P38 air spring change
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On the drive a couple of hours should see them sorted if you know what you are doing. No need to remove arch liners but does make it easier if you do.
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And make sure you get the clips and pins when you get the bags.
Cheers w
Cheers wammers, gonna be a mechanic friend doing them, though he's never done them before. I'll tell him about the liners
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Recommend either good pair of loooooong nose pliers or a wee hook on the end of a wire coat hanger to remove the pins on the old springs
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When I did mine, they were so corroded they were never coming out.A lever under the top and bottom plates soon sheared off the old pins. Make sure you clean up were the new springs locate otherwise they can be a bugger to fit.
I need a couple of fronts on mine too, what air springs did you buy? I don't know whether to buy the Dunlop or the Arnott gen iii things.
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I got the Dunlops cos reckon they were better value for me as don't need anything too extreme and was skint. Still am right enough lol
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Gen III are a waste of money unless you are going to use the extra lift they provide. Which needs a lot of mods to the suspension. It is a choice between Dunlops and Gen II. I went for Dunlops and they are fine. And a lot cheaper.
Cheers guys, I think Dunlop is the way forward for me. I know my car has had two new rear ones at £56 each plus vat, guessing they must have been dunlops?
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Yes that is about the right ball park methinks
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a couple of hours to do a pair of front airbags wammers... how many cups of tea are you stopping for ?
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ukadamwest
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doesn't that dictate how many times you stop to pee ?
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Not entirely, but the length of time spent getting up off the floor is a square of the time taken to get down to the power of three.
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Yes - but they tend to be concurrent.
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You sound fit.Not entirely, but the length of time spent getting up off the floor is a square of the time taken to get down to the power of three.
In my case it's pie times the square of f*** all.
