D3 Air suspension conversion to coil

[horizon]

Hi All
I am new to Aulro. I have a 2008 D3 with air suspension and have notice you can convert the suspension to coil Coil conversion kit for Land Rover Discovery 3 - Euro4x4parts.com
My L3 has now done 93000k with no suspension issues.

Any thoughts on this conversion.

Cheers

Skip

[AnD3rew]

My thoughts are why?

You turn an awesome car into an ordinary car. I would replace all my airbags and compressor before I converted to coil.

[101RRS]

Exactly - why would you want to. A highly retrograde steep.

Garry

[discojools]

Yep I agree with Garry and Andrew. Air suspension is one of the things that make it a great 4x4.

[TerryO]

My thoughts are why?

You turn an awesome car into an ordinary car. I would replace all my airbags and compressor before I converted to coil.

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[BigJon]

Such a conversion would be sheer lunacy. The air suspension and Terrain Response absolutely make the D3.

[sheerluck]

I love this bit:

Please note: the flash process eliminates nearly all dashboard error messages however the red air suspension warning light does remain on)

Isn't having any dashboard warning lights illuminated a roadworthy fail in some places?

I would agree that this change would be madness. The price of it alone is about the same as it would cost to replace all the major air suspension components.

[rocmic]

I agree the air suspension and terrain response are what gives the D3/4 the ability to go where the big boys (lifted, locked and big tyres) go. To convert to coil would be retrograde and what would be ths cost of a lift on top?
Cheers
Mike

[TerryO]

Having said that after checking out Cal415's 130 on the weekend where he has converted his Couple of month old Puma over to complete air suspension with truck bags back and front the amount of lift he had is truly amazing.

I should have taken pics of it when he jacked it up over 5 inches back and front and or anywhere in between at the touch of a button on a remote nod it took only a few seconds in total. Plus he can jack up the back, font or sides independently to each other. Bloody amazing to watch.

I coiler D3 with this mod would be interesting, still no Terrain Responce though. Costs about $5k to do the conversion on a Fender.

[horizon]

Sounds like you guys think its a dumb idea.
Not sure if anyone click on the link, but with this conversion all the TRs etc still work as you get an orange box to pug in.


Cheers