Thread: Conver Coil to Air?

All the wiring harnesses will be missing the wiring so unless a donor vehicle is available to rob for virtually all the wiring then IMO not practical to convert.

Originally Posted by Graeme

All the wiring harnesses will be missing the wiring so unless a donor vehicle is available to rob for virtually all the wiring then IMO not practical to convert.

Could be doable with factory air struts and aftermarket controllers?

Originally Posted by shanegtr

Could be doable with factory air struts and aftermarket controllers?

You could probably do a really good custom set up using factory airbags and the rest aftermarket negating finding the original wiring looms and ecu etc.

There are also legal/ADR considerations: if the vehicle didn't come with factory air suspension, the controls to alter height are not allowed to be accessible from the driver's seat. I'm guessing to stop low-rider-style bouncing, etc.

The D3S without EAS also missed out on TR. I remember it had traction control switches similar to the early L322.

Originally Posted by jonesy63

There are also legal/ADR considerations: if the vehicle didn't come with factory air suspension, the controls to alter height are not allowed to be accessible from the driver's seat. I'm guessing to stop low-rider-style bouncing, etc.

Plenty of vehicles with after market air bags fitted.

Can you just fit the air struts and have an air line to each , and normal tyre valves to a good access spot , the same as aftermarket airbags fitted to cars etc . ?

Yes, but then no ability to adjust the ride height on the fly nor cross axle articulation although the latter only requires a solenoid at front and rear to achieve.