Front coil to air conversion D2

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Originally Posted by Phat-Customs

I have the Boss 2603 tripple bellow bags in the rear of my D2. They are different to say the least, totally different to the original offering by landrover. I have these coupled with Bilstein 7100 series shocks, and Kings medium duty 2" front. Front is great, rear is... well, it requires some fine tuning.
The upside of being able to adjust ride height doesnt justify itself against the time, effore, and R+D required to make it drive nice. Air reacts totally different to spring-steel, youd be for ever "fiddling" with shocks to get it to feel right.


Cool idea tho, if ur willing to stick it out, go for it!

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If you had your time again, would you have preferred Disco2 factory type rear airbags?

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Originally Posted by Slunnie

If you had your time again, would you have preferred Disco2 factory type rear airbags?

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I have done a bit of research in the last few days, and have decided to re-valve the rear billsteins to accommodate the very progressive nature of the boss airbags.

I think the boss bags, as a whole, are a good product, and will be more reliable than the OEM offerings. As with anything new, trial and error.
Once I fix a few leaks, and tune the shocks to complement the bags I think it will be a good thing, by the time I get it correct, the OEM compressor will probly die, and the whole process will start again.

I have even considered looking into Manual leveling valve setups as found on highway trucks. They are avail with a dump feature, which could be cool, and would be so much less problematic than the electric BS.

http://www.x-eng.co.uk/sproklegromme...sion/index.asp

I have the BOSS bags fitted and I've found them to be be great. Especially when I increase the lift for 4WD. I also have ACE so maybe that helps with on the road driving/feel.

I've had a couple of failures with the standard bags and with 265x75 tyres you can't drive it with a failed bag (one bag was only a couple of months old and failed). BOSS has a 5 year warranty and they seem to be made of much thicker material than the standard bags.

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Originally Posted by Phat-Customs

I have done a bit of research in the last few days, and have decided to re-valve the rear billsteins to accommodate the very progressive nature of the boss airbags.

I think the boss bags, as a whole, are a good product, and will be more reliable than the OEM offerings. As with anything new, trial and error.
Once I fix a few leaks, and tune the shocks to complement the bags I think it will be a good thing, by the time I get it correct, the OEM compressor will probly die, and the whole process will start again.

I have even considered looking into Manual leveling valve setups as found on highway trucks. They are avail with a dump feature, which could be cool, and would be so much less problematic than the electric BS.

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Great insight, thanks for this!