spring conversion

Wammers post brings us to the dangerous territory of the EU dictatorship where all work will be done by dealer ships including servicing, see after last night that our politicians still have no balls where the United states of Europe is concerned, we may laugh but how long before we all run around in little euro boxes and we are not even allowed to change an oil filter.
Davie

Fur Trapper said:

Wammers range rover was on coil springs and the p38 is a model of range rover The thread is range rover. P38 is on air supension There are conversion for them.

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Think you miss the point John. Range Rover classics had springs and later air suspension. So you can change them around because Land Rover the manufacturer makes the springs for them they are on the spec sheet. P38 is a different model, has never had coil springs and Land Rover never made coils for them. The P38 has a built in safety feature that lowers the suspension to aid stability and make it less likely to tip over in sudden direction changes. As the Classic used to do. If you fit springs you remove that safety feature. That is what i think the EU regs will pick up on. Maybe wrong but lets wait and see.

The Range Rover was first introduced as a coil sprung vehicle until the last classic was made in 1995, From 1992 the LSE was fitted with EAS then from 1993 onwards the top spec Vogue SE was fitted with EAS.

In 1994, the P38 was introduced and ALL models were EAS.

Just because they are called the same model name (Range Rover), doesn't automatically make them classed as the same vehicle....as another instance the Boeing 747-200 is not the same Aircraft as the 747-400, and they carry different CoA documents.....although they are both B747 aircraft.

A MK1 Ford Escort is not the same as a MK2 or 3 etc...and as such the Vehicle type approval information will be totally different.

The Coil Conversion for the P38 was never listed as an available option for either new vehicles or for retrofitting from the manufacturer.

Just because some third party companies produce conversion kits does not make it a Land Rover approved modification.

You would have to declare the vehicle as 'Non-Standard' to an insurer following a coil conversion, and then the insurance company would need to check whther it would be willing to underwrite the insurance costs considering this non-standard modification.

Fur Trapper said:

range rovers where produced with coil springs until 1993 then air supension. and coil conversion are allow. Just do a google search and you will find the info. Wikipedia will help you and other places. Sword swallower

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You'll also notice the Classic was in production for 3ish years after the P38 was introduced. Which is probably where people get confused. There are no factory steel-sprung P38s nor is there an "official" coil spring conversion. I leave the sword swallowing to the misses - she's far better at it - and she appears to know more about P38 suspension than you...