Air bags or Coils

Davie F · Feb 20, 2011

Ok then it should have failed its last MOT but tester said he has fitted coils to others, also have had no flashes from other drivers about dazzling them. Yes the centre of gravity is higher but I have found no problem with stability, if anything it is more stable than its predicesor which was a Pajero and they are designed with coils and adjustable shocks. Personaly I think RR used the EAS as a marketing selling point for the wealthy who were the only one's that could afford them new, made it easier for his lordship to get in or out.
All in all I don't care as long as it's legal because the ride and stability is good and I really do not want to change back to EAS. Still want to know the story about the 110 though.
Davie

kernowdragon · Feb 20, 2011

Datatek said:
Arnott Gen 2's from P38 spares on Ebay are the best buy in opinion

:amen: that's what I did!

Steve_R1979 · Feb 20, 2011

Davie F said:
Ok then it should have failed its last MOT but tester said he has fitted coils to others, also have had no flashes from other drivers about dazzling them. Yes the centre of gravity is higher but I have found no problem with stability, if anything it is more stable than its predicesor which was a Pajero and they are designed with coils and adjustable shocks. Personaly I think RR used the EAS as a marketing selling point for the wealthy who were the only one's that could afford them new, made it easier for his lordship to get in or out.
All in all I don't care as long as it's legal because the ride and stability is good and I really do not want to change back to EAS. Still want to know the story about the 110 though.
Davie

Father jailed for 4x4 crash that killed his four children | Mail Online

storm99 · Feb 20, 2011

Steve_R1979 said:
Father jailed for 4x4 crash that killed his four children | Mail Online

Very emotive subject. Be prepared for a world of ****.

juiceyv8 · Feb 20, 2011

It was proved the guy had "bodged" the motor together.

Steve_R1979 · Feb 20, 2011

storm99 said:
Very emotive subject. Be prepared for a world of ****.

For posting a link?????

Hardly think I can be flamed for that, not as if I actually did the deed or wrote the article.

storm99 · Feb 20, 2011

Steve_R1979 said:
For posting a link?????

Hardly think I can be flamed for that, not as if I actually did the deed or wrote the article.

No not at all..just generally stirs up a lot of heated debate...was more of a heads up really.

Steve_R1979 · Feb 20, 2011

storm99 said:
No not at all..just generally stirs up a lot of heated debate...was more of a heads up really.

Appreciated

Don't see whats to debate......cars shonky, end of!!!!!!

Davie F · Feb 20, 2011

Oh god yeah, what a tragedy but I think it was more a fact that the motor was so badly maintained, driven badly and a total disregard for safety than having coils. Makes me glad that I'm fussy about maintenance, it should be a lesson to anyone that you cannot run any motor without good servicing, thanks for the link Steve.
A P38 Range Rover in my opinion is not for driving fast, I'm lucky that I have an Alfa for some excitment, my RR is the work horse but if it needs something it will get it and I think that most on here are the same because we care about the condition of them.
And guys if I felt the coils were dangerous they would be off in a flash, but I don't and will keep them unless someone proves otherwise.
Davie

juiceyv8 · Feb 20, 2011

landys are high sided vehicles and basic physics say they will topple over easier. End of thre day its how you drive it.

v8p38 · Feb 20, 2011

COILS Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
there is a guy on Ebay full set of bags £230.
I bought the rear a few months ago, bearmach I think they were, and they worked fine

Don't go the coil route, if they where intented to be coils why did LR fit bags then

The Mad Hat Man · Feb 20, 2011

v8p38 said:
Don't go the coil route, if they where intented to be coils why did LR fit bags then

In the same way petrol freelanders were fitted with head gaskets, defenders had bulkheads, discos had inner wings and doozils had an EGR fitted by land rover.

juiceyv8 · Feb 20, 2011

The Mad Hat Man said:
In the same way petrol freelanders were fitted with head gaskets, defenders had bulkheads, discos had inner wings and doozils had an EGR fitted by land rover.

you almost make them sound unreliable......should i buy one??

Datatek · Feb 21, 2011

Davie F said:
Ok then it should have failed its last MOT but tester said he has fitted coils to others, also have had no flashes from other drivers about dazzling them. Yes the centre of gravity is higher but I have found no problem with stability, if anything it is more stable than its predicesor which was a Pajero and they are designed with coils and adjustable shocks. Personaly I think RR used the EAS as a marketing selling point for the wealthy who were the only one's that could afford them new, made it easier for his lordship to get in or out.
All in all I don't care as long as it's legal because the ride and stability is good and I really do not want to change back to EAS. Still want to know the story about the 110 though.
Davie

It's not last years MOT you should worry about, the regs have not changed yet, it's what is coming

wammers · Feb 21, 2011

Datatek said:
It's not last years MOT you should worry about, the regs have not changed yet, it's what is coming

True and don't think there will be dispensations. The government will do anything to get older vehicles on lower tax higher emissions off the roads. Think they will see it as a way of culling so to speak.

Datatek · Feb 21, 2011

wammers said:
True and don't think there will be dispensations. The government will do anything to get older vehicles on lower tax higher emissions off the roads. Think they will see it as a way of culling so to speak.

I'm sure you are right

Davie F · Feb 21, 2011

Oh well there will be a lot of custom and modified cars on the scrapheap, I think it's a bit of scare mongering but we will see. If I have to refit the EAS I will but would I choose coils over EAS and the answer is a definate yes. 3 weeks away at work, come home, jump in and no suspension gremlins. If though we follow this through then it was not designed for a great big engine conversion by the likes of Overfinch, ok it probably has an approval but it was still not designed for it. Think I will try to find out if there is a DOT approval for coils.
Davie

wammers · Feb 21, 2011

Davie F said:
Oh well there will be a lot of custom and modified cars on the scrapheap, I think it's a bit of scare mongering but we will see. If I have to refit the EAS I will but would I choose coils over EAS and the answer is a definate yes. 3 weeks away at work, come home, jump in and no suspension gremlins. If though we follow this through then it was not designed for a great big engine conversion by the likes of Overfinch, ok it probably has an approval but it was still not designed for it. Think I will try to find out if there is a DOT approval for coils.
Davie

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It's a European directive, we had MOT for vehicles over ten years old until we got invlolved with the pricks in Brussels.

Davie F · Feb 21, 2011

Aha looks like we agree on europe, time this country got some backbone and told the pricks to f*ck off.Think Ill take them up on my human rights, every other bugger does.

wammers · Feb 22, 2011

Davie F said:
Aha looks like we agree on europe, time this country got some backbone and told the pricks to f*ck off.Think Ill take them up on my human rights, every other bugger does.

I have no objection to what we joined "The European free trade area". Were import tariffs were removed to make trading fairer. But this united states of Europe that we now seem to be part of, was NOT voted for by the British people. It was government driven by there paymasters big business that got us involved in that. I seem to recall us fighting several wars with large loss of British life to prevent Frogs and Krauts from ruling us. Then the politicians had us to them on a plate. Disgusting you could not make it up. But then again we do have a Kraut royal family.

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