Thread: Boge leveller

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Brian, If you are so inclined, you can set up rear air springs (not air bags) for less than the cost of the boge reco.

See my members thread if interested.

The air springs are far more comfortable than original (especially on corrugations) - with or without the boge.

Thanks Ben,
Are you sure a rear airspring setup would be cheaper than $450. I currently have RFSV Army rear springs in my County. That is double coils like the 130 has. Unloaded its a bit lumpy but with a full load and my no. 5 on the back its magnificient. No roll and she only drops about 50mm with a full load on board. I can remove the inner coils when they are not needed and the ride is a lot better. Also the stiffer spring setup is ideal for towing my 7M Sharkcat. Do you reckon the airspring setup would be longer lasting than reinstalling the boge unit. I don't like the idea of a compressor running most of the time thats why I went for a Maxi drive rear end instead of an Arb.

Originally Posted by 400HPONGAS

Interesting Dougal , Why do the first Disco's pre dash upgrade (92/93's ) have neither a Load leveller or anti-sway bars (though on my 93TDI the diff mounts were there but no Bars.) All the 93 models especially the 200TDI didnt have sway bars or loadlevellers but did have that halfwit harmonic balancer on the front diff that just fell off and did SFA anyway. Personally Ive found the Roll center to be more affected by the weight in the back and wheres its positioned , hence the difference between the a full LR tank of 120Litres and and a empty one, wheel carriers, tools ,etc .
Best thing to do with it is save yourself 8kgs of banging/clanging weight and deposit it the roundfile , fit airbags or the correct springs , and if your jacked the suspension at all ,then just chuck it out , its useless !!!

I've never been under a disco of that vintage. All the ones I've seen had swaybars. However the taller and heavier body of a disco will mean the COG is much higher which is probably going to give the driver the ****s before you get near the same cornering loads.

I'd like to see anyone get one of those discos without sway bars sideways, should be quite entertaining.

Originally Posted by Bearman

Thanks Ben,
Are you sure a rear airspring setup would be cheaper than $450. I currently have RFSV Army rear springs in my County. That is double coils like the 130 has. Unloaded its a bit lumpy but with a full load and my no. 5 on the back its magnificient. No roll and she only drops about 50mm with a full load on board. I can remove the inner coils when they are not needed and the ride is a lot better. Also the stiffer spring setup is ideal for towing my 7M Sharkcat. Do you reckon the airspring setup would be longer lasting than reinstalling the boge unit. I don't like the idea of a compressor running most of the time thats why I went for a Maxi drive rear end instead of an Arb.

You can run the bags without a compressor at all, just pump them up to desired height and that's it, till you want to change height according to load

Stupid puta

Originally Posted by Dougal

I'd like to see anyone get one of those discos without sway bars sideways, should be quite entertaining.

Easy done, accelerate into the corner, back off, then steer, when its to far, simply tramp it and pull out

Originally Posted by Bearman

Are you sure a rear airspring setup would be cheaper than $450.

Way cheaper Brian, have a sniff around here:

Firestone Coil-Rite Air Helper Springs for Coil Spring Suspension, Coil Rite Air Bags - TruckSpring.com

cheers, DL

Originally Posted by rovercare

You can run the bags without a compressor at all, just pump them up to desired height and that's it, till you want to change height according to load

What sort of life could one expect to get out of the airbags Matt.

Originally Posted by Bearman

What sort of life could one expect to get out of the airbags Matt.

Mine are still like new!

Don't know Brian, but I'd suggest a long time, lots of old log trucks getting around here in the bush with airbags, although I'll be taking a spare.....just incase