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| Thread ID: 94355 | 2008-10-26 03:12:00 | airbag suspension for a Car | lance4k (4644) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 714865 | 2008-10-26 03:12:00 | is getting airbag suspension for your car legal for the street? Will your car pass a Warrant of fitness if you have adjustable airbag suspension on your car? | lance4k (4644) | ||
| 714866 | 2008-10-26 04:18:00 | Ring a garage . service centre / whoever deals with WOF's and ask | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 714867 | 2008-10-26 04:21:00 | If the bag isnt standard or factory fit technically it would need a low volume certificate for the change. How ever the best way to beat the system with changes is to get a WOF or COF without the airbag. Then go and fit the air bag. Six months of road grime, dust, bug splatter roadkill hits, rust etc will normalise the change. Next WOF the inspector will probaly think its been like that for yonks and other inspectors have passed it so he will. Done it heaps with buses, get a COF first change engine and gearbox etc 6 months and 40k later the engine etc looks like its always been there. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 714868 | 2008-10-26 06:09:00 | If the bag isnt standard or factory fit technically it would need a low volume certificate for the change. How ever the best way to beat the system with changes is to get a WOF or COF without the airbag. Then go and fit the air bag. Six months of road grime, dust, bug splatter roadkill hits, rust etc will normalise the change. Next WOF the inspector will probaly think its been like that for yonks and other inspectors have passed it so he will. Done it heaps with buses, get a COF first change engine and gearbox etc 6 months and 40k later the engine etc looks like its always been there. Great until someone digs a bit deeper or there is an accident killing someone. If you want hydraulic suspension buy a big Citroen as they do it properly I know I have owned several by far the most comfortable cars you can buy for ride quality |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 714869 | 2008-10-26 07:37:00 | I think the Citroens have pneumatic suspension not hydraulic. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 714870 | 2008-10-26 07:40:00 | I think from memory it's called hydrolastic whatever that really means but I know it's good | gary67 (56) | ||
| 714871 | 2008-10-26 08:00:00 | No its pneumatic. You are thinking about hydrolastic (hydrospastic) found in beautiful BMC cars like Metro, 1100, 1300, Maxi, Elf, Hornet, 1800, Tasman, Kimberly, Kestrel, Van der Plas, Mini, Allegro, Princess It uses a combo of pressurised air and a special fluid made from Alcohol. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 714872 | 2008-10-26 08:43:00 | Citroen had a combination of nitrogen pneumatic springing with a hydraulic coupling between the nitrogen sphere and the suspension, enabling the ride height to be controlled regardless of the load. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 714873 | 2008-10-26 19:45:00 | And they could run with only 3 wheels fitted as seen in that California cop show, the name of which currently escapes me. (Too old!) :confused: | Richard (739) | ||
| 714874 | 2008-10-26 19:51:00 | I drove a 2001 Citroen Xantia (diesel) from Takaka to Christchurch last year for a friend. I was most impressed. I thought with such soft suspension it would roll like a bugger around corners - but it didn't. Just seemed to tighten up. You could drive at judder bars in the car too and it would go right over them with almost no bump. However, the owner told me that owning Citroens (he had a 2CV as well) was "unrelenting, unmitigated pain". I assume he was referring to the most recent $4000 he'd spent on his two Citroens - as well as previous wallet attacks. |
Deane F (8204) | ||
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