ARB says D4s don't have shocks.

[minibloodhound]

I don't usually make comments on Facebook, but ARB posted a very nice picture of a D4 today so I thought I would comment that because one of ARBs bosses have a D4 that they might want to start making shocks for them. They then said that D4s don't have shocks. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scott

[FeatherWeightDriver]

Similar picture, and definitely the same car, as one of my old ARB / HEMA Australian road atlas books from around 2007.

So it is not the first time someone at ARB has tipped their hat at Land Rover

[DI5CO]

Maybe he got confused with springs 😝

[vnx205]

He doesn't actually say they have no shocks.

Saying they don't plan to develop them might just mean that the air suspension is so clever that designing shocks to suit is beyond their capabilities.

Or he might mean springs.

[MR LR]

At ARB St Peters in Sydney there are more photos of LR's on the walls than anything else, I don't think they've ditched LR at all, although the Toyota owners would seem to think so...

How many failures of stock shocks have there been? The other issue is that I believe OME are charged shocks, which depending on what D4's already have, they may not suit.

Cheers
Will

[BigJon]

How many failures of stock shocks have there been?

They all fail sooner or later. I recently replaced all four in my Dad's '05 Sport (less than 130 000km). One front and one rear were leaking (left them sitting upside down for a few days and oil ran out the airline fitting). New ones transformed the ride and handling back to what it should be.

[ADMIRAL]

Seeing that both Bilstein and Koni have issues with their shocks for the D3/4, it is obviously no simple thing to develop a shock that will work with the air suspension, let alone improve on the OE setup. I doubt ARB would be willing to dedicate anywhere near the dollars that Bilstein and Koni would, particularly when they would have little prospect of recovering their R & D from sales to Disco owners that may want OME on their vehicles.

[minibloodhound]

ARB have already developed a full suspension system including shocks for the New Nissan Patrol. One would think there would be fewer of them heading bush or towing than D4s.

Or you could spend almost 6 grand on these.
http://www.landrovertuning.com.au/di...discovery.html

[ARB 4X4 Accessories]

Hi guys, we're fully aware that D4s have shocks in conjunction with airbags

My comment on Facebook was simply to suggest that because OME suspension is generally designed as a complete package for each vehicle (springs, shocks and other hardware) there are no plans to develop shocks in isolation at this stage.

Apologies if my initial comment wasn't clear enough.

It sure was Disco heaven at HQ yesterday with a fully kitted D3 and 2 very nice D4s in the car park last night.

Cheers, Sam.

[Redback]

Hi Sam, always good to here from you, it would be nice to have a choice in regards to replacement shocks and airbags, although the standard gear is very good and reasonably priced for what they are, an alternative would be good.

Koni and Bilstein tried but the shocks failed after a short period, I have had a look close up at the airbag shock on the D4, it takes a lot of force to compress that shock

Maybe now that the boss and a few others have Discos, there could be something in the future maybe

Baz.