Throwing out the springs, fitting EAS to a Disco...

[flat4]

There will be some people who will be questioning my sanity at this point...

Has anybody on the list fitted some nice long airbags with the stock EAS computer?

Just thinking out loud at the moment, but my springs and shocks are very tired and whilst I've got it jacked up I may as well look at the options.

It's a 93 Disco BTW.

Cheers, Steve

[landy_man]

there are some blokes in the U.K. I remember reading about....they were playing around with different airbags off trucks etc. and were getting good results. i can't remember where I saw it...... do a search on google or perhaps yahoo.co.uk for more british specific search results

[Strange Rover]

IMO airbags are very good for on road driving and totally crap for off road because the spring rates are too soft (and then too hard on the limit as the bag ramps up onto its cone)

I used to think airbags would be great off road but I have learnt some since then and seen the light.

Sam

[wilsby]

Not done it yet, but despite all advice against it, I plan on doing this to my Rangie P38A. I think the trick is to set them up so that off road ride height is where they are still fairly stiff, and then use the great progressivity to get a lot of downtravel. It is also possible to trick the system and have an extra high position for wading etc, and them let them down again for side slopes etc. If youre really into it, you could trick them individually to manually control body lean.

It is pretty standard to use air springs in the Swedish formula offroad scene, so I don't think they are universally bad, but choice of dampers is important.

[lowbox]

there are some blokes in the U.K. I remember reading about....they were playing around with different airbags off trucks etc. and were getting good results. i can't remember where I saw it...... do a search on google or perhaps yahoo.co.uk for more british specific search results

http://www.air-suspension.co.uk/

[HSV Rangie]

Do a search though 4x4 monthly mags.

There is a guy inQLD who fitted air bags into a RR classic.
Manual control over the air bags to.

Michael.