Boge leveller

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Originally Posted by Bearman

These are only like the Polyair bags ( spring assist). I have had Polyairs before and found they dont last because the coils wear through the sides of the airbags. I think what Ben and Matt are talking about are proper air bags not spring assist bags.

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Reversible Sleeve Bus Air Springs - TruckSpring.com

Myself, Tony and Ben have quite a few pics in our corresponding build threads Brian:)

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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.

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My setup is here:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members-ri...tourer-11.html (need to go back a few pages)

I think it was around US$300 for the 2 bags (bellow+piston). The rest of the setup used air fittings and connectors I had lying around - mine is a completely manual system - I need to reach into the wheel arch to adjust the reg.

My (free) converted AC compressor hardly ever turns on, I can park the truck for a 2 weeks and the bags don't go down.

As mentioned you can just use valves like polyairs. Check Rangier's thread and the loads he carries. I would place money that air springs would be better at towing your shark cat. They use them on trucks and trailers after all!

I was a bit concerned about longevity, but not now - after doing the canning and the gibb river rd. I made the top mounts a bit short, and the top of the bags were rubbing on the turrets on articulation. I thought I would have to repair the bags or refit the coils along the way, but the bags are bloody tough, and still going. You can apparently repair small holes with tubeless tyre plugs, and they seem resistant/impervious to oil.

A spare bellows is easier to carry than a spare coil.

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Originally Posted by rovercare

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

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I'd still love to see it. Anyone got a video?

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Originally Posted by Dougal

I'd still love to see it. Anyone got a video?

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I think they are stored with your wheelspin videos;)

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Originally Posted by rovercare

I think they are stored with your wheelspin videos;)

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Is there a reason you're being a plonker?

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Originally Posted by Dougal

Is there a reason you're being a plonker?

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Because I completely disagree with the fact you can spin all 4 wheels in your 4BD1T RR, to be honest:)

And I continue to try chastise you into producing proof:):)

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Originally Posted by rovercare

Because I completely disagree with the fact you can spin all 4 wheels in your 4BD1T RR, to be honest:)

And I continue to try chastise you into producing proof:):)

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On gravel it can spin all four. I'm not sure why you have such a problem beleiving that.
It's not like I have to magically disable traction control.

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Originally Posted by Dougal

On gravel it can spin all four. I'm not sure why you have such a problem beleiving that.
It's not like I have to magically disable traction control.

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Thats what I don't believe:D, all 4, but let us not continue to ruin Brians thread, I can always dredge up digs I've made in more relevant threads if you like:)

IIRC a prerequisite to fitting HID headlights is having a load leveller. I think it has to be an automatic one - ruling out airbags under discussion and meaning something like the Boge or a fully operating rangie air suspendion (they exist in theory).

So could one be easily fitted to a 130 ? Could one ? Should one ? How ?

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Originally Posted by VladTepes

IIRC a prerequisite to fitting HID headlights is having a load leveller. I think it has to be an automatic one - ruling out airbags under discussion and meaning something like the Boge or a fully operating rangie air suspendion (they exist in theory).

So could one be easily fitted to a 130 ? Could one ? Should one ? How ?

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i think it would be easy to fit,

But although i am a fan of the load leveler. i have some doubts about fitting it to a 130.
The load leveler came out with the RR first then the county. i would suspect that they have some maximum load limit that may be a bit to light for the potential of a 130. I mean lets face it a RR wasn’t designed to carry much weight.