GOE emergency air up kit.

[Glynhouse]

Hi all, has anyone on here had to use an air up kit, or been stuck due to the vehicle dropping to the stops ?
Just bough a members wheels and tyres and am struggling a bit with the budget, looking at a Llams then thought hang on, if I have trouble an air up kit will at least get me home, a Llams would be nice to have but not a life saver !
Am I right ?

DD
p.s. Thanks for the quick response Graeme

[101RRS]

LLAMS less of a life saver and more of a system to enable you to go faster than 50kph at offroad height - it of course does give an extra height level for the rough stuff.

If on a budget I would get GOE Rods and then think about any other trick bits you may want.

Garry

[Ashes]

I've had the rear drop to the bump stops while on a trip up a track to find some snow. Found the snow,hear a "whoosh" noise, rear lowers. Fault was a air hose near the front developing a leak after rubbing on something. Unlucky time for it to wear through. Some bottom scrapes on the way down, some track building and used some pillow tracks to fill in gaps thanks to RMP who was trialling them at the time. Got out and back to civilisation. Car was driveable but ride is pretty rough. Wouldn't want to drive at highway speed though. Not sure whether the air up kit would have worked In this situation though.

[Glynhouse]

Perhaps I should have added that we do a lot of traveling in rather sparsely populated areas, last trip to the N.T. we did 600klms on the dirt from Mt Isa, no fuel no towns and did not see another vehicle on the road all day, saw one on the way back.
Thanks for the answer Garry.

DD

[101RRS]

I am not travelling anywhere major outback at the moment but GOE air up kit with spare hose repair kit would definitely be a priority for me. I have LLAMs but I would probably have RODs as well as a backup (they are cheap).

Garry

[discotwinturbo]

I have gone to the bump stops with my 285/60-18's with a suspension fault a few weeks back. The car still drove ok, but would not have been able to get out where I was at such a low height.

I ending up resetting with a battery disconnect and all good.....lucky!

I had my D4 on LLAMS plus 50 in offroad height, and must have got some wheel height too high for a particular climb.....and I did not put it down a bit after the climb.

I am still yet to fit my GOE emergency kit.....but need to do it soon.

Brett.....

[minibloodhound]

A couple of times I've had the compressor over heat and drop down to the bump stops and refuse the work until it cooled down. Both times the temperature wasn't that hot, but the humidity was right up there. Whilst descending along Rover Trail in Coffs Harbour earlier this year the front end decided to have a rest

And wouldn't level out until the compressor cooled down again. It's one thing that I will probably be looking at myself as next year I'll be going on a big outback trip.

[TerryO]

Hi Dennis,

Personally if I was in your situation I'd go for the emergency air up kit and a Faultmate or Hawkeye so you can reset / clear most faults easily.

I have LLAMs and the system is really excellent and I seriously wouldn't want to be without it. Having said that while my D3 is in getting some work done at the moment I'm also getting Gordon's Air up kit and Rods fitted.

While I have never had a suspension issue to date, for me anyway, I hope this means in the future well over 90% of potential suspension issues while out on the road or in the bush I will have at least a temporary solution for.

[Redback]

Hi Dennis, go with the GOE air up kit, especially in your situation, last thing you want is trying to tow that van on the bump stops.

Baz.

[AnD3rew]

Has anyone fitted this with a long ranger tank insitu? I think Gordon once said he had helped someone do it and it was a bit painful, anyone else done it?