I have noticed that when i do work in the cargo area of my disco ii for any length of time, the right rear tends to sag. The left side does not sag. Is this suggestive of anything in particular? When the rig sits overnight, it looks fine.


Thanks!

Matt.

 

You have leaking air bags, might suggest you buy a set of Arnott Ind. You will need a a pair of them and don't buy used cause they won't hold up.

 

My air bags were leaking when the weather was cold. I found the leak by inflating the bags to raise suspension, thus exposing more of the bags surface. Mine had started to leak under the fold as you look at the bag. Some soapy water sprayed on a fully raised bag could show you your leak.
Second what Mike said...
Arnott bags were installed. They are great.
Changed them myself, fairly simple thing to do.

 

I third Mike's advice. Arnott are the way to go. I have those springs on mine. Great product, easy install with thorough instructions.

 

Thanks for the suggestions....I was thinking about doing a lift while keeping the air suspension and was wondering if there are any recommended kits out there or do you just buy ala carte?

With regard to air compressors - do they typically go out over time and give you fair warning or do they just all of a sudden blink out?

Thanks!

Matt

 

I lifted mine. It's actually pretty straightforward. I wrote a review and did a whole big writeup on my blog page if you'd like to check it out:

The Disco: Suspension – Part One | Montana Overland

Your best bet is to go with whatever springs and shocks you want - I went with HD Old Man Emu springs and OME shocks - and then buy spacers for the rear. Since I have dealt with a few companies while trying to get spacers for my rig, I have a few suggestions.

RTE, or Rovertym, makes great stuff, but I had a big problem with the design of their air spring spacers. They are cut to length, then drilled and tapped to accept screws, and then they cut the bottom end at an angle for some reason. I think it's to keep the air springs pointed the right direction with lots of lift or when they are fully extended. In any case, the problem with that is now you have spacers that have bolts that go into the bottom (which is the mounting surface) at an angle that is beyond 90 degrees. I hope that makes sense.

The gist of it is that the bolts cannot be flush with the perch that the spacer is bolted to. They go through it at an angle. Which means you have to get longer bolts, and the factory bolt holes on the spring perches on the rear axle need to be drilled out quite a lot before you can even get the bolts threaded on. It will work in the end, but it's a pain.

Toddco, another company that makes custom Rover parts, is the way to go. Their spacers are like aluminum hockey pucks with a keyway and some bolt holes. Simple and effective. But don't deal with the company directly. It'll take forever for you to get your spacers. Go to Lucky8 and order them there. Much easier to work with and you'll get what you need.

I hope that helps!

 

I let my mechanic handle this job as I was working 12 hour shifts durring the time period my bags failed. I told him I wanted a lifetime warranty part installed and he used the Arnott bags. Absolutly no problems so far. He gets all his parts from Advance Auto and they were $150 each for the bags. $75 for labor on just one or $100 to do them both. Guess which route I went. haha! A $400 dollar repair and I got to keep my Self Leveling Suspension, which is VERY nice when pulling my 24 foot Wakeboard boat. HEAVY aint the word! haha

The bags seem to be the only weak link on the Self Leveling Suspension. Everything else seems to be pretty hardy. After you get those Arnott bags you'll have peace of mind. I would take this into consideration before switching to springs. The SLS is a very nice feature/option.

 

I got my Arnott bags form Advance Auto. Keep an eye out for coupon codes. I lucked out and order them just after thanksgiving and for both for around $115 each shipped. I placed two separate orders to maximize the coupon codes.

 

There was a 20% off total order coupon code on Advance Auto's website yesterday while I was tooling around looking for my parts to rebuild my drive shafts. Would've been nice had they had all the parts to do so.

 

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