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When I was in Detroit many years ago, my cousin had to replace his rear aircon lines (completely rusted through) and also his air suspension reservoir because it was salt encrusted and very, very rusty. That still hadn't perforated though so you are probably right! Mind you, he did treat his cars as disposable, ie. rarely washed or serviced. I certainly wouldn't buy a car off him!
I'm not familiar with the D3s suspetsion setup, but if it's possible I'd go with Lovell springs and bilstein shocks, IMHO, do not put Dobinsons on your Land Rover.:no2:
Its exactly the same as on your D4 and coils are the worst thing you can do to these vehicles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Redback
Why is that? I have never driven a D3 on coils so have no experience with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by loanrangie
I was wondering if that would accommodate a GVM upgrade
I was talking about the early D3 that came with coils, not the air suspension models, I love our air suspension and would never go coils.Quote:
Originally Posted by loanrangie
You are stuck at a sub optimal lower height and any attempt to add permanent lift will put your CVs at an angle that will shorten their life dramatically driving at highway speeds.Quote:
Originally Posted by discomatt69
Never had a suspension failure in our D4, it now has just over 300,000ks.Quote:
Originally Posted by CPontes
The car has done, GOOGS Track, the entire length of the Old Gunbarrel Hwy to Carnegie Station, the Canning to Georgia Bore, Talawana Tr, Gibb River Road, Drisdale Station to Michell Falls and return, then on to Kunnanurra, Tanami Tr out to Wolf Creek, VIC and NSW High Country numerous times, Flinders numerous times, all towing a camper trailer, the car has had a hard life.
My advice, IMHO, leave it the way it is.
This question comes up periodically, but by all accounts the EAS is reliable and it's not a new technology since heavy vehicles have been using it for decades, I seem to recall pre-WW2.
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Originally Posted by discomatt69
I remember driving an early D3 with coils and it was very ordinary to drive and ride in compared to one with air suspension. Another thing to consider, all be it chances are you would not do enough miles to have this happen, but a old ex Aulro member who had one with coils and did lots of serious off roading eventually had the top of the front suspension towers crack on his D3 out in the middle of no where and had issues getting back to civilisation if I remember correctly.
Would that have happened if his D3 had air suspension?