Thread: Replacing Air Struts - Land Rover or OME

Great information in the links above but... Wow, now I'm confused. I thought the D3 air suspension struts were a one peace change the lot deal.
How do people split the air bag from the shock absorber?

Can you buy the air bag as a separate part or do you need to get the set and then just replace the shock when it wears out?

the bag can be replaced separately, however its not much more to do the complete unit changeout

Originally Posted by Gullible

... I thought the D3 air suspension struts were a one peace change the lot deal...

Yes they are replaceable as a complete assembly. Sorry I misunderstood your original question, thinking you were meaning the shocks because you mentioned factory versus aftermarket.

Cheers,
Scott

Originally Posted by Gullible

How do people split the air bag from the shock absorber?

Take a look at the fitting instructions from Koni:

[ame]http://findershop.koni.com/files/pdf/2100-4069-manual.pdf[/ame]

Re cost - I think you'll find that the price of the Koni or Bilstein shock absorbers are about the same as the whole air strut assembly. Add to this the lack of success stories on using the above shock absorbers...

I've posted a thread about struts too because even though "search is your best friend" most of the info is from some time ago. Most of the threads have little or no current information.
I'm guessing that both bilstein and Koni have not solved their respective problems for Australian conditions as yet?
On my thread, I've been told that 05/06 rear shocks are different to 07+ models and the later ones may not fit the 05/06....?
This may or may not be the case but all the rear shocks advertised do not differentiate between the years, in fact state they fit all models 2005-2009.
I read where someone used D4 struts on the D3 because they are firmer .....anyone enlighten me?...my D3 has bar, winch and usual stuff, so better shocks are desirable, but not at any reliability cost.
Cheers
Kev

Originally Posted by TD50WA

On my thread, I've been told that 05/06 rear shocks are different to 07+ models and the later ones may not fit the 05/06....?

In case people don't read your other thread, it appears that later assemblies and therefore D4 assemblies will fit earlier models. Even though the assembly part number does not supersede to later part numbers, the part numbers for both the shock and the air-spring individually supersede to at least the end of the D3 VINs.

Here is the other recent strut thread

Has some good info in it


http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...nt-struts.html