Thread: GOE Rods

1) If I have the rods on the lower setting and the car in normal mode (which would be old access height), what happens if I lower the car? will this damage anything by trying to go too low or will it just get to the bottom and stop?

2) Assuming I'm running offroad height on the rods, and offroad height on the air suspension (therefore old extended mode), if i ground myself and the car wants to go higher should i be worried, or will that just be the same as super extended so as long as i don't manually request to go higher again i should be fine?

3) in the above example. if the car goes higher, can i manually choose to go higher again (this would then be higher than super extended, will this damage anything if I'm not driving or does it just get to its limit and stop?

i see these useful for two things, beach driving above 50km/hr (ability to keep normal off road height) and slow navigation over very rocky terrain where i want to have extended mode before i bottom out.


Hi (again) Lukeis. I have exactly the same rods as yours which are a big improvement on the prior version with the fiddly rubber grommets. In answer to your queries:

1. Subject to being corrected, it is my understanding that this lower setting is not all the way down to access height, it is just the setting that it would lower to if doing 160km/hour, so only a little bit lower. I use this for making it easier for getting our family oldies in and out on multiple short trips around town without wearing out the compressor. I actually think its quite useful, but I haven't tried taking it all the way down to its (new) access height which I am guessing would be closer to the car's bump stops.

2. and 3. Yes, on the high rod setting 'off-road' becomes super extended (which is brilliant) and if stuck you can squeeze out a little bit more height and go even further to get over a rock or something but you will be working the compressor really hard so I'd use this sparingly or the car will spit the dummy and go to bump stops until the compressor cools down (and you end up having an impromptu lunch hour somewhere on the tracks!).

Hope this helps (subject to correction by others). Cheers.

Hi Luke,

1) The car will lower if you select "access" to around 20mm lower than the std access height. It's best to select this whilst moving, to avoid the car faulting (as per the instructions).

2) yes

3) You can, but depending on your calibration the car may not get to its target height and/or the compressor will run to thermal cut-out.

Cheers,

Gordon

Are all the 3 way rods you sold -20, std, +60?

The rods I have I thought were standard and two higher ones.

Just searched my email and found I have std, +50, +70

Was worried I was driving round at -20!