Thread: Quick question about S2 disco suspension.

I've seen advice for turning air suspension back to coils so I would be wary. The RR drivers could chime in here as some have ripped the bags out.

I have also seen Disco's low in the rear.

A great idea but why? Coils and poly airs will give you what you need if load carrying is a problem.

Where I park my car at work the car just fits in the car park (Basement roof has air con crap hanging off) like half an inch between.

I want to get a 2 inch lift all around but can't, the other problem is I'll be putting my long range tank in soon, so will definitely have to change the springs on the back. I was thinking of just replacing the springs with air bags on the back so I can adjust it whenever I need to, especially when I'm towing.

Or would putting those poly airs on ?

Maybe I should do this [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] http://www.fourwheeler.com/howto/80258/

Bump, anyone got any suggestions !!!

the airbag is the spring.
they do pop off if they over articulate.
can be punctured by a sharp stick off road.
require a computer to control self levelling.
also a compressor and air tank to run them.


with regards to rangie sagging in the rear, may have had a leak in the line
or may just need re calibrating.


in the workshop one day we heard a lound bang!!

then later realized that an airbag had popped off a brand new rangie cause it was sitting right down on one corner.
no one was anywhere near it when it happened.
the bag was simply re-fitted and all was fine.

In the D2's the airbag is the sole spring method in the rear that can be used to replace coils. They do fail sometimes. I've heard of high impact driving doing it, such as jumping on dunes, and bolts that rub in the airbags will do the same if lift kits are not installed correctly. I've never heard of stick damage though, they should be pretty tough in that respect. The compressor is computer driven and it sits beside the chassis. Jumping can blow the compressor also, and if the compressor fires up under mud then this can make the valves sticky which can cause intermittant slow airbag deflation - of course caught by ingesting mud through the system.

if you plan on swimming you can always move the compressor inboard...
hey i thought it was under the seat....just the tank was next to chasis rail?

I had the air suspension pulled out of my old Rangie, basically because of reliability and expense.

If they needed re-setting (suspenion drops to bump stops) you cannot do it without the diagnosis computer. Long and very uncomfortable ride home.

Not too sure whether the S2 disco uses the same system.

I was thinking more of making the air bags manual (have the valves mounted somewhere up high) as I will only need to adjust it when going on a trip or towing something !!