Reply With QuoteThe porsche will only drop from 271mm down to 250mm. It will then stay there unless you go over 160?.
It has five use selectable heights rather then three.
ChatterBox
Giving a lift to a coil sprung vehicle with ESC would have exactly the same issues and lane change testing by the aftermarket industry of numerous vehicles has shown this not to be an issue and remain very stable. In fact many commercial vehicles will spectacularly fail this test.
Fine Dave, it is your choice whether to fit or not. It should also be your choice to engage or not and adjust driving to suit. Most manufacturers allow you switch off the ESC anyway.
It is more dangerous to have low tyre pressures or worn tyres.
The Toerag which is basically the same as the Porche will do 70kph in off-road height.
The normal road height of the D3 is too low for deeply rutted tracks where you have to travel long distances (some have suffered severe underside damage). Off road height gives better clearance than most 4x4s but something in between is what is needed. In most situations you can adjust your driving to suit but there are some situations where it is not desirable or practical. This is the gap in the D3s ability to be an outback tourer and where some will go for a coil sprung Jap one instead.
It is a matter of marketing. Vehicles are tested for only those speeds which suit the product to the main markets. This is only an issue in Oz and SA and we are too small a market for them to bother.
ChatterBox
The porsche will only drop from 271mm down to 250mm. It will then stay there unless you go over 160?.
It has five use selectable heights rather then three.
ChatterBox
I can't edit my post so I'll correct it here.
The Porsche has 6 height settings of which one is not user selectable.
Loading is 161mm - only available when stationary
L2 is 181mm - automatically lowers to this over 210kph (not user selectable)
L1 is 191mm - automatically lowers to this over 120kph
Normal is 215mm
H1 is 241mm - automatically lowers to Normal over 80kph
H2 is 271mm - automatically lowers to H1 over 30kph
So there you go!
Wizard
One thing I learned on the weekend is that apparently if you flick up the suspension switch when you hear the I'm about to lower bong, it will suspend the lower for a period of time (not sure how long).
This can help if you are running up to a dune, or getting a run up to the soft sand when entering or leaving a beach.
still doesn't help if you need to do a long distnace in soft sand though.
TopicToaster
I did a test some time ago re extended mode. Lowered the car onto the jack to invoked extended mode, the drove slowly around the block. As long as I stayed under 8kph(?) it stayed in that mode. I could drive faster than this but had to drop below 8kph within each 45 second window to keep the mode active.
ChatterBox
In an emergency, you can pull the EAS fuse to prevent changes. You won't have any cross-axle valving though - not that you have much articulation at that height anyway.Originally Posted by WhiteD3
Cheers,
Gordon
Fossicker
So If we want to stay in off-road height when driving down the beach through rutted sand, we pull out the EAS fuse and it won't lower? Trying not to get excited as I may not be getting that right?
ChatterBox
Yes, but it generates fault codes, do it too often and it may drop.
ChatterBox
As CaverD3 said it generates quite a few fault codes, and you could lose your TR. As I mentioned - "in an emergency", eg deep fording, rock climbing etc.
Cheers,
Gordon
Fossicker
Having manually selected high suspension mode I turned off and pulled the 20A compressor fuse. Was forced to find this solution on a Birdsville trip. Stayed at high no matter what all programs could be selected and only got the warning alarms when crossing the speed threshholds etc - drove for Kms without problem and tuned the tones out after a while.
PS that was standard high mode not extended
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