Thread: EAS suspension gone, Yay!!

a few pics.

I did the rear springs the other weekend and the front ones on Sat

good on ya but just a word of warning /from now on you will not get a sore neck anymore constantly looking at your dash light to see if its pumped up yet .
enjoy your coils , i do on mine .
ps if car doesent look level , put a spacer ring under the coil to level it up with the others / only other thing to watch out for after done .

I have the issues with air suspension and decided to convert to a manual air setup - was costly, but have retained the benifits of the air suspension, softer ride, lowers and raises and allows for level adjustment to ride and or individual settings for each corner.....the cost was high and now that I know how simple the system is, could have done quicker and cheaper, by simply taking the airline from each bag and locating them directly to a central location in the engine bay, fix the the lines to a bracket and attached tyre valves...simple to inflate / deflate, mine has been done with using incabin valve control, added air tank and onboard air pumps.
So far so good and no electroncis that have plagued the system in the past.
Alltrans

Originally Posted by rofosixone

good on ya but just a word of warning /from now on you will not get a sore neck anymore constantly looking at your dash light to see if its pumped up yet .
enjoy your coils , i do on mine .
ps if car doesent look level , put a spacer ring under the coil to level it up with the others / only other thing to watch out for after done .

haha, never did see any eas warning lights up on the dash lol. My driveway isn't quite level so I can't say for sure if it's level, but I'll keep in mind about the spacers. I will re-register it soon once I put another motor in it so things will change when it gets driven around abit no doubt. I'm a little worried about the springs I got. 190lb for front and 240lb for rear. ride may be a little harsh. I was also thinking of getting some adjustable Rancho shocks.

Originally Posted by alltrans

I have the issues with air suspension and decided to convert to a manual air setup - was costly, but have retained the benifits of the air suspension, softer ride, lowers and raises and allows for level adjustment to ride and or individual settings for each corner.....the cost was high and now that I know how simple the system is, could have done quicker and cheaper, by simply taking the airline from each bag and locating them directly to a central location in the engine bay, fix the the lines to a bracket and attached tyre valves...simple to inflate / deflate, mine has been done with using incabin valve control, added air tank and onboard air pumps.
So far so good and no electroncis that have plagued the system in the past.
Alltrans

I was also thinking of doing this, but I think the coil option suited me a little better, cheaper and a tad more reliable out in the bush. I don't know about the ride being softer on air, I remember my dads 74 being really soft and thought the 93 was a bit firm for my liking, but there a lot of variables eg shock combos etc But yes air suspension is superior for load levelling.

cheers

Originally Posted by milld

I don't know about the ride being softer on air, I remember my dads 74 being really soft and thought the 93 was a bit firm for my liking, but there a lot of variables eg shock combos etc But yes air suspension is superior for load levelling.

Generally it is the shocks more than the springs that give the firmness feeling. I've been playing around with various shocks on my P38 Rangie. Bilsteins are too firm, OE Boges are pretty damn good, Tough Dog adjustables were too soft even on firmest settings. Boss adjustables are really good so far... then again, I run Air Suspension and wouldn't ever change to coils so it is not a fair comparison
Cheers, Paul.

190lb for front and 240lb for rear

Considering that the standard front rate is 133Lb inch you have increased the rate by about 40%. Generally 160 lb per inch is considered a good compromise and is the rate of the RRC factory HD suspension. They use standard rear springs from a coil RRC which are 160Lb.

Seeing you do not have a load leveller 200-220 is what is used in Disco, but I would probably go 180 Lb and add air bags.

You will have a very jiggly/harsh ride at low speed and this will also depend on the shocks you fit.
Regards Philip A

I've got Biltsteins all round so that would explain why it was stiff with the air. I guess I would need more of a soft shock for my setup, that's why I was thinking of an adjustable shock like the Rancho, but looks like Boss may be another good one. I was also told that even though the big blue springs are rated higher they still ride quite soft. The trick is to get it right the first time without spending too much