RedSeven80

How can you tell? (i searched) I dont have the centre console bits and I cant see any wires near the towers, are they just standard or what?

hIGGI

iTrader: (7)

cars equipped with AAS do have small electric engines on tops of struts, its really easy to notice

RedSeven80

from under the car, or on top of the tower? thanks

torean

open the hood...do i see wires running into the shock rubber covers?....if so then u have aas..if not u have normal stuff

RedSeven80

ok on top then, nice.

RedSeven80

But what does it look like with the motors removed? I have brackets on top and it looks like truck air valves in the centre!?!?

GXLDRE

Sorry if i mooch off your thread but I also have electric suspecsion but I was always currious on how it works and is it good to have them? Thier is two buttons by the shifter that say normal/race i believe.

xtremeskier97

I think it says "Normal/Sport" not Normal/Race.

I never felt the difference in mine or the wife's (back when we had hers) when switching from Normal to Sport. And most people will say the same. When my shocks went out, I just replaced them with KYBs.

torean

hahahaha....normal/race....on my friends MK3 supra it did very little.....i also had one on my GXL before..but the car wasnt road worthy so i never tried it out....my guess is that back in the days...it might have worked....but most ppl now just ditch it completely and get aftermakets

porsche4786

I had that on my GXL, if you swerved back and forth and pressed the button you could almost feel a difference. That was with 50K orig miles too. I took all that off and put kyb agx's on. I heard the replacement shocks for it were like 500 each or something, is that true?

Marcus_F

The theory behind AAS is the same technology that Ferrari uses in the 575M, 456M, and the 360/430 - except their KONIs only have two settings. It's a system that automatically changes the damping rate on the struts and shocks based on three different scenarios. The struts and shocks have three internal settings and two external settings. The settings are soft, firm, and very firm.

If the car is accelerated quickly while driving below 37 MPH, the anti-squat feature kicks in. When the anti-squat feature engages, if the normal button is pressed the front struts and rear shocks will automatically change over from the soft setting to the firm setting. If the sport button is pressed, the front struts and rear shocks will automatically change over from the firm setting to the very firm setting.

AAS also controls is anti-dive. Anti-dive is engaged if someone suddenly jumps on the brakes. When the anti-dive feature engages, if the normal button is pressed the front struts and rear shocks will automatically change over from the soft setting to the firm setting. If the sport button is pressed, the front struts and rear shocks will automatically change over from the firm setting to the very firm setting.

During regular driving, if the normal button is pressed the front struts and rear shocks will be in the soft setting until the car reaches 50 MPH. Above 50 MPH, the front struts will automatically change over to the firm setting, while the rears are left in the soft setting. If the sport button is pressed, the front struts and rear shocks will be in the firm setting until the car reaches 50 MPH. Above 50 MPH, the front struts will automatically change over to the very firm setting, while the rears are left in the firm setting.

The AAS struts are made by KYB (my old ones and the new factory replacements were both stamped as such), and the rear shocks are manufactured by Tokico.

Good to have? If they are the original parts that were shipped with the car back in the crustacean period, then they are probably junk. Any oil that hasn’t leaked has turned to mayonnaise and the seals don't. If you buy brand new AAS struts and shocks they will work just as good as any comparable replacement. The only catch is you have to bring a boat load of cash ($750-800) versus half of that for non-AAS units.

Of course, if you like electronically controlled suspension, there’s always the aftermarket . . . . . .

GXLDRE

LOL tnx guys, I went back to my car I checked and it did say normal/sport. Thats how long i havnt driven the car :P