Disco 2 Air Suspension to Coils

Manually adjusted headlamps come into their own when driving on the continong in the night. You just set them a bit lower so that on dipped they don't glare into the oncoming vehicles.
Beats faffing about with strips of black insulating tape.

As for the MOT when the tester tests the beams to ensure that on dipped they aren't blinding oncoming road users, that can be done with no adjustment in the cab. The only specification is that if they can be adjusted, the adjuster works.
"4.1.5. Levelling devices
Make sure any manual headlamp levelling devices (driver controls) work by:

• switching on the dipped beam headlamps
• operating the manual levelling device
• checking that the headlamp beams move up and down
• returning the levelling device control to its original position"

From https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-ins...h centres at,1.25% and 2.75% horizontal lines

marjon said:

Not true, if working correctly.
Put a trailer on with something on it, drive it park up and disconnect the battery. Then see how far you have to wind up the jockey wheel to get the trailer off. As the rear of the RR rises.

you need 1 or the other or manually adjusted headlights for MOT, do you not?
They amount to the same thing.

J

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No electrics involved with my RR, it had a Borge Strut which carried out the levelling, therefore the vehicle had to be driven to pump up the strut, but it still couldn’t cope with the load, that in my days of “Booze Cruise”

Auto headlamp levelling system testing specifically was introduced after the intro of HID lighting, otherwise its just a static measurement, even with vehicles fitted with a manual adjustment, so all standard stuff thats been around for years.


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Late entry on insurance...

Back in the day, my insurer (I think it was AA at the time) wasn't fazed by my deACEd Disco. No increase in my premium.

I emphasised that some models of the same vehicle had ACE, some didn't, which seemed to help. Properly done (which mine was), deACEing is basically a downgrade to a lower model in the range.

The insurer told me they were really only interested in mods that increased performance or attractiveness to villains.

tt

TalkTorque said:

Late entry on insurance...

Back in the day, my insurer (I think it was AA at the time) wasn't fazed by my deACEd Disco. No increase in my premium.

I emphasised that some models of the same vehicle had ACE, some didn't, which seemed to help. Properly done (which mine was), deACEing is basically a downgrade to a lower model in the range.

The insurer told me they were really only interested in mods that increased performance or attractiveness to villains.

tt

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Quite and good on you for finding an intelligent insurance company.

My springs were fitted by the PO, at John Craddocks, I had the receipt with the service history when I bought it. Unfortunately they cut the airlines and snapped off the levelling sensors, or I'd convert it back to air.....

Im still looking for a decent insurance quote.... cant remember which insurance company I used in the past, but I did mention about the modification, and they said it was a common mod, and didnt bump up the price.

Thanks for all your help. Decided to stick with air for now, as I hate bureaucracy. The idea of having to deal with possible issues with the MOT and insurance put me off more than the idea of having to fix the suspension every now and again. :-D

I was asked about modification, aid hydraulic hose conversion, they were confused but kept it the same, and told to say not modified, but repaired.

I just decided to say nothing... policy comes up for renewal in 3 months, so I'll mention it then....

In line with me sticking with the Air Suspension, I’m now thinking about the long term. Will probably need to check the errors which occur every now and then.

There’s some people round my neck of the woods with a Nanocom for the Disco 2 which I could borrow. But they have TD5s, whereas mine is a V8. My thinking is that the air suspension should be the same, and therefore the TD5 Nanocom could work, but not got experience in that regards. Does anyone know anything about that?

MunichDisco99 said:

My thinking is that the air suspension should be the same, and therefore the TD5 Nanocom could work, but not got experience in that regards. Does anyone know anything about that?

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Yes, the only thing which is not covered on a D2 V8 by nanocom unlocked for D2 Td5 is the engine, the rest of systems are all 100% covered

sierrafery said:

Yes, the only thing which is not covered on a D2 V8 by nanocom unlocked for D2 Td5 is the engine, the rest of systems are all 100% covered

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Great - thanks.