airbags for a 130 defender

**The ho har's** · 10th January 2009, 06:26 PM

before you lot yell at me I have not found a thread about 130 air bags....heaps of 90, disco and 110 but not 130,

anyway we need air bags in our 130....Camper has squished our springs a little bit so any advice would be be helpful.....we have polyair on the Disco and have worked just fine though the 130 is a different matter

any help would be apreaciated

Mrs ho har

**dmdigital** · 10th January 2009, 06:42 PM

PM Hagus, he has a very heavy canopy and roof top tent on his 130 and has gone through all the suspension issues and options. I know he doesn't spend to much time on here (unlike some of us

) so that's probably the best way to contact him.

**rick130** · 10th January 2009, 07:22 PM

well, it is sort of mentioned in the air bag thread

You need to remove the 130 inner springs to fit Poly Airs, Air Rite, et al, so that doesn't really give you any extra load carrying capacity.
You would need to replace the main springs with a heavier duty version, eg. Lovells @ 540lb/in and slot 110 air bags inside them.

**George130** · 10th January 2009, 07:23 PM

What about heavy duty springs?
Mine is like a brick. Hasn't noticed anything yet and we have stacked the back with bricks, and other such heavy things in the past.

**Koukandowie Brangus** · 10th January 2009, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by George130

What about heavy duty springs?
Mine is like a brick. Hasn't noticed anything yet and we have stacked the back with bricks, and other such heavy things in the past.

I have HD OME springs on my 130, with a rooftop tent and outback steel drawers in the back, fully loaded it rides sweet, take everything out and its a bit stiff. I am looking to fit airbags when i fit a water tank and another fuel tank though.

**omy130** · 11th January 2009, 04:48 PM

Have had Air Bag Man for years on my 130. Installed easy enough. Found they worked well with a full camping load & also with camper trailer on back. Use the different air pressures to my advantage depending on loads & conditions.

Found pumping them higher than normal, it make the truck feel like it has a massive rear swaybar. This is a help with our rally recovery that we do, travelling fast behind the main competitors clearing the course. The rear of the truck can get really wishy washy on the standard springs when you throw it hard into dirt road corners.

Like having the softness of original springs for 4wding rather than putting more heavy duy ones in

Hope it help

... Geoff ....

**rick130** · 11th January 2009, 06:03 PM

Geoff, any chance of posting up the Firestone numbers off those bags next time you crawl under the back please ?
(pretty sure The Airbag Man uses Firestone bags)

**abaddonxi** · 11th January 2009, 09:38 PM

Darwin Dan has airbags and the standard dual springs on his 130.

Defender 130 Suspenision Upgrade

Simon

**rick130** · 11th January 2009, 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

Darwin Dan has airbags and the standard dual springs on his 130.

Defender 130 Suspenision Upgrade

Simon

Bugger me, I missed that.
I'd always worked on the assumption that the inner springs had to go on a 130 with Poly Airs.
I'm sure I read that in their catalogue or at least somewhere, or am I having one of those moments again.....

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 27th May 2009, 06:17 AM

I thought I might try a thread re-cycle here.

Our 110 is on the standard springs. When lightly loaded it's all ok - but has a firm ride, however when its full for our camping trips the rear is a bit soft.

I have a set of standard 110 springs I I was thinking of putting them in and poly airs (or similar). That way when lightly loaded we would have a better ride, yet when on a trip we could pump them a little and get firmer springing.

Does that sound like a reasonable plan?

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