Thread: Lifted P38 on air - questions

The d bosses on the airbags are alloy, and the spacers made of steel. Can be welded but just not practicle.

You could weld a boss to the bottom of the spacer. There is a purpose but is yet to be tested so can't say exactly as yet.

Benji,

appreciate the Gen III's D shaped locator bosses are alloy. The spacers made by Keith and Pater allow the Gen III locator bosses to be fixed through the D shaped hole in the steel top plate via the R clips. As I understand it.

The pins that Keith has made got me thinking. Why not just weld a steel D shaped boss to the bottom disc - the one that sits on the axle pad. I'm just enquiring as to why pins are necessary - are they?

Originally Posted by Keithy P38

You could weld a boss to the bottom of the spacer. There is a purpose but is yet to be tested so can't say exactly as yet.

Keith - apologies if we're getting ahead of ourselves here. I appreciate your reluctance to reveal all without the testing step.

Just came across this for the first time so I thought I'd post the link here for any others that haven't seen it already.

It describes the modifications that somebody has done to put a 3.5" lift on an air sprung P38. It's a lot more work than I'm prepared to do so 2" will be plenty for me.

Lifting the Air Suspension

Originally Posted by davidsonsm

Benji,

appreciate the Gen III's D shaped locator bosses are alloy. The spacers made by Keith and Pater allow the Gen III locator bosses to be fixed through the D shaped hole in the steel top plate via the R clips. As I understand it.

The pins that Keith has made got me thinking. Why not just weld a steel D shaped boss to the bottom disc - the one that sits on the axle pad. I'm just enquiring as to why pins are necessary - are they?

Ahh, got ya now. My apologies, misunderstood your post.

Just another quick update!

Got my brake lines extended by 3" today (rather than drop the bracket). Had braided lines fitted as well, and instead of calling that a day, I fitted up my slotted and grooved discs with EBC pads and flushed the brake system as well.

Amazing difference! I thought my brakes were good (only changed due to impending cape trip), they are heaps better now!

A bit off topic too, but I had my tie rod ends replaced as well. As with the brakes, I thought my steering was more than acceptable, now it's immediate and doesn't wander! Sometimes it takes a big trip to prompt you to do these things but they were both well worth it.

And I killed two birds with one stone by having the lines extended while the rotors and pads were getting changed.

Left front piston slide had seized too, lucky pickup!

Cheers
Keithy

My P38 needs better brakes too, yesterday I fitted EBC heavy duty pads and new rotors (a Chinese copy of the OEM part so the front's aren't drilled or grooved) but haven't done a test run yet.

I'd like to get extended braided lines too and do a full bleed of the system, is there a place in OZ to get the braided hoses with the correct length and fittings?