Today we are talking about the 3P/3H Air Lift controller. We will break down a couple of the different things: how to use it, how to access the menu settings, and how to set your presets. This management is by far the most popular choice when picking up air suspension, and it can be kind of tricky at first. We are here to help! Get the most out of your management system.
How Do I Work My Air Lift 3P or 3H Management?
First things first, let's go over the layout of the controller. On the sides, you'll see the up and down button for each individual corner. There is an "All-Up" and "All-Down" button, and you get five customizable preset options, currently. Since you've just plugged in your system for the first time, you may notice that the preset buttons are not going to work. That's because you need to calibrate the system.
How Do I Calibrate My Air Lift 3P or 3H Management?
To calibrate your 3P or 3H management system, you will need to press the top and the middle Air Lift buttons simultaneously. Then, go down and click "Calibration," and follow the directions on the screen and let it run through the steps.
How Do I Change My Air Compressor Settings?
To change the air compressor settings on your 3P or 3H management system, scroll down to "Setup" then "Compressor," and the first thing that we recommend is that you go and set your max pressure for your tank. If your vehicle requires over 100 PSI in the bags, we do recommend upping the tank pressure to 200 PSI-if your tank is rated for it. Once you input this into the remote, it will now automatically fill to this setting each time your compressors run.
How To Rise On Start - Air Suspension
You may have wondered how all the cool kids are able to rise on start with their Air Lift 3P or 3H management. This is one of the fun settings that makes air ride so cool. To have your air ride rise on start, go into "Operation," click "Rise on Start," and make sure that it's set to "on"; this means that when you turn your vehicle on, it will air up to your ride height.
How Do I Change My Minimum Driving Height?
A setting on your 3P or 3H management controller that may be very helpful is updating your minimum driving height. Changing your minimum drive height is helpful if you're ever letting someone else drive your vehicle; you can use it to set a minimum pressure that your vehicle can air out to while moving. This can keep your car and its suspension safe when your hooligan friends take it for a joy ride. To set this, go to "Operation" and then "Min Driving Height" and set the PSI to your liking.
Air Lift 3H Height Mode
When running the 3H system (our personal favorite), you will want to change your reading from pressure mode to height mode to put those sensors to use and get a more accurate reading. To do this, head to the "Operation" menu and hit "Pressure/Height" mode, where you can swap from a pressure-based readout to a height-based readout.
Air Suspension All-Up Button
How do I select an All-Up button on my 3P or 3H Air Lift management? Easy, go into "Display," then move down to "All Up Button," and here's where you can change the top button to either raise the entire vehicle up or just act as a front lift. Or, if you'd really like to customize it, you can set it as a preset. We like to use it as an all-up button for when you need it, i.e., speed bumps and steep driveways, etc.
Air Suspension All-Down Button
How do I select an All-Down button on my 3P or 3H Air Lift management? All you need to do is go into the "Display" menu, then move down to the "All-Down Button." This is where you can choose to have this button be an all-down button, just a front-down button, a preset, or an air-out button. The choice is yours.
PSI VS. Bar
If you would rather read out your measurements in bar than PSI on your controller, this can be changed as well. Remember 1 bar = about 14.5 PSI. PSI is a more common choice in America. If you'd like to change your measurement to bar in your system, you can do so under "Display" and then "Units," and this is where you can switch from PSI to bar.
How Do I Set My Air Lift 3P or 3H Presets?
Listen up because this is the part that everyone is always wondering about. How do I set my 3P or 3H presets? Presets are exactly what they sound like; height-based or pressure-based settings that you set prior. These are the most important part of your air ride system, and it's very important to make sure that these are set correctly. Let's start with what you want to set for each button: the top preset button will be your highest ride pressure. Think of this as a speed bump button. The "Air Lift" button is going to be set as your basic ride height, not too high, not too low, and the low button is going to be set as your roller preset. Think of this as if you're going to go out and take photos. This is the lowest you want your car to look; you don't want to drive everywhere on it, but it looks pretty cool.
What you're going to need to do is manually air the car to the desired height. So, if you go to your high-ride height preset, you need to manually air the car up to the highest you'd like to go. Then, once you've reached the desired pressures or height, press and hold the selected preset button. These are going to go green and what you can do is adjust while you're in there, if you'd like to. Or, if everything looks good, just press and hold the preset button, and it'll say saved, and that's it! Next, repeat the process with your low-ride height and your regular-ride height, and you're going to be all set and ready to rock.
So, that covers the basics of using your Air Lift 3P or 3H controller. As always, if you have any other questions, hit us up at (844)404-7344 or shoot us an email at sales@bagriders.com. Our hours are M-F, 9 AM to 6 PM Eastern Time.
