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    Just folllowing on from Slunnies airbag suggestion, it seems there are a few distributors of essentially the same Firestone system. The nearest to me is
    http://www.allair.com.au/index.htm

    What's more there are kits for
    - Defenders,
    - Discos & Rangies,
    - & Discos/Rangies with a 2" lift

    http://www.airbagman.com.au/Light%20...AirbagApps.pdf

    I'll go & talk to them next week. It'll take a mix&match for me though. If I can't get enough lift from their Defender kits, it might be worthwhile converting the rear coils back to Disco/Rangie size, & getting some very soft rate coils made by Lovells or someone.

    Stay tuned!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MacMan View Post
    1) One of these:



    2) Peugeot hatch of some sort?

    3) Am I the only one to notice this:



    There's a car called a small Vulva? Sounds like a euphemism for anything Mitsubishi made with an Astron 2.6!
    Euphemism for Volvo because they were a c**t of a car.
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    Max
    You can get a PRB with the ford duratec out of the Focus or a Vtec Honda. The 4ag out of the Corolla woundn't get registered anymore due to emissions.

    The airbag option for Tusker, yes it may solve the carpark issues but may be a different story doing what it does best, would they handle the fun wheels and some of the tracks you like to traverse?

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    Dunno..

    Reading up on a few sites, the travel is still intended to be limited by the shocks. Longer travel is apparently possible than with ordinary coils.

    I'm hopeful I can duplicate the current setup.

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    Max, can we assume for taxation reasons, that this would be a new car, not used?

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    self inflating/deflating system on the tyres on tusker with staun internal beadlocks inside.
    problem solved!
    or there's that mustang place just down the road from alto's workshop at artarmon
    LAND ROVER;
    HELPING PUT OIL BACK IN THE GROUND FOR 70 YEARS
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    How much do you want to spend? Do you have to carry more than two people?

    I would be going:

    1. new Renault Clio Sport or try and grab one of the last RenaultSport Clio Trophies -- absolute hoot of a car and will not break the bank. Forget the Focus (sorry Ace).

    2. BMW 130i -- if you don't need to carry people in the back and are prepared to spend some money. Great car.

    3. Peugeot 205GTi -- still the best, most uncompromised hot hatch and never to be repeated because of the current obssession with airbags, intrusion bars, traction aids etc. Buy a an old Series 3 205GTi (~$8,000), Quaife LSD and Mi16 engine and Tusker might start getting jealous for lack of attention!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tusker View Post
    Hi Slunnie, hadn't thought of airbags, I wonder how reliable thay are in say the Hay River??
    Gday Max, For touring they're probably fine. I don't think that the D2's etc have been helping give airbags a good name, though I also tend to think that the quality of the D2 airbag isn't very good. It also isn't helped by the air compressor being located on the side of the chassis where it'll become submerged in water and mud. This said, airbag technology has been around for a long time now and it's pretty much standard affair and seemingly reliable in the trucking industry. I'm pretty sure that most of the aftermarket airbags are made by Firestone etc which as far as I know supply the trucking industry.
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    start working on the aston martin
    LAND ROVER;
    HELPING PUT OIL BACK IN THE GROUND FOR 70 YEARS
    CARS DON'T GET ANY "GREENER" THAT.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    Gday Max, For touring they're probably fine. I don't think that the D2's etc have been helping give airbags a good name, though I also tend to think that the quality of the D2 airbag isn't very good. It also isn't helped by the air compressor being located on the side of the chassis where it'll become submerged in water and mud. This said, airbag technology has been around for a long time now and it's pretty much standard affair and seemingly reliable in the trucking industry. I'm pretty sure that most of the aftermarket airbags are made by Firestone etc which as far as I know supply the trucking industry.

    I tend to agree, if you build a system like that on a P38a it would work well offroad, and feel very smooth on road. It's just the height issue or lack of. Perhaps you could pick up the system of a P38 ditch the bags and small compressor. Get truck sized airbags (even better would be train sized) then get a bloody big compressor. Would the airbag man or someone similar make custom sized bags for you.

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