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  1. 19th July 2025, 12:46 AM #1
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    D3/LR3 Dobinson's Coil Conversion Kit

    Greetings,

    Anyone have experience w/ Dobinson's suspension kit for a D3/LR3? I've 305km on my Rover, use it frequently off-road, and no longer wish to worry about an air suspension failure.

    I'm looking for a suspension kit with approximately 45mm lift (I run 265 / 70 / 18 tires). Any other suspension setup battle-tested and recommended?

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    Its not a popular conversion as most don't have any issues with the EAS even going remote, whatever kit you get you will need the module to keep the ECU's happy which i don't believe will come from Dobinsons.
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    Quote Originally Posted by loanrangie View Post
    Its not a popular conversion as most don't have any issues with the EAS even going remote, whatever kit you get you will need the module to keep the ECU's happy which i don't believe will come from Dobinsons.
    It's more an issue because heaps of faults can cause the suspension to drop not just a suspension fault, it's a stupid design flaw that has caught out many when 4wding
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    Quote Originally Posted by discomatt69 View Post
    It's more an issue because heaps of faults can cause the suspension to drop not just a suspension fault, it's a stupid design flaw that has caught out many when 4wding
    Only if you're not prepared. Fitting an EAS emergency kit will allow you to inflate each corner manually. Even if one airbag is damaged, inflating the others will still allow the car to be driven (albeit slowly and carefully).
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    Quote Originally Posted by DieselLSE View Post
    Only if you're not prepared. Fitting an EAS emergency kit will allow you to inflate each corner manually. Even if one airbag is damaged, inflating the others will still allow the car to be driven (albeit slowly and carefully).
    And where can you buy said kit?
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    there is this one

    https://www.partsrover.com/en/suspen...scovery-3.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by incisor View Post
    there is this one

    https://www.partsrover.com/en/suspen...scovery-3.html
    At nearly $800 plus shipping it's tad expensive, I wish I had got the kit that used to be available here
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    I have the Green Oval kit, but I'm pretty sure that once these became unavailable some clever people on here located all the high-pressure parts and connectors needed. A bit of searching should find the threads. I think Tombie contributed, so you could start there.
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    Don't forget that it snows in Utah, and they will likely salt the roads, which leads to lots of underbody bits rusting leading to failures. It is the usual reason people change from bags to coils in certain locales.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cripesamighty View Post
    Don't forget that it snows in Utah, and they will likely salt the roads, which leads to lots of underbody bits rusting leading to failures. It is the usual reason people change from bags to coils in certain locales.
    The arms will rust thru way before it affects any of the EAS components, just need to look on any of the pommy forums or FB groups.
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