Air Springs and Shocks

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Originally Posted by ~Rich~

Stick with OEM Terry?

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Hi Rich,

The third set that the supplier provided gratis were the Delphi aftermarket ones, while they are from the same manufacturer who make the OEM bags and shocks I'm sorry to say they aren't as good.

If I still have the D3 when these ones wear out I will pay the extra for the OEM units.

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Originally Posted by gghaggis

Front and rear are different, and I'd only be using genuine fitted by someone with LR diagnostics - you can do it yourself if you have a diagnostic tool for calibration.

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There is no need to recalibrate the height sensors as they are not touched. They mount on the suspension arms, not the shocks. I have changed all shocks 3 times and not once disturbed the height sensors, not even removed the links.

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Originally Posted by TerryO

The third set that the supplier provided gratis were the Delphi aftermarket ones, while they are from the same manufacturer who make the OEM bags and shocks I'm sorry to say they aren't as good.

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There is a version of these marketted as being for D4 rear which may be firmer but with the D3 versions' valving not nearly as good as MY09 genuine shocks, their valving may also be quite different to genuine ones.

TDV6, I would strongly urge you to reconsider your choice of supplier. Although mine and many others experiences relate to D2 bags the results are the same.
Friends with non LR vehicles also experienced atrocious quality and serviceability from this suppliers product. The use of OEM parts with their own hardware seems attractive and many have believed this to be a good move (self included) however, they just cant seem to put the pieces together properly.
Customer service was very good but is useless after 3 sets of bags failing within hours/days of fitting and you wait for replacements from the US.
Its even worse to head off on the road wondering when the bags are going to let you down (pardon he pun)
You save a few dollars which are quickly over ridden by a flat bed or worse.

Cheers

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Originally Posted by strangy

TDV6, I would strongly urge you to reconsider your choice of supplier. Although mine and many others experiences relate to D2 bags the results are the same.

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I'm sure the airsprings fitted to the OEM but not LR spec D3 shocks are exactly what is supplied by LR, having bought and fitted a set of each and compared them side by side. LR D3/4 airsprings aren't too great anyway as the rears on my D4 had developed cracks inside on the folds against the shock by 95K kms.