Has anyone installed gen 3 Arnott air springs?
I'm tempted to install front only for now ($$$$) as right front doesn't look too good & leaks down in about 2-3 hrs (Chicago cold). (rears look great)
If someone's installed them I'd love to hear about it.

btw- I bought both tie rod ends (long w/ damper mnt & short) from Land Rover Parts Online
For $110 free ups/ no tax out of N.Y. - seemed fair after checking around.

1996 RR 4.0 se
148k nice shape

 

I installed the front bags on our '99RRin under 45 minutes. They are awesome. Love the lifetime warranty. When the rear Genuine Parts ones go I'll definitely get Arnott again!

 

Thanx, greg
that's a plan then




'96 4.0 se
'97 d1

 

Did any one else have a similar experience? *In November I bought a new-to-me '05 HSE. *It is an Arizona car purchased via eBay (12th rover bought from eBay)*from a dealer in Memphis. *I live in New Hampshire. *When I bought it, the salesman told be he just had the front right air bag replaced. *Get the car and is it a great rig!!! *The first time the temperature dropped - PSSSSSSSSTTT. *The air bag blew. *I called the dealer I bought the truck from who put me in touch with the local LR dealer (Bluff City Land Rover - AWESOME PEOPLE - Roger is parts is the best!!!) where he had the bag replaced. *Bluff City told me that it was an after market Arnott air bag. *They replaced the part for free including shipping. *I had to cover the labor - no big deal. *12 days later, the temperature drops again. *You guessed it PFFFFFFTTTT - same air bag goes. *I call Roger at Bluff City. *He can't believe it but sends me ANOTHER Arnott Air bag. *Per warranty I cover he labor. *I ask Roger to put me in touch with the manufacturer because I think they should cover the labor for a bag that lasts 12 days even though that is not what their warranty says. I call Marvin at Arnott in Florida. *He explains their warranty policy to me but says that he will take a look at the part when he gets it back and he will talk to to the owner of the company to ask him if he will cover the $233 labor bill. *I patiently wait 10 days for Marvin to call me back. *In the mean time, every morning that the temperature drops below 30 degrees fahrenheit, the THIRD ARNOTT PIECE OF CRAP air bag fails. *I get a suspension fault error. *The RR goes down to the bump stops - fun ride. *Once the temperature goes back above 30 degrees I can shut the car down, reset the EAS and it goes back to normal function. *Arnott is a Florida company. *The clearly have no clue that their product fails in cold weather. *NOR DO THEY CARE!! *After waiting 10 days for Marvin to call me back, I give up and call him. *Shocker - I get his voicemail and he doesn't call me back. *I call again the next day and I go on permahold - i give up and hang up. *For some reason he calls me back - I missed the call. *Finally, we connect. *He tells me that he spoke to the owner of the company and the will not pay the $233 in labor to replace the air bag that lasted all of 12 days. *I asked him if he looked at the defective part I sent back. *The answer was NO. *He said that he has a "pallet" of defective air bags and core returns and he could not find mine. *SHOCKER AGAIN *they have so many of these JUNKY bags that they are returned by the PALLET!!! *Furthermore he tells me that the LR dealer should never have honored the warranty as I am not the original owner of the car when the part was installed. *My point of view is different. *I am the first titled owner of the car after the part was installed. Nevertheless - shouldn't a manufacturer stand behind a part that only lasts 12 days? *I had no gripe paying for labor on the first one that lasted a WHOPPING two months!!! *I guess if you live in a warm climate and you want a cheap piece of crap air bag then buy this stuff. *If you live anywhere where the temperature dips below 30 degrees you will be ver unhappy with the product. *You will be even less happy with the lack of customer service that ARNOTT provides. *Ironically, the owner of the company is Arontt. *I thought the just called them that because the ARNOTT any good.*

 

five bucks says the oring around the shock had issues or the rust around them caused the leak.

 

I agree Rovin4life. Muskastd, the problem is not with the bag. I have had mine for 3 years and I live in northern MI. It regularly gets to below zero in the winter (of course not this year) and I have no problems with my air bags. I have had issues with the lines or o-rings at the connections but the bags are fine. I use and abuse my rover. It has seen regular off road use and 20k miles a year and they work great. The rubber is so thick on these that there is no way it would have ruptured. If it did I would look under your rover for something in your suspension that is messed up and rubbing on it.

And I have to say they are a HUGE improvement over the stock bags. I would recommend them to anyone.

 

ive had nothing but problems with these bags even working at the dealer. every spring i have gotten has leaked after being replaced. the oring is not sealing due to the fact that its folding over during assembly at arnott. so now when i get one in i just pretty much take it apart and lube up all the seals before installing it on the truck. there is no other alternative out there right now