Thread: Advantages of Gen 3 Airbags

When I replaced the Classic with the latest ARNOTTS, I bought direct from the US. Excellent time & cost of shipping.

I'd only consider 'clone' bellows if I was staying with the original assembly... and if they were cheap enough. - IMHO, not worth the risk for a fake Gen 2or 3.

Hi all,
something you all forgot to mentiion re genuine Armotts GenIII bags is that they come with lifetime warranty!! BIG PLUS! one of mine happenend to pop out of crimp ring and was replaced imeadiately at no cost so if this were to happen with anonene elses bags the GenIII's would have already paid for themselves. Buy right first time - always works!
Martin

Feeling a bit dislecsic tonight -ha ha!

Originally Posted by Keithy P38

You'll pay the same buying direct from Arnotts as you will in Aus. $1k to your door, probably less now seeing as the dollar is good!

Better ride, thicker bag, extra length for wheel travel purposes, wider usable inflation area (about 1.5 times the diameter when inflated) - all translates to a more comfortable and less bouncy ride. I would never go standard bags again after buying Gen III's, there is simply no comparison!

Plus the extra thickness also translates to better durability (think long-term quality).

Keithy

We fitted Gen 3 bags to mine today. I feel the ride was harsher than standard with the Bilsteins I have. The price was right, though. I was given the bags.

Originally Posted by p38arover

We fitted Gen 3 bags to mine today. I feel the ride was harsher than standard with the Bilsteins I have. The price was right, though. I was given the bags.

Ron

If you decide the ride is too harsh, I am happy to try out the GEN 3 bags with my britpart foam call shocks

Steve

Originally Posted by p38arover

We fitted Gen 3 bags to mine today. I feel the ride was harsher than standard with the Bilsteins I have. The price was right, though. I was given the bags.

Ron when I reinstated the EAS on my car I originally fitted a set of Std airsprings. The ride was bouncy to say the least, the shocks are on their last legs, maybe because of the coil springs. I have since fitted Gen 3`s and things are a whole lot firmer hence my decision to fit a new set of bog std shocks and not anything uprated. I am running on 255 55 18`s at the mo which give a harder ride over 16`s. Once I get the new shocks my set of 265 75 16`s will be going on.

My Bilstein shocks are less than 6000 km old. I just found the page on rangerovers.net about the design of Gen 3 and how they are firmer at normal ride height. Maybe that's what I'm noticing.

I shall have to try the car over a local speed hump. With the old standard rear springs, the car would bottom out as if the springs were too soft.

I have a set of new standard rear springs in the garage.

Originally Posted by p38arover

My Bilstein shocks are less than 6000 km old. I just found the page on rangerovers.net about the design of Gen 3 and how they are firmer at normal ride height. Maybe that's what I'm noticing.

I shall have to try the car over a local speed hump. With the old standard rear springs, the car would bottom out as if the springs were too soft.

I have a set of new standard rear springs in the garage.

Spot on Ron they designed the bags to work opposite to originals in that they are firm in lower settings & soft in higher setting. Which is what you really need!