is when something new does come in, we’re going to put it through the wringer to see what we can do with it. If you’re looking to add air suspension to your vehicle, stop by, give us a call or hit us up on social. Let’s figure out how we can take your ride into the future.
