Thread: About to take the plunge and buy a P38

Originally Posted by bruce p38

I have a 95 p38 on gas with coils fitted with bilstein shockers and I love it. The really good part is the halve price fill up and the best of both worlds fuel supply The coils are super comfortable and keep away from the bump stops at all times . I think both are systems have there merit . Kinda depends on your vehicles purpose (i.e. hard core up the Great Divide every weekend) or easy going picnic puddles out the back of Lorne!) That my two bobs worth

Bruce p38

Everyone has different taste I guess. I've travelled in one that has the coils and didn't like it one bit, just my personal opinion that's all. I thought the ride more so on highways was very unsettled, with fair amount of lean in high speed corners due to the fact you couldn't lower it to reduce the centre of gravity.

Originally Posted by Keithy P38

Without turning it into a debate, I tend to disagree about the coils for hard stuff, airbags for puddles comment!

Last trip I went on, heaps of hard low range first. 'Yota with coils popped one out and nearly popped a rear tyre! No dramas with my bags! When I did pop one a few months ago I believe it to have been a manufacturing problem.

Mine is a weekend warrior so that's all it sees!

X2.

Plus that whole ability of lowered centre of gravity on highway is the clincher for me. Stability at speed and improved drag and fuel economy from highway level too. 93YO Nana also loves it that I can lower the pig to allow her easy entry and egress (which I don't mind either actually).

The P38's were designed and built from the factory with EAS and Rangie's have not gone back to springs in subsequent evolutions. It was the best solution LR/RR's R&D people could come up with and still is.

Simply put, I call it castration... each to their own though.