have shaped our world.
That is super aggressive statement.
Okay, it was pretty, one man might say in 2010, "Epic" okay.
But it's still true which by the way,
just thought we'd let you know
that we actually partnered with Airlift
to do an Airlift kit giveaway.
You can actually pick up one of these giveaways.
Every $5 gives you an automatic entry
into win a full Airlift performance kit.
We got a windbreaker, a shirt I think and a sweatshirt.
The hoodie is hella dope, okay.
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Which by the way, how's the builds going?
Stop ignoring it and finish it.
Hot dog like your home right now.
Now is a fantastic time if you are stuck at home,
and you're not dealing in the central business,
which is very confusing for some people.
You should be out working on that build,
or at least pretending like you're working on that build.
Because if you haven't gotten your wheels,
tires and suspension from us,
first off, you should, but second off,
you should probably install that, okay.
All sorts of good stuff going on right now.
Taking a look back at air suspension,
we always just have a tendency to think about slammed cars.
If we start looking a little bit before that,
we start thinking about all the things
that came with slam cars, like low riders and lower trucks
and Suicide Boys tracks and Tik Toks
with the same exact song.
But in all honesty, the technology that exists
around air suspension is pretty (beeping).
I mean, you take it back all the way
like a couple two, three years ago,
which was actually about 70.
But who's counting, is that there's a company called
Air Lift that made a product that was a rubber air spring.
That was essentially inserted into a car's factory
coil spring and what that allows it to do
is essentially lift and decrease lift over time.
Whatever you wanted it to be at,
it was an adjustable way to monitor suspension.
And it worked extremely well way back then.
And you can look at all the history of Airlift
in our airlift history video,
but NASCAR took hold of it and use it
to tune their team suspension.
And by the 60s, it was damn near the thing you use
if you wanted to win.
And in the 60s, the technology moved over
to the pickup truck suspension to help carry heavy loads.
But, I mean, whatever.
The 60s started to see it being used for ways
to carry different sort of equipment,
carry weight and things like that
versus just fine tuning suspension
to stay planted on the ground.
And in the 80s the product truly really began to shine.
Because you see Airlift made a product
that was relatively in genius.
It was something that even Airlift was like,
"Damn, this is pretty neat."
Not trying to give anyone a big ego but it became clear
that this thing, the adjustable airbags, and the airlift
or springs that they were making
could be applicable to just about anything
and that's exactly what really started to happen in the 80s.
What you'd see is the Helper Springs, the bags
and other like Airlift tech that was being produced
wasn't just being built for like low riders and NASCAR,
but it was starting being built for ambulances,
Coke machines, tractor seats,
pretty much anything that needed an absorbable air
pressurized system to control something
for either the need of the consumer
or for something about safety.
The technology and ideology around the product grew
even more so with people taking the ideas
of pressurized rubber bags,
that was paired with like a compressor of some kind
to assist in furthering Safety Systems around the world.
I mean, Airlift pretty much laid the framework to the idea
and a product that would be taken out into the world
and implemented in all sorts of businesses.
And it was something that Airlift kind of started
and people really started to see how viable
the idea really was.
Now, we got to be careful because of a gallery
and when people say where certain products came from
and that knows their idea or was their idea,
but really when you take a look back,
Airlift was one of the first in the business
for all things pressurized air and springs and backs.
This tech was used in businesses
for building supports, for earthquakes.
It's been used in vending machines, for rocking them,
when your 12 year old self in sixth grade
just really wanted to get a second bag of guard dedos.
Like these were the technologies that were being used
that ultimately were pretty much meant to just help a car
get around the circle.
Emergency vehicles use air suspension
staple systems constantly.
For like ambulances, for fire trucks, for safety vehicles,
and pretty much anything else that is meant
to support the world.
Okay, you'd even have them on off road support trucks
for all sorts of situations, to climb over things
and help get to people that were in trouble.
You see that over in the west coast in California
because people believe that they're just Tarzan
and they can just go into the wild and not get hurt.
For some reason, it's just a thing.
I just see it happen all the time.
The technology that started out as nothing more than a way
to give racers a competitive advantage
turned into the product that was used
across all styles of industries.
Systems, emergency scenarios and more.
And even though it's now used to look,
pretty much make a G35 looks really good,
it's now used for a whole lot more than that.
A good chunk of those ideas and a good chunk
of that product development.
And the ingenuity came initially from Airlift's product
way back in the 50s.
And there's a ton of history on Airlift performance
and what they did to make everything work.
There jumped into Airlift performance in the 80s
in the low riders to the stance seen in the 2000s
to everything before that in terms of NASCAR, drag car,
autocross, off road and everything in between.
and then although they're used
in just tractor seats right now,
there's so many like different neat little bags
and things that are used that came
from Airlift's original technology
that are super (beep) cool.
I mean, really, the tractor seats are pretty cool.
They're like neat little bags
for keeping the Toshi comfy during the warm days
of picking stones and pulling teats but you know,
it shares God got sandals,
this shirt beats fighting dudes with treasure trails.
So, what do you think about air suspension?
Let us know below and if you're looking
for aftermarket wheels, tires or suspension,
be sure to hit us up over at fitmentindustries.com.
And if you're looking to be a part of the giveaway
with Airlift performance to get a free Airlift kit,
you can actually check the description link below.
We have the windbreaker, the T-shirt and the sweatshirt.
Every $5 gets you an automatic entry and we'll be making
a donation with that as well.
Which is absolutely awesome.
I Alex from Fitment Industries
and we will see you later, peace.