The P38's EAS system is quite simple, once you read up and learn it is a piece of pish to fix..
The rrc vs p38 argument can be summed up in...
RRC Terminal rot or P38 electrical gremlins
the EAS ride and handling is far superior to any coil sprung RR or LR 'tis why the last RRC utilised it
As the others have said, the EAS is easy to fix. Almost all the problems come down to lack of maintenance, in particular the airsprings which have a design life of 7/8 years 80K miles, cheap and easy to replace. After overhaul mine has been pretty reliable for 10 years, ,just a driver pack and a dryer causing hiccups but never leaving me on the bump stops.
I assume you are simply too lazy to look at their site or use Google? They offer a coil conversion kit in about 4 different flavours. It is not labelled or sold as 'off road' only. It is intended to replace the air suspension for a road going vehicle.
I appreciate the thanks. But I think you are being incredibly naive about modified cars and insurance. Firstly, this is not heavily modified, there are far more heavily modified vehicles legally used and insured on the roads. So I have no idea why you find this unusual.
Yes. And this is all good and that.
And I would not argue this.
Cabled was from Datatek and port is not corroded. Not even remotely, because I use it extensively and with my Nanocom.I've got £30 worth of useless wires, it wasn't until Datatek pointed me in the right direction that I got the right cable..
It could be the cable, or sometimes corrosion in the OBD port.
Sometimes the computer anorl.
Yes. And this is all good and that.
But you haven't been listening.
It would not do this. If you put it in high mode and lets say for arguments sake I put blocks in. The values for the height sensors would have to go below the permitted values to allow the vehicle to sit level. My hunch is it needed new height sensors. But I do not know this for sure. But for each height setting there is a min/max value you have on each sensor. When you are on the lowest value permitted and it is still 3" too high, you can't realistically lower it any further....
Height sensors are between £45-70/each. So a set of four is not cheap.
Add in a set of new air bags too and you have massively exceeded the cost of a coil conversion kit
AND don't forget the initial problem I had, was that it ruptured the airline to the tank. Something nobody has been able to even suggest a cause of. And it wasn't a one off, as it did it again with new piping and different routing. The last straw was while sitting in it programming the levels, it then threw a wobbly with something on the dash about an ECU fault and the RWS software presented me with this:
However before this happened. If you adjusted the suspension through the software to set a height and store it. When you set the vehicle to that mode, it would not move to the saved positions, even though it would confirm they were saved.
Now it may well have been easy to fix. But it was beyond me. And I didn't have £100's to spend at a garage getting it diagnosed.
If you have any genuine insights to causes and solutions to these specific problems. Then I would honestly be interested. But it wasn't a simple case of a leaky valve block, non functioning compressor or worn air springs causing any of these problems.
Exactly, only it was working but 10 secs prior and had done on multiple occasions before. It wouldn't reconnect and I could not find a way to reset it. I was also doing this all on my own, so yes there is a limitation on how much I know and can do. If you are offering to come and help assist in fixing it, I will take you up on it!!!
Well clearly. So what was it then?
If you like. It's a bit of unfair and unhelpful stance to take. However I think if that is the case, it demonstrates it is not that simple or easy to fix in all circumstances. And while I'm not claiming to be an expert or Einstein. I don't think I'm a complete luddite either. I'm a Software Tester/Engineer by profession (past 16 years). Used to build and overhaul light aircraft engines/props, grew up on a farm. And a car/4x4/Land Rover enthusiast. Have done lots of engine swaps, designed the suspension on my 88 leafer and completely rebuilt it, built a coiler 88 and modified plenty of other vehicles.So can we say basically you didn't know what you were doing so you converted to coils.
Trouble is, when you buy a vehicle, you can't back date the maintenance costs. You have to pay for them there and then. I know manmaths can work wonders to justify buying something. But the hard reality is, if you need to spend £500+ on spares. There is no way you retrospectfully charge it back to previous years or owners.
