Thread: Anyone famous?

Originally Posted by johntins

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If your attention span is so poor to not actually at least watch to the end, your opinion of him is worthless as well.

Er nope....I thought he was a tosser simple as that.

His video points out the perils of under-inflating larger rim low profile tyres destroying the side walls.
Evidence suggests thats what happened here.

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At 14:50 he talks about tyres for D3 and D4

We all know 19 and 20 inch tyres are a problem with the low profiles

He suggests 3 Bar.g 45 psi...

Originally Posted by northiam

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At 14:50 he talks about tyres for D3 and D4

We all know 19 and 20 inch tyres are a problem with the low profiles

He suggests 3 Bar.g 45 psi...

I don't mind his videos but disagree with his opinion that air suspension is not suitable for overland touring. That's fine he's not god, it's an opinion. Much like I agree with him that using 19" wheels for touring isn't practicable while others on here believe they are fine and use them.

When you have a kit that can pump up each airbag individually with an external air compressor, bypassing the entire system and know worldwide there has been all but a handful of complete airbag failures. Then he goes on to talk mention an overloaded ranger stranded on CSR with a snapped spring... Maybe springs are less reliable.

At least he's not one of the fools that just say 'There's too many electronics'. He states two problems which are solvable.

In the event of a total failure of EAS I thought you could still drive on the bump stops (depending on the terrain of course) ?

Originally Posted by johntins

If you can't be bothered to actually check him out properly your opinion of him is worthless.

And that i have done and that`s how one came to such a conclusion
So my opinion of him is not worthless

Originally Posted by timax

Would like to know what theories your referring to?Im interested in everyones opinions.

For starters his opinion on EAS is not suitable for off road
And of course the yota with prehistoric leaf springs is suitable
Look it is horses for courses and i get it Leaf springs , coils , Torsion bar suspension and Air bags all have there pro`s and con`s but at the end of the day it is what suits our need`s and wish`s .
So nothing is set in stone that some opinionated git can shoot down in flames with their personal opinion`s to flog his video`s.
At least i can see the pro`s and con`s in suspension set up`s and design`s

Originally Posted by northiam

In the event of a total failure of EAS I thought you could still drive on the bump stops (depending on the terrain of course)
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I had to travel about 500k home on the bump stops fully loaded towing my boat and it would have to be the most uncomfortable 500k's I have ever travelled in my D2a.
I had an intermittent fault in my SLS and every time I took it in to get sorted it worked perfectly, In the end I had a gut full so I went with a spring conversion which is a cheaper fix and a Permanent one.
Yes the SLS provides a far superior ride But when the system turns to crap in the bush it can be an absolute bastard and having the steel springs fitted has removed any possibility of a SLS crash and the ride is still superior to the Jap brigade.
I have to concur with Andrew that air suspension CAN be a weak link for serious long off road trips, Maybe on a new or newish truck it will be just fine but on my 2004 D2a it had become a liability.