Air bag suspension

Fred,

I will give it a try, thanks for the information.

Nev

Hi Fred,

I called into Repco today, they quoted $265 for Polyair, so I might go that way.

Thanks once again.

Nev

That's what they quoted me as well and is the way I am going.

Cheers mate.

Fred.

Leigh,

Thanks for information, I have been quoted $265 for Polyair but will check your kit number with Firestone.

Nev

Leigh,

Just have question about modifications that you have to do. Could you tell me what sort of modifications are necessary?

Thanks

Nev

Hi Nev.

To fit them to my troopy I had to modify the bottom bracket (bit of a cut here and there) and move a brake line out of the way. No real drama and if you have welding/fabrication skills you'd probably make your own brackets. Hope this helps. Regards Leigh

Thanks Leigh.

Nev

D200Dug,

Would you mind answering some questions about the Polyair for me.

How long have you had them?
What sort of use?
Are they easy to install?
Did you have to modify anything?

Nev

No problem

First set were in a toyota ute used for EVERYTHING ! ;-) including towing, heavy loads and long trips over corrugations.

I had them fitted and never had a problem used for about 200,000 Km

Second set are in my rodeo ute recommended and fitted by my mechanic ( who I trust ) I believe they are pretty easy to fit but I am not mechanically inclined and my wife is nervous so I leave stuff like that to experts and just claim it on my tax :-)

Hi Norm,

Thanks for your response, I have heard of Boss but dont know much about them. I like the fact that they are easy to instal so I will do some follow up research on them.

Regards

Nev

Hi Mike,
I was referring to F250, my tray is a one tonne Falcon.
Thanks for information about the Polyair, called in at Repco today and they have Polyair for $265.00. which is fairly competitive, alot better than the $1350 quoted by some places.

Nev

Nev.
The Polyair bellows were never as cheap as $265!.
The "bellows" type are exactly like that, a black double doughnut looking thing. designed to run at up to 100psi. and carry 1000kg. each.
If they are orange, blue or another colour, even if made by Polyair they are not the same duty rating.
If you happen to see a Toyota Troopy ambulance have a look under it. In nsw they all are fitted with them.
cheers mike

Faulic-McVitte,

I hope to be keeping it awhile, maybe I should be looking to upgrade springs as well as airbags. Everyone (Mechanics) tells me how good the airbags are and that they are the better option.

I have heard of the chassis cracking and bending and have asked about it. I also read some blogs on this site about it, and it seems that its one of those things that may happen, but may not, you take the chance!

I am not looking at towing heavy loads, mine need is for carrying heavy loads (occassionally) and it is not off road stuff, so I may be ok with them.

Regards

Nev

I have just had a readHere about them.

Freicken exchange rate

Great for buying stuff

Really bad for us who sell in US dollars :-(

D200Dug,

This is the result of the Global Financial Crisis, Uncle Barak Obama has got them printing plenty of the green back and what he hopes to do, is what they did after the war, get the green back up to strength over years by trying to get their manufacturers/producers to work their way back to the black.

Its called Swings and Roundabouts for us little folk, today UP tomorrow down.

You would think our government would be helping us a bit more.

Nev

Obama is just the poor guy in the seat at the time.

The fault lies with mainly with Reagan but also with Clinton and Bush for allowing the system to become so un regulated and allowing it to continually chase impossible profits and growth.

I benefited from the low dollar but needed to pay more for my equipment.

Now I am earning less but things are cheaper.

Swings and roundabouts.

The thing that really pings me off about the whole deal is I have a mate in the US who was a builder, they invested pretty well everything into one last house before retiring and it was finished just as the market collapsed pretty well sending them bankrupt.

They got no government assistance they got no bailout.

At the same time he and his wife got cancer after 2 months of treatment their health care company who they had been paying into for insurance for 20 years dropped them when they went to renew their policy saying they did not insure people with cancer.

The system over there really sucks for the little guy. Sorry I needed a rant :-)

Thats ok! You're right when you say it sucks for the little guy over there. Their health system is way below our standard, and so is their unemployment benefit. Just like Creedence Clearwater suggests in their song, if you ain't no Senators son, you ain't no fortunate one!

Nev