Airbag suspension

Hi Tony,

the best solution I have seen out here is inserting a coil where the airbag would be. A mob called Fred's Springs (or Coils) do the adaption and it really looks the part with original sagged springs brought back to life.

My experience with air bags recently on the Madigan was that I ripped and broke the top mounting brackets off in under 500 ks. Next time I will go with the coil adaption.
IMHO
Cheers
Ian@Mt Dare

Hi Tony
no problems at all 80000 km's on them

puncturing a bag would be like breaking a spring (not likely)

and if you damage a bag you can drive home on the spring, break a spring and it's a log of wood

Richard

Tony
I would call adding air bags to worn out springs covering the problem with a Band-aidThe best solution as far I am concerned is to replace the leaf springs with a set of new OME s, They are not cheap but hell do they work ,I have them on all corners of my Troopie and mate they are unreal,there is just NO need for any air bags what so ever, I sit my 20ft Caravan on the tow bar and drops the rear about 20mm , when empty the right is firm and very predictable but not what some would say rough , after all it's not a sedan car , but when the going gets tough the vehicle is a pleasure to drive , Now I know there will be some that will say get this or get that or some other brand but after 3 years the springs have not altered a bit , Go to ARB and make some enquiries , If you have the dollars I feel sure you won't regret it, Just on ending for the cost of the silly bags probably would be near on 1/2 the cost of a rear set of OMEs , I would stand correcting on that ,just a guess but i know what my springs cost me ,

Thanks Ian,Richard & Doug for the helpfull advice.

Contact Carrolls Springs 1636 Sydney Rd Campbellfield 3061 (03) 9357 2633

You can get springs re-set. It's not necessarily a new set of springs that you need.

There are other spring works around in Brooklyn, Moorabin, Geelong and others if Carrols are not close handy but that's where most guys I know who've had spring work done have gone.

You didn't mention leaf or coils - I suppose I could see if you have rig pics loaded.

Dave

You might also look at the Aussie super springs- available from TJM, Put them on my toyo 60 series and they have transformed handling aqnd weight carrying ability. One of the best additions I have made to my truck.

Sorry guys but the Riderites are a great product and at under $400 do the job they were intended for...IMHO of course.