Conversing with 2Bennet about Coilover Conversion......
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Conversing with 2Bennet about Coilover Conversion......
While its a bullet to biteright now...in the longrun its a money saver. Howver, giving up the buttons thatmake the ar unique is still a hurdle forme.
The conversations with 2Bennet are simply "show me the documentation and instructions that gurantee no suspension warning lights."
Monday we follow up with a phone call.
The conversations with 2Bennet are simply "show me the documentation and instructions that gurantee no suspension warning lights."
Monday we follow up with a phone call.
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Keep us posted, appreciate the research but personally for me it would become a nonroad <rant>
at that point and I might as well go find myself an A6 quattro Avant off lease and be done with it...it is the love/hate part of the ar for me living in the boonies....many times the only way out of the driveway was in at least level 3 and 4 on occasion...meaning that I would have been driving my pickup truck (not as safe, not as fuel efficient, don't laugh there are many, many vehicles today with AWD that get much worse gas than the ar...I was just reading about the new Saturn Vue in the WSJ) and the reason I bought the ar was to get away from the HUGESUV's (that's my new category
that I had driven in the past (remember my rollover rants from the past)...sorry to make this a rant but I think it demasculates the allroad IMHO
that I had driven in the past (remember my rollover rants from the past)...sorry to make this a rant but I think it demasculates the allroad IMHO
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Please as to permit me to blow your mind.
So when I was doing my own research into making the airbag boots (which I'm putting on hold since there was the concurrent discovery that they have that aramid centersection), I found this little gem.
Ok ok ok I have zero idea on how much travel it would permit, but at the very least, it would be a solution that used Off the Shelf parts.
By the way, if you are concerned about not getting suspension lights, a little bit of dash disassambly goes a long way. Example: on my old grand cherokee, I swapped in entire new axles and braking circuit master and booster from a 1 ton truck. Well, the new axles didn't have tone rings, so the ABS system didn't work, and I got a light. Solution? Pull fuse number 17, which made the light go off. Just an idea - there are problems that matter and then there are just irritants.<ul><li><a href="https://www.universalairsuspension.com/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=38&o sCsid=45fd9f44ef9cee032b4502e1c62ebc61">Clicken sie hier bitte</a></li></ul>
Ok ok ok I have zero idea on how much travel it would permit, but at the very least, it would be a solution that used Off the Shelf parts.
By the way, if you are concerned about not getting suspension lights, a little bit of dash disassambly goes a long way. Example: on my old grand cherokee, I swapped in entire new axles and braking circuit master and booster from a 1 ton truck. Well, the new axles didn't have tone rings, so the ABS system didn't work, and I got a light. Solution? Pull fuse number 17, which made the light go off. Just an idea - there are problems that matter and then there are just irritants.<ul><li><a href="https://www.universalairsuspension.com/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=38&o sCsid=45fd9f44ef9cee032b4502e1c62ebc61">Clicken sie hier bitte</a></li></ul>
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Another one.
<ul><li><a href="https://www.universalairsuspension.com/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=29&o sCsid=45fd9f44ef9cee032b4502e1c62ebc61">God these URL's could really use a slimfast.</a></li></ul>
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I just realized that 2Bennet is roughly a 40 min drive from my house...
if any of you local bay area ar'ers want to take a short road trip to see, first hand, what this coil over set up looks like, let me know.
Of course, I need to get my car running first. Then we can go.
Of course, I need to get my car running first. Then we can go.
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Sweet! I've googled a few times looking for stuff like that, but never found it. I assume...
... the goal with using these on the allroad, is to make the rear self-leveling?
With coilovers (which I'd likely set to level 1.5 or something), I think the only feature I'd really miss is being able to toss stuff in the back and not have it drop too much/look funny/handle worse than it needs to. What you found may be a solution to that problem.
With coilovers (which I'd likely set to level 1.5 or something), I think the only feature I'd really miss is being able to toss stuff in the back and not have it drop too much/look funny/handle worse than it needs to. What you found may be a solution to that problem.
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What I found is a gordian knot of questions and discovery. :).....
...and I'll happily buy a case of good Colorady beer for the first person who figures it out and makes it work with our suspension. /totally real offer.
By the way, owing to what I know about the way that the allroad "senses" the height, I bet you that this would be a plug and play operation.
By the way, owing to what I know about the way that the allroad "senses" the height, I bet you that this would be a plug and play operation.